Feb. 16, 2010

Dorothy B. Conschack (Wilhelmi) (nee Eich), age 94, at rest Feb. 16 at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home. Born and raised in Joliet, Ill., to the late Adam and Josephine (Wooney) Eich.

She retired to Arizona for 28 years, returning home in 2008. Dorothy took over the farming responsibilities shortly after the death of her first husband, Chester Wilhelmi, in 1955. She was a charter member of the London Bridge Lions Club of Lake Havasu City, and very active in the Mohave County Democratic Organization. Dorothy loved needlepoint, knitting and crocheting.

Surviving is her loving husband of 53 years, Glenn Conschack, of Joliet; two sons, Chester Orran "Yogi" (Sharon) Wilhelmi, of Homer Glen, Ill., and Deneen (Joann) Wilhelmi, of Poway, Calif.; three grandchildren, Brian (Dona) and Mark (Christine) Wilhelmi, and Krystal (Eric) Soderlund; three great-grandchildren, Autumn and Nathan Wilhelmi and Trevor Soderlund; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Preceded by her husband, Chester F. Wilhelmi (1955); her parents; daughter-in-law, Marilyn (Revels) Wilhelmi (1996); and siblings, Bernice Hobson, Audrey Girard and Eunice Baudino.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home, 1201 Wyoming Ave., Joliet, Ill. Interment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation is today, at Our Lady of Angels from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Arrangements by: Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Roads, Joliet, Ill. For information: 815-741-5500 or www.fredcdames.com