Mom Who Lost 3 Kids In Tragic Deaths Dies From COVID-19

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — A 95-year-old woman, who lived in Lake in the Hills, Crystal Lake and Marengo, died on Thanksgiving Day due to complications from the coronavirus. Angeline Pindel, who is remembered for her patience and faith, died at JourneyCare Care Center in Barrington, according to her obituary.

Prior to her death, Pindel was living at Sunrise of Crystal Lake and also lived in Marengo and Lake in the Hills. She was a devout Catholic and a member of Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Crystal Lake, according to her obituary.

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Pindel met her husband, Joseph, who immigrated from Poland after World War II, at a dance hall, and they married in 1950, according to a Daily Herald article.

"He asked to take her home, and she thought he had a car and he didn't even have a car," Angela Pindel told the newspaper, recalling the first time her parents met. "He used all his money to take her home on the bus. And then he had to walk home from her house, because he had no money left."

But the couple faced much adversity, including the tragic deaths of three of their six children. Joey, their sixth child, died at 18 months after choking on a hot dog; their second born, a daughter, died in a car accident; and another son was stabbed to death in a bar during a brawl, according to an obituary and the Daily Herald.

A memorial mass and burial will be held in mid-2021. In lieu of flowers, Pindel's family requests donations be made to Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church.