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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Maureen O'Donnell

‘On the cusp of this beautiful fairy tale,’ suburban teacher dies at 39 of newly diagnosed cancer soon after becoming a first-time mom

Twenty-one months after a bagpiper performed at his wedding, Jimmy Jeske had to track him down again. This time, it was to play at the funeral of his wife of less than two years.

Mary Elizabeth Jeske’s death March 1 came 21 months after getting married, four months after giving birth to her son Harry and just three weeks after finding out she had colon cancer.

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