Obituary of Dolores E Favorite

It is with full hearts that we acknowledge the passing of our mother, Dolores Favorite (nee Falvey), 93 years young on January 31, 2023. Born in Chicago, Dolores was the eighth child of Irish immigrants, Thomas Falvey and Catherine O’Leary. She spoke fondly of her childhood growing up with nine siblings in the Woodlawn neighborhood, attending Holy Cross Grammar School and St. Thomas the Apostle High School. Dolores met Thomas Favorite at a parish dance, and they went ice skating on the Midway in Hyde Park for their first date. Married in 1951, they raised nine children in South Holland and were long-time members of St. Jude the Apostle parish. A sharp “grammar cop” with a hotline to the Pope, Dolores had a quick wit, and she passed on her encyclopedic memory of lyrics and love of Broadway tunes and 40s standards to her children. A devoted Chicago sports fan, she attended every championship parade for the Bulls, Black Hawks, and White Sox. After waiting over eighty years, she delighted in the 2016 Cubs World Series Victory and celebrated on Columbus Drive with her family. She loved crossword puzzles, reading novels, playing tennis, and volunteering for Meals on Wheels. Her primary joy came from celebrating with her family and friends at milestone events. Dolores counseled and guided generations of family and friends with her intelligence and outsized empathy. She always treasured her Dolton friends, the “Do Nothings,” a loyal group of women who gathered for fellowship and support. Dolores was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Favorite and her son Edward J. Favorite, as well as her parents Thomas and Catherine and her siblings, Kathleen, Robert, Mary, Eileen, Michael, Dorothy, Theresa, and Thomas Falvey, as well as many beloved brothers- and sisters-in-law, and treasured nieces and nephews. She will be dearly missed by her children Rita Blickenstaff, Therese Heneghan (Matthew), Martha Lloyd (Dan), Mary Beth Cooke (Mike), Thomas S. Jr., Laura McGivern (Mark), Eileen (Martin Perdoux), and Philip, as well as her devoted daughter-in-law, Janey Mohr. Her twenty grandchildren, David (Alexa) Blickenstaff, Paul Blickenstaff, and Katie Morano-Blickenstaff (Scott Morano); Matthew, Martha (Brian Matthews), Michael, and Tommy Heneghan; Christina Margolis (Matt) and Julianne Lloyd; Cameron, Alexander, Nicholas, and Elizabeth Cooke; Kelsey and Hilary McGivern; Lucille and Alice Favorite-Perdoux; and Robert, Dylan, and Paula Favorite. Her nine great-grandchildren include Eisley and Kellen Blickenstaff, Jack and Brooke Matthews, Hailey and Henry Heneghan, Luke and Madelyn Margolis, and Ethan Lloyd. She was a shining light to her many beloved nieces and nephews and to her dear sister Betty (the late Richard) Geimer. A wake will be held at Kolssak Funeral Home, 189 S. Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling from 3:00-8:00 PM on Friday, February 3. Prayer service on Saturday February 4 at 9:15 am at the funeral home to be followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 am at St. Norbert Church, 1809 Walters Ave, Northbrook. Internment: 12:30 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, 6001 W. 111th Street, Alsip, followed by a reception. Charitable donations in Dolores’s name can be made to Catholic Charities (https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/), Meals on Wheels (https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/), or Shore Community Services at shoreservices.org.