Dorothy Tvrdik

Dorothy B. Tvrdik, 95, of North Riverside, died on Dec. 23, 2017. 

Born on Sept. 18, 1922, Ms. Tvrdik was a 33-year member of the North Riverside Golden Agers, eight-year volunteer at LaGrange Hospital and influenced many as a Girl Scout leader. 

Ms. Tvrdik was the wife of the late Charles A. Tvrdik; the mother of Barbara (David) Hodgson; the grandmother of Brian Hodgson, Douglas (Danielle Michard) Hodgson and Don (Mandi) Hodgson; the great-grandmother of Cailin, Laurel, Harlow Hodgson and Ashlyn Cobbs; and the sister of the late Blanche (the late Charles) Bluma. 

Services have been held. Interment was at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside.

Memorials are appreciated to the American Cancer Society, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1200, Chicago, 60601or Residential Hospice of Illinois, 1431 Opus Place, Suite 310, Downers Grove, 60515.

Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.