Paula L. Carney, age 91, passed peacefully in her home January 24,2019. She is the loving wife to the late Saburo "Sam" Kasai; dearest friend to William Campbell, Rose Marie Gallagher, Joyce Stringer, and Ed Kuske, and many others; compliant patient to many medical professionals with physicians at Northwestern Medical Center. Paula overcame many adversities in her young life, being an orphan at a Chicago orphanage. She would tell stories about the only doll she received as a girl was from Al Capone, who visited the orphanage each Christmas with toys for the children. Paula left the orphanage at age 12 and was on her own since. She spent many years as a cashier at the Hilton and Towers on Michigan Ave. Paula retired as a rate specialist and travel consultant with Trans World Airlines after 33 years of service. This enabled her to take advantage of traveling and seeing the world. Paula opted to travel to unusual places rather than the usual tourist destinations. She traveled the world, and made sure she visited more unusual places such as, Mauritius, Ouagadougou in Africa, the Far East, Middle East, and Australia. She was a voracious reader, and opera buff. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 29, 2019 from 4:00 pm until the time of her funeral at 4:30 pm. Visitation will resume after her funeral until 7:00 pm at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home (4727 W. 103rd Street; Oak Lawn, IL 60453). Private burial at Montrose Cemetery in the Japanese Garden at a later date.
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