Thelma E. Lively, age 80, a resident of Munster, Ind., passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2014, in Munster, Ind., at the William Riley Memorial Residential Hospice in Munster.

Mrs. Lively was born March 12, 1934, in Springfield, Ill. She was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.

Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Rogers and Grace Allman Rogers; by a sister, Helen Benson; and by brothers, Eddie and Walt Rogers.

She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Al Lively; by a son, Edward Krakowiak and wife Tammy; by grandsons, Christopher, Corey, and Cole Krakowiak; by granddaughters, Katherine Greer and Michelle Brunner; and by great-grandsons, Kane and Kia Greer. [Read more…]