Lorraine "Lori" Stevens Lori was born at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and she grew up in the near west suburbs of Maywood and Melrose Park. She was a child of the Great Depression, and she lost her father at an early age. This made for a difficult life's beginning, but this, along with an immigrant family's instinct for survival, forged in her a resilience and an intense love of family that never left her. Matt, Trisha, and Danny, her grandchildren, and Xander, her great-grandson, made her the most happy. Disney World vacations with the grandkids were indeed magical times for her. These were the happiest times of her life. So were birthdays. Other's birthdays, that is. She didn't look forward to her own. Lori married Ray (Ernie to some) on a very hot August 4, 1956. They were married for 65 years until Ray passed away in 2022. Lori was the best thing that ever happened to Ray. She supported him in any endeavor that fancied him and in endeavors that didn't fancy him but had to be d

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