Obituaries

Lillian J. Maidak, 82, of Crystal Lake

Services for Lillian will be private.

Lillian Josephine Maidak died Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, peacefully at home in her sleep with her family at her bedside. 

She born March 7, 1931, in Chicago.

She married Alvin Walter Maidak, a retired U.S. Army veteran, on Jan. 25, 1955. She became an elementary school teacher and later a Kmart jewelry manager after moving to Crystal Lake. 

She had four children: Jennie Marie (Doug) Freund, Marko William (La Verne) Maidak, Bud Marvin (Marie) Maidak, and Matthew Andrew Maidak. 

Other surviving descendants include her grandchildren, Alexander Jefferson (Sarah O’Hern) Maidak, Kenneth Walter (Kelly) Freund, Lisa Marie Freund, Max Marco Maidak, Shanna Marie Lenth; and great-grandchildren, Brandi Lee Jones, Charlotte Paige Maidak, Claire Ellen Maidak, Madelyn Haley Maidak, and Jasmine Marie Lenth. 

Services for Lillian will be private. 



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