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Betty Dzierzynski Obituary
Born: August 11, 1943
Died: June 29, 2025
Betty L. Dzierzynski, 81, of Spring Valley, passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford.
The funeral Mass of Christian burial for Betty will begin at 10:30 AM on Monday, July 7th, at Nativity of Our Lord Parish (St. Anthony Church) in Spring Valley. The Rev. Scott Potthoff will officiate. Burial will follow at Valley Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation for Betty will be held Monday, at the church, from 9:00 AM until time of funeral services.
The Barto Funeral Home, Spring Valley, is honored to be assisting Betty's family.
Betty was born on August 11, 1943 in Florid, IL to Charles and Velma (Porter) Galiher. She was a graduate of Hopkins High School in Granville. On May 21st, 1966, she married LeRoy Dzierzynski at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Spring Valley.
Betty was a member of Nativity of Our Lord Parish. She was retired from Valley Ford.
She is survived by her husband of 59 years, LeRoy Dzierzynski; her two sons, Greg (Carmen) Dzierzynski and Mark (Peggy) Dzierzynski; three granddaughters, Amber Dzierzynski, Haley Kristensen, and Lydia Skerston; three great grandchildren; her sister, Kathryn Selbrede; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Connie Skerston, in 2015; and her siblings, Ralph, Anne, Edna, Bonnie, Patricia, Hazel, and Mary Jane.
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that any donations in Betty's memory be directed to her family.
A guestbook may be signed and memories shared with the family by visiting bartofh.com.
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Peter Jasiek
July 8, 2025
Very sorry for your loss Mark and Greg. She is with the Lord now.
Jennifer E Nordstrom
July 2, 2025
Betty was a shining star in a constellation of sisters. That's how I knew her - as the sister of my maternal grandmother, my great aunt. I know there was a brother in that mix of gals, but it was the ladies I heard chatting and laughing. Betty was one to reach out and connect, to actively hold generations together.
It seems she was blessed to live the entirety of her life with physical and intellectual strength, and that is good.
Her presence will be greatly missed, but I know she's on to something wonderful.
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