Betty D. Schimanski

Betty D. Schimanski, age 89, of Hanover, Illinois, formally of Apple Canyon Lake, passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at the Elizabeth Nursing Home, Elizabeth, Illinois. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 22, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Hanover. Burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover. A visitation will be held from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the Elizabeth Nursing Home in Betty’s memory.
Betty was born on November 4, 1927, the daughter of Walter and Sophie (Smoliski) Leeks in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Tuley High School in Chicago. On May 15, 1948, Betty married Harold Schimanski in Chicago. They celebrated 66 years of marriage until Harold’s death in 2015.
Betty worked for Steward Warner in Chicago as a production worker for ten years. She retired from Main West High School in Des Plaines, Illinois, after working 20 years in the dietary department. She enjoyed golf, cooking, gardening, skiing, and most of all, she loved the time she shared with Harold.
Betty will be dearly missed by one sister, Rosalie “Cookie” Alvarez; three nieces, Raquel, Roxanna, and Renee; one nephew, Raymond; and her godson and caregiver, Ken (Linda) Mulholland of Hanover. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold; one sister, Dorothy Leeks; and her parents, Walter and Sophie.
The family would like to thank the staff at the Elizabeth Nursing Home for all of their great care.