Mary Lou Podkanowicz Obituary (1935

Mary Lou Podkanowicz,83, of Flanagan died at 8:05 p.m. Thursday, December 13, 2018 at Ausbury Gardens Nursing Home in North Aurora, IL. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Calvert-Johnson & Froelich Memorial Home, Flanagan, with the Rev. Don Leonard officiating. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at the memorial home. Cremation rites will be accorded. Inurnment will be held at a later date in Center Cemetery, Flanagan. Memorial contributions may be made to the New Life Christian Center, Cornell. She was born June 4, 1935 in Flanagan, IL the daughter of Fritz and Martha Wilskey Hemken. She married Joseph W. Podkanowicz on Dec. 30, 1977, in Flanagan. He died May 19, 2007. Surviving are 19 foster children, Hoai (Anh) Nguyen, Nghia (Linh) Ly, Huynh (Dung) Nguyen, Hoa (Thao) Tran, Hien (Truc) Nguyen, Dan (Son) Nguyen, Tuan (Hong) Tu, Hung (Marty) Nguyen, Duoc Tran, Khanh (Giao) Diep, Kham (Trang) Nguyen, Son (Thao) Nguyen, Son Lam, Huan Ngo, Thi Luu, Thai (Phuong) Tran, Hieu (Trinh) Ly, Dung (Nga) Ly, and Nhi Pham; one brother Paul (Rita) Hemken of Flanagan and two sisters Ruth Thompson of Princeton and Florence (Lowell) Frobish of Auburn, AL; and 37 foster grandchildren, Kelvin and Kenny Ly; Raymond, Jessica, Richard, and Jessie Tu; Laurie and Nicholas Ly; Brandon and Justin Ho Diep; Maily, John, and Helen Nguyen; Dylan and Ellen Nguyen; Lucas and Landon Tran; Khang and Thuy An Nguyen; Brody and Sydney Nguyen; Thang Tran; Joseph , Paul, Brian, and James Nguyen; Naomi and Jarvis Diep; Leon and Amy Ly; Ethan , Ethan and Emma Nguyen; Robert Chu; Elisabeth and Victoria Ngo; Hanna and Mikayla Tran. She was preceded in death by her parents, one foster granddaughter Elaine Nguyen. Mary Lou was a member of the New Life Christian Center, Cornell. She had worked at McCoy Construction in Pontiac as a secretary.