Paulina T. McDonnell Obituary (1918 - 2015)

Paulina McDonnell, 97, of Bloomington, passed away Friday, March 27, 2015 at Heritage Health in Normal following a brief illness.Her funeral will be at Noon, Monday, March 30 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Bloomington with Rev. Jeffery J. Windy officiating. Burial will be in St. Marys Cemetery, Bloomington. Visitation will be from one hour prior to the service, Monday at the church. Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Memorials may be made to Holy Trinity Church, Bloomington.Paulina was born on March 20, 1918 in Mt. Olive, Illinois the daughter of George and Apolonia Hudak Snopko. She married John J. McDonnell on December 1, 1945 in Minneapolis, MN. He died on September 24, 1997.She is survived by one son, Paul (Mary Kay) McDonnell of Aurora; three daughters, Ann (Martin) Vandiver of Springfield, Martha (Honorable Daniel) Welter of Chicago and Mary (Dr. Jed) Haake of Downers Grove; seven grandchildren, Joseph and Kathryn McDonnell, Douglas Vandiver, Kathryn Welter, Margaret (Adam) Badali, Stephen (Christina) Haake and Rachel Haake.She was preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters and a grandchild, Matthew Vandiver.Paulina graduated from Illinois State Normal University and served in the US Navy during WWII as a meteorologist.