Mary Elizabeth Liebentritt, 96, nee MacDonald, passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 6, 2018. She was born October 29, 1921, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, to the late William Erroll and the late Elizabeth Victoria (nee MacIntyre) MacDonald. Her family emigrated to the United States in 1925. She was a long-time resident of Chicago’s southwest side, then Orland Park and LaGrange Park, IL. She was the devoted wife of 61 years to the late Felix (Phil), the loving mother of Frank J. (Judith), Donald J. (Therese), David A. (Linda) and the late Kenneth, grandmother of Matthew, Carrie, Sarah, Erin, Kyle, Jamie Rose, Adam, Laura, and Karen, and the late Cory, great grandmother of Cole, Blake, Drew, John, Charles, Ethan, Thomas, Eleanor, Jake, Emma, Jack, Lauren, Annie, Lincoln, Griffin, Eddie and Owen, beloved sister of the late Shirley (Henry) Schmalen and the late Ret. USAF Colonel Nelson J. MacDonald, and sister-in law of the late Frances Liebentritt and the late Bertha (the late Harold) Poncinie, aunt to Geralyn (the late Jim) Wrezel and is survived by many other nieces and nephews, and many great nieces and nephews. For the past five and a half years, Mary was cared for and loved by her caregiver, Kimberly Meier. The family will be forever grateful to Kim for her exceptional care and devotion to Mary. Mary was a devout Catholic, avid reader, cook, seamstress and caring mother who, with her husband Phil, and like many other hardworking middle class parents, provided their family with generous love and support, and opportunities neither of them had. Her sons were incredibly fortunate and will be forever grateful for all their parents did for them, including many vacations by car throughout the United States. Services will be Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at St. Francis Xavier Church, 121 N. Spring Ave., LaGrange, Illinois: Visitation at 10 am, and Mass at 11 am. Arrangements by Hallowell & James Funeral Home, 1025 West 55th Street, Countryside, Illinois. No flowers, please. A donation to a favorite charity would be meaningful to Mary.