Visitation for Alice Marie Hudec, 91, will be held Sunday, May 1, 2022 from 3:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine. Prayers will begin Monday, May 2, 2022 at 9:15 a.m. also at the Funeral Home, proceeding to the St. Colette Catholic Church, 3900 Meadow Drive, Rolling Meadows, for a 10:00 a.m. Funeral Mass. The Interment will follow at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery, Palatine.
Alice Marie Hudec (nee Otto) was born September 19, 1930 in Chicago. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
She was the beloved wife of Dr. Ronald L. Hudec who preceded her in death; loving mother of Ronald Jr. (Bonnie) Hudec, Mary Anne (Randall) Lawson, Margaret (late James) Duhamel, John (Carolyn) Hudec, Susan (Gregory) Spillane, Joseph (Diane) Hudec; loving grandmother of Andrew, Alex, Naomi, Nathan, Jason, David, Megan, Eric, Quinn, Allison, and Joseph Jr.; loving great-grandmother to Elijah and Olivia.
She was preceded in death by her father, John Martin Otto; her mother, Florence Margaret Otto (nee Toussaint) and her brother, John Martin Otto, Jr.
Alice received her nursing certification from St. Francis Hospital Nursing School in Chicago in 1951. She became a head nurse at St. Francis where she met and married Dr. Ronald Hudec. They moved to San Francisco where they lived while Ronald served in the Navy, and where their first two children were born. After Ronald’s service, they moved back to the Chicago area where he began his medical practice and Alice devoted her energy to raising their growing family.
Alice was a dedicated homemaker and devoted mother to her six children. She was an active member of St. Colette Catholic Church and an enthusiastic volunteer at the school. She enjoyed her Thursday shopping trips, bowling with her leagues, spending time at their vacation home in Pensacola, FL, watching the Cubs play, and she was famous in the family for her mini golf skills. Above all, Alice loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Colette Catholic Church, 3900 Meadow Drive, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008.
Alice was one of my favorite members of our family. She was always so with-it, intelligent, and full of life, and I always looked forward to seeing her. She and Ron were opera fans (as was I), so we had plenty to chat about when we visited. I realize she lived a long good life, but it is still sad to lose her. Yet the happy memories will remain.
Many memories of Meema, or Chex Mix Grandma as my high school friends referred to her. Vividly, I recall anxiously awaiting her arrival every summer Wednesday and wondering if David or Megan would be hopping out of the red Oldsmobile, where the dashboard was typically stocked with Werther’s toffee and butterscotch hard candy. On a perfect Wednesday, we would all play minigolf, David would win (he always did) and get ice cream, or a slurpee afterwards. For lunch Meema would fix us a microwave hot dog or chunky chicken noodle soup, we couldn’t be any more pleased. Meema would always have us fish a placemats out from under the stack of newspapers before eating anything though. After we had our food she would settle in with a sandwich and some fruit. Religiously, she would listen to WGN radio and complete her crossword puzzle. This is why I listen to WGN on Sunday mornings when I’m fixing breakfast. She also influenced my affinity for the Cubs. Anyways, snacks were plentiful, whether it be chicken n a biscuit, fruit snacks, or giant bags of Chex Mix. After dinner, which was typically Wendy’s, Palmers or The Ranch, we would head down stairs to watch the Simpson’s and Seinfeld. Meema was truly one of the last converts to cable TV. This was a perfect Wednesday.
Meema never complained about driving me to baseball games in Dekalb. She never complained about going to Minnesota where I think she mostly looked forward to laundry day in Blackduck and the hotel in Eau Claire on the way home…maybe grocery shopping in Grand Rapids. Alex and I were debating who her favorite grandchild was and settled on Naomi or Kohls. My earliest memory of her was fittingly her taking care of me when I had chicken pox while Alex was being born. She constantly encouraged me to be more family oriented and nothing was more fulfilling than to hear her kind words about Olivia. We will love you forever Meema and were blessed to call you Grandma.
-Olivia, Jessica and Andy
TLDR: We love Meema!