In loving memory of Christina (Coglianese) Lee

Beloved wife of Young Lee

Loving mother of Jayme (Elijah), Jack (Natalie), and Lucy

Beloved daughter of Anthony and Janice (Letizia) Coglianese

Granddaughter of the late Joseph & Livia (Moauro) Coglianese

Granddaughter of Lorraine (Jahntz) and late Charles Letizia

Daughter-in-law of Nam Lee

Fond grandmother of Leilani Bright (daughter of Jayme and Elijah)

Dear sister of Don (Katharine) Coglianese, Cari (Constantino "Tino") Boccarsi, and David (Jennifer) Coglianese.

Dear sister-in-law of Young M. Lee and Young K. Lee.

Fond niece, aunt, cousin, friend, and teacher of many.

Visitation 3:00-8:00PM, Sunday, July 14, 2024 at Russo's Hillside Chapels  4500 Roosevelt Rd, Hillside, IL 60162  (Between Mannheim and Wolf Rds.)

It is Chrissy's wish for this to be a Celebration of Life. She requested that friends and family dress casually and comfortably, avoiding the color black.

Funeral Monday at Mary Mother of Divine Grace Church  Divine Providence   2600 Mayfair  Westchester, IL 60154   Mass 10AM

Friends and family are asked to meet at the Church by 9:45AM

Interment will follow in Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

Please omit sending flowers.

Christina Marie (Coglianese) Lee was born November 22, 1972, at Elmhurst Hospital, IL. Chrissy, as she was well known, was a beautiful, loving daughter, granddaughter, sister,   niece, cousin, wife, mother, grandmother, Godmother, sister-in-law, teacher, and a friend to anyone who knew her. She was the oldest out of all the 47 first cousins.

Christina went to Sacred  Heart School in Melrose Park through second grade, and when her parents moved to Westchester, she attended  grade school at Divine Providence School, graduated from Immaculate Heart of Mary High School and continued her education at Triton College for two years and finished with a Journalism Degree at Colombia College.

At the age of 12 she worked at a farm stand where she removed bushels of corn from the trucks for the fruit stand. She did this for a few summers, but then became allergic to the silk of the corn and continued working babysitting for many families, and  waitressing in many different restaurants to save for her college education. During her college years, she practiced her editing skills for  Street Wise Newspaper. After graduating, she worked for the Cigar Smoker, editing their magazine.

Later she became a teacher part time at two different Catholic Schools but

ended up working at St Odilo in Berwyn for over 25 years. She was on many committees for years helping with the Student Council, Parent Teacher Co-Operative (PTC), Yearbook, Fund-Raising Events, Photography, and a Recycling Committee, which she started and organized to get extra money for the school. She taught and continued all these activities until it was no longer possible for her. She was diagnosed with Stage 4  Melanoma Cancer which spread throughout her entire body and metastasized to her brain. Chrissy went to different hospitals for her cancer  treatment: Loyola Hospital, Mayo Clinic, and  Northwestern Hospital. She went through three years of immunotherapy, chemo, radiation, and extensive surgeries!

When those failed her, she chose to do experimental trials knowing that she had less than a 2% chance that these would work, but Chrissy was a fighter, and also did it for research for other cancer victims. She never once complained or asked, " Why Me?"  Her faith carried her through these difficult times.

She has been married to her loving husband, a Police Sergeant, and former Marine for the past seventeen years.

Her lifetime love of softball, from grade school through her young adult years, was passed down to her children, which she became their biggest fan by attending all their games.

She was the "hostess with the mostest"  coordinating all the family parties with much detailed décor for all occasions.

She touched the lives of everyone who knew her.

Visit Chrissy's  personal web page at www.cappetta-dicanio.com and share your memories with her family and friends.

Info  Cappetta DiCanio Funeral Directors  708 222-8669