There will be no visitation or funeral service. A graveside service will be held at a later date. The Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in assisting the family with arrangements. Cremation rites have been accorded. Interment will be at Grove Hill Cemetery in Morrison.
Gloria was born October 19, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, to Leonardo and Teresa (Tracotna) Cernet, who immigrated from Cannevola, Italy. She was a graduate of a Catholic high school in Chicago. Gloria married Albert W. Folkerts at St. Cletus Catholic Church in La Grange, Illinois, and they shared many devoted years together until his passing on November 4, 2003. She dedicated 40 years of service at La Grange Memorial Hospital before later owning and operating Al & Glor’s Tavern in Hodgkins, Illinois, alongside her husband. In her later years, Gloria attended Morrison Catholic Church. She enjoyed playing cards—especially Canasta—taking walks, and spending time visiting residents in local nursing homes, offering friendship and conversation. Above all else, Gloria treasured time with her grandchildren and never missed an opportunity to help care for them whenever she could.
Survivors include three sons, Robert (Carol) Folkerts of Morrison, IL, Dennis (Janet) Folkerts of Wheatfield, IN and Michael (Sherry) Folkerts of Bourbonnais, IL; four grandchildren, Carrie Folkerts, Kathy (Joe) Presley, and Karen Folkerts and Amanda Folkerts; great-grandchild, Tanner Snodgrass; one brother-in-law, Anthony Lovett of Brookfield, IL; many nieces and nephews in Grand Blanc, MI.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Albert; one daughter in infancy, Mary Folkerts; one son, William John Folkerts; two sisters, Jean Zito and Norma A. Lovett.
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