Dolores Margaret (Handlin) Henning, 76
Dolores passed
away peacefully from heart failure, at home with family and pets at
her side, on May 8, 2010, having won an 18-year battle with three
separate bouts of cancer.
Dolores was born
June 16, 1933, in Chicago, Ill., to Charlotte and Emmet Handlin,
and was the beloved stepdaughter of Milton Carlson. She spent her
school years both in the city of Chicago, and in the country in
Norwood Park, graduating from Austin High School in 1951. Shortly
after graduation she married Glenn Kindman Henning, also of
Chicago. They were married for 33 years, making a home primarily in
Country Club Hills, Ill.
Dolores is
survived by her four children, Judy (Michael) Groat, Glenn Jr.
(Tammy), Tom (Peggy) and Stacey. She also dearly loved her nine
grandchildren, Andrea, Jeff, Kevin, Lisa, Brian, Lauren, Laura,
Leanne and Chris, and three great-grandchildren, Tommy, Tara and
John.
Dolores is best
remembered and respected for an unwavering faith in her God, and
her tremendous concern and compassion for those less fortunate.
That depthless compassion extended to all of God’s creatures, great
and small. There wasn’t a living creature in need that Dolores
would not attend to, having taken in countless strays or abandoned
animals into her home that needed care. She loved and was forever
surrounded by her animals — and they loved her in return.
Although Dolores
was employed at times (later in life she earned her degree in
business management), she loved and was most proud of being a
traditional homemaker and mom. Her children, all college graduates,
will forever remember her saying that “the back of a report card
(which attested to a person’s character traits) is more important
than the front.”
Dolores moved to
Coeur d’Alene in 1999, to be with her two daughters. She loved the
Northwest and, as was her wishes, will have her ashes returned to
the earth there for eternity.
A celebration of
life will be held at a later date.
Gifts or
remembrances in honor of Dolores are to be made to the Kootenai
Humane Society or other organizations dedicated to the cause of
serving animals in need.