Jennie V Bova

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Surrounded by her loving daughters, Jennie Bova, age 102, passed away peacefully on Saturday September 8, 2018.  Jennie€™s legacy continues with her children Phyllis (Patrick), Charlotte (George), and Joanna; five grandchildren Nick (Cynthia), Tony (Kari), Josh, Gina and Dustin; and three great grandchildren; Lindy Ann, Sophia Marie, and Elena Rose.Jennie was born in Joliet, IL on 7/2/1916 to Ciro and Cosima Cirrencione. She married Nick Bova on April 30, 1939.Jennie loved cooking, sewing, needle point, puzzles and people.  Every one of her children have a cookbook she wrote, an afghan she made, and needle point pictures for their walls. Family was the center of her life.  She was also a historian; researched and documented ancestors going back to the 15^th century. And her children inherited volumes of collated documents on our wonderful Italian Family.Friends and family will gather and remember Jennie on Friday, September 14^th from 2 pm to 8 pm at Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral Home, 540 Dixie Hwy. at Joe Orr Road, Chicago Heights.  Funeral service at 10AM on Saturday at the funeral home.  Interment at Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Steger, IL 708-754-0016.