Florence Lapka, nee Kaptur, 78 years, beloved wife of the late Matthew S.; loving mother of Sandra (Mitchell) Niklewicz and Carol (Jim) Kelly; proud grandmother of John (Paula) Niklewicz, David (Tammy) Niklewicz, and Cassie (Harold) Ruhnke; great-grandmother of Emily, Julia, Hannah, Polly, and Grace; dear sister of the late Helen DeLuca. Funeral Friday, 8:45 a.m. from Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 4727 W. 103rd St., Oak Lawn, to St. Germaine Church, Mass 9:30 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation Thursday 2 unil 9 p.m. Member of St. Germaine Womens Club. Past Member and Officer of The Arch-Con Fraternity of St. Clare de Montefalco and The Midwest Garden Club. Comedy playwright in the 1950s and ’60s. Her passion was writing children’s plays and comedies. Visit www.mem.com or call 708-636-1193.
