Dorothy Klein Hardy
May 26, 1926 – April 24, 2017

Dorothy K. Hardy, 90, formerly of Marseilles, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2017 at UNC Rex Healthcare, Heart and Vascular Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 20, 2017 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marseilles with Fr. Tony Ego officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery in Marseilles immediately following the Mass.

Dorothy was born May 26, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois to Gus and Christine Klein of Chicago, Ill. She was an ambitious woman who loved school and received a scholarship to Rosary College in River Forest, Ill. After one year she transferred to The University of Chicago, before completing her college studies at De Paul University in Chicago.

After graduation, she worked for American Airlines which enabled her to fly to many places. In 1962 she married Vaughn R. Hardy of Loraine, Ill. Her favorite time was with her family and many friends. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and lived in Marseilles since 1967 until moving to Raleigh, NC in 2013.

She is survived by her three sons, William Hardy (Laura) of Darnestown, MD, Donald Hardy (Mary) of Raleigh, NC, Robert Hardy (Jorie) of Eureka, MO.; seven grandchildren, Austin, Taylor, Shelby, Thomas, Charles, Jonathan and Sarah Hardy; and two sisters Marie (Klein) Genovese of Frankfort, Il, and Lois (Klein) Sheehan of La Grange Park, Il.

She was preceded in death by her husband Vaughn who passed away in 2000 and a brother, Donald Klein.

In lieu of flowers the family requested donations be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church in her memory. Arrangements by Seals-Campbell Funeral Home in Marseilles.