Marge Racki Obituary (1933 - 2015) - Bloomington, Illinois

Marguerite J. Marge Racki, 81, of Gridley and formerly of Bloomington-Normal, died at 12:05 p.m. Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Home, Chenoa.Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at St. Patrick Church of Merna, 1001 N. Towanda Barnes Rd., Bloomington, Illinois 61705. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Merna. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday, April 6, 2015 at St. Patrick Church of Merna, Bloomington, where the rosary will be recited at 3:30 p.m. Additional visitation will be for hour prior to services Tuesday at the church.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to OSF Hospice, Meadows Mennonite Retirement Home, the Alzheimers Association or St. Patrick Church of Merna.She was born April 20, 1933 in Joliet, a daughter of Stephen and Irene Kurth Kuban. She married Stephen J. Racki Jr. on August 23, 1952 at St. Johns Catholic Church in Joliet. He survives.Also surviving are her children, Deacon Stephen (Linda) Racki III of East Peoria, Mary Sue (Phil) Bowers of Bloomington and Diana Racki-Frank of Naples, FL ; a brother, Richard (Dolores) Kuban of Lockport; six grandchildren, Beth Ann (Scott) Watson of Carlock, Stephen L. (Brandi) Racki of Normal, Michael Racki of St. Cloud, MN, David Racki of Anchorage, AK, Angelique Racki of Bloomington and Tyler Frank of Naples, FL; and three great-grandchildren, Chris and Taylor Watson of Carlock and Trystan Racki of Bloomington.Marge graduated from St. Francis Academy in Joliet. She was employed by the Cornbelt Laboratory of Bloomington for twenty-one years and later spent twelve years with many Illinois Paramed companies where she completed insurance physicals, retiring in 2003.She and her husband owned and operated the Step Inn Lounge and Restaurant in Bloomington from 1986-89. She was a member of St. Patrick Church of Merna. Marge lived in Bloomington for eleven years and then moved to Normal for twenty-six years where she managed student housing from her home for ISU students. She moved to Gridley in 1997.Marge loved God, her church, family, people, animals and life.