Mary L. Moran

Obituary's Biography:

Mary Lillian Moran, 90, a resident of Grayslake Illinois, passed away Wednesday, November 1st, 2023. She was born June 9th, 1933, in Chicago to John Stanton and Helen McKenny. Mary graduated from Marywood High School in Chicago where she played girls basketball as team captain. While working at Vern E. Alden, she met her future husband and love of her life, Howard, and enjoyed over 69 loving years of marriage.  While raising 9 children she enrolled in college and earned her nursing degree and was employed at Holy Family Hospital for many years. She later worked for Dr. David Hannan, DDS until her retirement. Mary enjoyed countless camping trips with her family and multiple journeys to Europe with Howard. As a devout Catholic, Mary devoted her life to her husband, children, and grandchildren. Loving mother to Thomas Moran, Michael (Donna) Moran, Daniel Moran, Patty (Steve) Heinze, Peggy Bar (Steve), Katy (Roger) Wall, Kevin Moran, Molly (Sean) Ferrell, Tim Moran. Her 12 loving grandchildren, Kyle (April), Shannon, Ryan, Daniel, Connor, Griffin, Dillon, Kayla, McKenzie, Jack, Nolan, Braeden. Mary was preceded in death by her beloved husband Howard, parents John and Helen, her sister Helen, brother Jack and her sons Thomas and Daniel. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Gilbert Catholic Church, 301 E Belvidere Road, Grayslake, IL 60030 on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 at 10:30am.  A visitation will be held on Wednesday at church from 9:30am until 10:30am. Burial immediately following mass at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines IL. In lieu of flowers, please donate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. All funeral arrangements were entrusted to Strang Funeral Chapel, Grayslake, IL,  For more information, please call 847-223-8122 or visit www.StrangFuneral.org.