Dawn L. Kurzawa

Dawn Lynn Kurzawa, 57, of St. Anne, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2024 at St. Mary’s Hospital. She was born January 20, 1967, in Kankakee, the daughter of Richard Sain and Cynthia O’Cull. On December 21, 2012, she married Donald E. Kurzawa in Kankakee. Dawn loved to work in the garden, planting flowers and had so many house plants, it looked like a beautiful jungle. She enjoyed reading and only wore crocs. She was known to feed and take care of stray animals, as well as the birds. She is survived by her mother, Cynthia O’Cull; three children, Crystal (Chris) Moody of Neveda, Joshua (Jeanna) Fodor, and Tyler (Mary) Fodor; 8 grandchildren; uncles and aunts, Thomas (Kathy) O’Cull, Wick (Susan) O’Cull, Sandra (Richard) O’Connor, and Dorothy O’Cull; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins; best friends, Bobbie Jean (Steve) Sellers and Dawn Fraham-Dieckman. She is preceded in death by her husband, Donald; father, Richard Sain; maternal grandparents Arthur and Hazel O’Cull; paternal grandparents, Woodrow and Edith Sain. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Jensen Funeral Home, Kankakee. Memorials may be made to the wishes of the family.