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Obituary: Anne R. Schmitz
Anne would smile with pride running into students who would remember their favorite "Lunch Lady."
Obituary was published and funeral arrangements were entrusted to the care and direction of the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home and Crematory.
Anne R. Schmitz
Age 85, of Joliet, Illinois, passed away at home Monday morning, September 29, 2025.
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Anne was born December 11, 1939, to the late Eleanor (Ruddy) and Forrest Beach in Joliet, where she resided most of her life. She graduated with the Class of 1957 from Joliet Township High School. She graduated from St. Joseph School of Nursing in Joliet in 1960 and worked as a Registered Nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The roles, however, that she most cherished were those of a mother, and later, a grandmother. After raising her children, Anne worked for over 20 years as a cafeteria server at several high schools in the Plainfield School District. To this day she would smile with pride running into students who would remember their favorite “Lunch Lady.”
Anne is the beloved wife of 63 years to Charles Schmitz; loving mother of Carolyn (Michael) Healy, Leslie (James) Weck, and Kristin (Mark) McGaffic; proud and devoted grandmother of Patrick (Dee) Healy, Sean Healy, and Jordan, Amelia, and Charlotte McGaffic. Also surviving are her brother, James Beach; and her sister-in-law, Sandy (the late Richard) Schmitz.
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She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Harry Beach; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Visitation for Anne Schmitz will be Sunday, October 5, 2025 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black Rd (at Essington Rd) Joliet. Funeral services will begin at 9:15 a.m., Monday, October 6, 2025 with prayers at the funeral home to Queen of Apostles Catholic Church, 18 N. Woodlawn Ave., Joliet for a Mass of Christian Burial beginning at 10:00 a.m. Interment will be at Woodlawn Memorial Park II.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Fisher House at Hines VA.
For more information, please call (815) 741-5500, or visit her Memorial Tribute at www.fredcdames.com, where you can share a favorite memory or leave a condolence.
