Carolyn Hammerschmitt (nee Crothers), 85, of Brookfield, died on July 4, 2025. She taught for nearly 30 years at St. Louise de Marillac School, touching countless lives and opening her heart and home by adopting four children and continuing to tutor students into her retirement. Her legacy of love, compassion, and unwavering dedication to learning will live on in all of those she nurtured and inspired.
Carolyn was the wife of the late Phillip Hammerschmitt; the mother of Beth (Tom) Kraus, Timothy (Rizalina) Hammerschmitt, Douglas (Emmanuelle) Hammerschmitt, and Amy (John) Stinson; the grandmother of Ian (Bailey), Sean, Haley (Triston), Morgan, Sydney, Andrew, Noah, Nathan, and Brianna; the great-grandma of Degan, Delaney, Landyn, and Joyner; the sister of Mary (Jim) Hill, Rob (Renee) Crothers, George (Marge) Crothers, Cathy (the late John) Coffey, and the late Marelyn (Ray) Musich; and the aunt of many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 10 from 3 to 8 p.m. and Friday, July 11 from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home Ltd., 9445 31st St., Brookfield. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Friday at St. Louise de Marillac Church, corner of 30th and Raymond Ave., La Grange Park, with interment at Queen of Heaven in Hillside.
Memorials appreciated to your favorite charity.