Charlotte \u201cLotty\u201d Sykora, passed away in her sleep, at her home on\u00a0Wednesday, June 17, 2020.<\/p>\n
She was born in Chicago, IL on January 17, 1931 to Walter and Katherine\u00a0(Janoa)\u00a0Bebel. Lotty attended schools in Chicago and moved to Wisconsin where she graduated from\u00a0Chetek -Weyerhaeuser High School\u00a0in 1948.<\/p>\n
Charlotte met her future husband, Joe Sykora in Weyerhaeuser, WI and they were united in marriage on August 28, 1948 at St. Peter\u00a0& Paul Catholic\u00a0Church in Weyerhaeuser. Soon after, they moved to Kenosha.<\/p>\n
Lotty\u00a0volunteered at Bose Elementary School and eventually\u00a0became a teacher\u2019s\u00a0aide for Kenosha Unified School District where she was employed for 27 years until her retirement. She was a\u00a0lector for St. Anthony\u2019s Catholic Church, a volunteer at the Kenosha Public Museum, Anderson Art Gallery, Kenosha\u00a0Senior Citizens Center and\u00a0The Literacy Council.\u00a0She was a Scout Leader and member of The Red Hats Society and St. Anthony\u2019s Rosary Society.\u00a0Lotty enjoyed watching her grandchildren play sports, gardening, planting flowers, taking photographs, feeding animals, birdwatching, meeting her friends for coffee and going on trips with her family. She loved being active and was known\u00a0as a generous person, always willing to help others.<\/p>\n
Lotty is survived by her five children, Sharon (Tom) Flynn, Karen Sykora, Joe (Melisa) Sykora, Jim (Sue) Sykora and John (Mona) Sykora and\u00a0her brother, Gene (Karlene) Bebel. \u00a0Lotty has 14 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.<\/p>\n
She was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, Joe Sykora; her parents, Walter and Katherine\u00a0Bebel;\u00a0her daughter, Marian Sykora;\u00a0her in-laws, Jake and Helen Sykora; and\u00a0her brother, Richard Bebel.<\/p>\n
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An open visitation for Lotty will be held on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Piasecki Funeral Home, 3720 39th Avenue. Social distancing guidelines will be maintained, and face coverings are encouraged. If you feel ill, please view the livestream of the service and the forgo the visitation.<\/p>\n
A Mass of Christian Burial honoring Lotty\u2019s life will be held\u00a0privately on Thursday, June 25th<\/sup> at 10:00 a.m. at St. Peter\u2019s Catholic Church.\u00a0 Due to the COVID Crisis the Mass of Christian Burial will be streamed live at:\u00a0www.uploadpartners.com\/charlottesykora<\/a>. Private interment will take place in St. George Cemetery.<\/p>\n In Lotty\u2019s memory, please choose to support one of her favorite organizations: Kenosha Public Museum, Anderson Art Gallery, Kenosha\u00a0Senior Citizens Center or\u00a0The Literacy Council.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Charlotte \u201cLotty\u201d Sykora, passed away in her sleep, at her home on\u00a0Wednesday, June 17, 2020. She was born in Chicago, IL on January 17, 1931 to Walter and Katherine\u00a0(Janoa)\u00a0Bebel. Lotty attended schools in Chicago and moved to Wisconsin where she graduated from\u00a0Chetek -Weyerhaeuser High School\u00a0in<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":12959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-12958","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/12958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=12958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}