Individual Details
Lily Teresa Warner
(26 Dec 1927 - 20 Oct 2008)
Events
| Birth | 26 Dec 1927 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage Bann | 28 Apr 1948 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Samuel Leo Catanzaro Jr. | |||
| Occupation | May 1948 | Bell Telephone Co, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 8 May 1948 | St Catherine of Siena, 38 N. Austin Blvd, Oak Park Township, Cook, Illinois, United States - Samuel Leo Catanzaro Jr. | | ||
| Residence | From 1952 to 1966 | in a walk up ranch, later made into a 2 story - Bellwood, Cook, Illinois | |||
| Illness | Jan 2008 | Liver Cancer - 10201 W Deanne Drive, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | | ||
| Death | 20 Oct 2008 | Hospice of the Valley Sun City Arizona, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | | | |
| Burial | 22 Oct 2008 | Sun Land Memorial Park, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, Sun Land Memorial Park, Maricopa, Arizona, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Samuel Leo Catanzaro Jr. (1923 - 2008) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Sam Catanzaro (1951 - 2010) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Louis Aloysious Warner (1893 - 1949) |
| Mother | Lilly T. Bluett (1889 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Margaret T. Warner (1919 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Louis Warner (1924 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Mary Jane Warner (1925 - 1998) |
Notes
Birth
Mom was born the day after Christmas, 1927. Christened Lilly Warner, her ancestry was mixed Irish, English, and German. She was a true child of the great depression, a time when unemployment reached 25% and kids who could earn a nickel or two by sweeping out guest cabins at Fox Lake all day were considered extremely lucky.She was very pretty and caught the eye of classmate and hall of fame basketball legend George Mikan, and some pair they must have made, him at 6’ 11” and her at 5’1” in tiptoes.She was devoutly religious, loved to laugh, and more than anything else, was not afraid of hard work. Mom, I think it’s fair to say, could, and did, outwork all of us kids daily right through her late 70’s. She was amazing, dad called her a“perpetual motion machine,” and she stayed constantly active up until a few years ago when she hurt her back by lugging a chair out to the porch for the St. Vincent de Paul truck. Typical mom.Occupation
Mom was working for the phone company making $125 a week. When dad got back from his honeymoon, and his boss found out that his new wife was out-earning him by $25 a week, he said “We can’t have that” and raised dad to $200. Dad must have felt with mom on his team, he was on another lucky streak.Illness
Mom was diagnosed with lung cancer at the beginning of this year (2008), she was given two months to live. She was more than ready to leave this life and go onto the life to come. And, she probably would have been gone in about two months, had not dad taken ill. Suddenly, mom went from patient to tireless caregiver, just like she had done for all of us kids in the past. The focus shifted from her sufferings to her husband Sam.Death
Lilly was born in Chicago December 26th, 1927 Daughter Nancy Roberts of Phoenix, Sons: Sam of Phoenix, Jim (wife Brenda) of Fort Wayne, IN, Joe (wife Terre) of Yuma, AZ & Steve of Phoenix , AZ. Also surviving are Grandson’s Michael (daughter in law: Deena) and Tanner. Granddaughter Karla Catanzaro. Great Grandchildren: Cedric and Devin.Lilly was preceded in Death by her loving Husband Sam, less then 24 hours earlier, Her Parents, Louis A Warner and Lilly, Her Brother Louis (aka Uncle Bud), Sisters: Mary Jane Anderson, and Marge Rebmann, and Grandson Sammy Roberts.Lilly was a housewife that overcame many obstacles that never stopped her courage. Legally blind, she never let that get in her way.Both Sam and Lilly will be deeply missed. Their love for each other was so strong for the past 60 years that they would not be separated for any length of time, even in deathPlace of birth: Chicago, IllinoisPlace of death: Sun City ArizonaBurial
Services for Sam and Lilly to be held at 11 a.m. Saturday Oct. 25, 2008 at Our Lady of the Sun, 12534 W. Peoria Ave., El Mirage, AZ 85335, Father Andrade officiating. Interment following Services at Sunland Memorial Park, 15826 Del Webb Blvd., Sun City, AZ . In lieu of flowers, donations to Our Lady of the Sun or Hospice of the Valley,1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix, AZ 85014.Published in Chicago Tribune on October 23, 2008Endnotes
1. , Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Family Search, "United States Social Security Death Index" (www.familysearch.org : accessed ), , . (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), viewed; 3 March 2013; Lily Warner; https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VSQ2-QTG.
2. , United State Census, "Index and Images," index and images, The Church of the Latter Day Saints, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : accessed ), . (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Viewed; 3 March 2013; Lily Warner birth date approx.; https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XSPC-1QZ.
3. , Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960, , Sam and Lily Catanzaro, 8 May 1948; database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 [database on-line] (Ancestry.com : Online 29 July 2014); Cook County Clerk, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
4. , "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLG-TPF1 : accessed 26 August 2015), Lilly Warner Catanzaro, 2008; Burial, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States of America, Sunland Memorial Park; citing record ID 1 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
5. , Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1912-1942, , , ; database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 [database on-line] (Ancestry.com : accessed ); Cook County Clerk, Chicago, IL. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Online; 29 July 2014; Sam and Lily Catanzaro; 8 May 1948.
6. , Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960, , Sam and Lily Catanzaro, 8 May 1948; database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 [database on-line] (Ancestry.com : Online 29 July 2014); Cook County Clerk, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
7. , , Chicago Tribune, Chicago Illinois, . (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), http://www.legacy.com/EnhancedObit/EnhancedObit.aspx?PersonID=119252125; 23 October 2008; Online.
8. , Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Family Search, "United States Social Security Death Index" (www.familysearch.org : accessed ), , . (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VSQ2-QTG; 8 March 2013; Lily T Catanzaro.
9. , "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLG-TPF1 : accessed 26 August 2015), Lilly Warner Catanzaro, 2008; Burial, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States of America, Sunland Memorial Park; citing record ID 1 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
10. , , http://www.legacy.com/NS/, http://www.legacy.com/NS/, . (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), obituary for Sam and Lily Catanzaro; 22 October 2008; http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=Samuel-Catanzaro&pid=119213689#fbLoggedOut.
11. , "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLG-TPF1 : accessed 26 August 2015), Lilly Warner Catanzaro, 2008; Burial, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States of America, Sunland Memorial Park; citing record ID 1 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).