Mary Diaz

February 22, 1925 - January 3, 2011

Mary Diaz, 85, a resident of New Lenox, Illinois passed away at 4:00 a.m. Monday, January 3, 2011 at the Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Illinois.


Mary was born on February 22, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Louis and Julia (Alonzo) Flores, both deceased. She married Edward Diaz on November 11, 1944 and he survives.


Mary was a homemaker.


Mary is survived by her husband, Edward Diaz of New Lenox, Illinois; a son, Robert L. Diaz of South Holland, Illinois; a daughter, Gloria Tomchek of New Lenox, Illinois, a daughter, Dorothy Fay Marnell of New Lenox, Illinois; and a sister, Marggie Solano of Berne, Indiana.


A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home in Berne. Interment will be in the M.R.E. Cemetery of rural Berne.