Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Marilyn Jo Kadlec

March 29, 1937 - Aug. 19, 2008

 

South Bend Tribune 8/21/2008
OSCEOLA - Marilyn Jo Kadlec, 71, of Riverbend Drive, Osceola, passed away following an illness at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19th, in Elkhart General Hospital. She was born in Mishawaka on March 29, 1937, to Kenneth and Geraldine (Ullery) Englehart. She married Joseph Kadlec in Elkhart. He died in April 2002. She is survived by her mother, Geraldine Englehart of Elkhart; and three sons, Michael (Kathi) Englehart of Granger, Mark (Christeen) Valentin of Granger and Eric Valentin of Mishawaka. Also surviving are six grandchildren and a brother, Kenneth "Sonny" Englehart of Elkhart; and her cousins, Cindy Frampton of Elkhart, Danielle Miller of Niles, Michigan, and Sharon Burke of South Bend. Mrs. Kadlec was a member of the Eastern Star (Valparaiso Chapter) and was employed as a waitress for Bob Evans in Elkhart until her retirement in 2001.

 

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday in the Bubb Funeral Chapel where friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.