Mother: Margaret Schennick Rafferty 1889-1972
Spouse: Delbert Kenneth Purpus 1914-2001
Child: Donald Eugene Purpus 1955-
Siblings: Owen P Rafferty 1915-1964
Gabriel W. Rafferty 1917-1994
Daniel J. Rafferty 1922-1984
Eugene R. Rafferty 1925-1966
Margaret 'Peggy' Rafferty 1927-1992
Elizabeth Rafferty 1929-1934
James 'Jimmy' Rafferty 1932-1985
Celeste was a very kind and loving person. She worked as an administrator in Real Estate offices in Chicago from 1936-1979. After Delbert retired they traveled extensively through the USA and purchased a mobile home in Lake Placid, Florida where they spent 3 months each winter and visited with her step-daughter Jeaneen (George) Hess, step-grandson Michael (Shelly) Hollingshead and step-great grandchildren Patrick, Corey and Casey Joyce all of Marco Island, Florida.
She doted on her son Donald who was the light of her life.
The last few years of her life she battled cancer and passed away in Hickory Hills with her loving husband and son by her side.
Mother: Margaret Schennick Rafferty 1889-1972
Spouse: Delbert Kenneth Purpus 1914-2001
Child: Donald Eugene Purpus 1955-
Siblings: Owen P Rafferty 1915-1964
Gabriel W. Rafferty 1917-1994
Daniel J. Rafferty 1922-1984
Eugene R. Rafferty 1925-1966
Margaret 'Peggy' Rafferty 1927-1992
Elizabeth Rafferty 1929-1934
James 'Jimmy' Rafferty 1932-1985
Celeste was a very kind and loving person. She worked as an administrator in Real Estate offices in Chicago from 1936-1979. After Delbert retired they traveled extensively through the USA and purchased a mobile home in Lake Placid, Florida where they spent 3 months each winter and visited with her step-daughter Jeaneen (George) Hess, step-grandson Michael (Shelly) Hollingshead and step-great grandchildren Patrick, Corey and Casey Joyce all of Marco Island, Florida.
She doted on her son Donald who was the light of her life.
The last few years of her life she battled cancer and passed away in Hickory Hills with her loving husband and son by her side.
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