Kathleen Grundhoefer Chilton

Graveside services for Mrs. Kathleen Grundhoefer Chilton, age 77, of Allons will be conducted at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 3, 2020 from the Richardson Cemetery. Rev. James Shenko will officiate. The family will welcome friends at the cemetery. Mrs. Kathleen Chilton passed from this life on Tuesday morning, April 28, 2020 from the McKendree Village Healthcare Center in Hermitage, Tennessee. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 12, 1943 to the late Joseph A. & Mildred Mary Michlek Zelinka. Kathleen was a faithful member of the First Christian Church in Livingston. She enjoyed watching musicals, knitting items for family and friends and collecting Disney figurines. Kathleen loved her family and extended family and enjoyed many outings with the First Christian Church Roadrunners. Kathleen leaves behind her daughter, Raeann Kwasek & husband Michael of Chicago, IL, two sons, Dean Grundhoefer & wife Grace of Chicago, IL, and Daniel Grundhoefer of Colorado; four grandchildren, Jordan Grundhoefer, Nick Grundhoefer, Danielle Grundhoefer, Elizabeth Matnei and husband Devan, one great grandchild, Mason Grundhoefer, four stepdaughters, Kimberly Swafford & husband Doug of Chattan...[more]

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a, TN, Pamela Frye & husband Jeff of Phoenix, AZ, Jodi Wright & husband Bobby of Nashville, TN, and Rhonda Badger & husband Clay of Kingston, TN; one sister Bettyann Kapelkea and two brothers, Michael Zelinka and Robert Zelinka, several nieces, nephews, and friends. In addition to her parents, Kathleen was preceded in death by her husband, Joe E. Chilton, one sister, Maryann Zelinka and one brother, Joseph Zelinka. The family wishes to express heartfelt thanks to the nurses and staff at McKendree Village for their loving care for Kathleen.