Patricia Rutkowski, age 77, a resident of Winfield, formerly of Franklin Park, IL, died Saturday, February 25, 2023, at AHVA Care of Winfield in Winfield, Illinois. She was born July 20, 1945 in Chicago to Stanley and Genevieve Sliz.

Patricia grew up in the Franklin Park area and graduated from East Leyden High School. She married Eugene Rutkowski in 1967. She raised two children in Franklin Park.

She loved doing artwork, was a huge baseball fan, and playing Bingo with family and friends. She was loving and caring and loved to make people smile. She loved being with her grandchildren and her family.

The Rutkowski family is thankful for the staff and friends at AHVA Care of Winfield for their care and support over the years.

She is survived by her children, Debbie Worley and Joseph Rutkowski, her grandsons, Joshua Worley, Joseph Rutkowski Jr., Mark Rutkowski and Richard Rutkowski, two sisters, Alice Schmitz and Eileen Madrzycki. She was a loving aunt to many.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene in 2003, her parents and one sister, Helen Feineis.

A visitation will be held on Thursday, March 2, 2023 from 9:30 - 11:00 at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St., Wheaton, where a funeral service will be held at 11:00. Interment will follow at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois.

Memorial gifts may be directed to the American Cancer Society , PO Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741.

Family and friends may sign a guest book at hultgrenfh.com. For more information, please call Hultgren Funeral Home at 630-668-0027.