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(Courtesy of the Free Press Wilmington) 04/07/2020 By: Marney Simon Editor Wilmington food pantry provides to the public during pandemic VOLUNTEERS AT Kuzma Care Cottage in Wilmington bring groceries out to the patio for no-contact pickup by clients. Kuzma Care remains open Monday through Friday, but will be closed this week for Good Friday. Photo by Marney Simon. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home order put in place by Gov. JB Pritzker have forced residents t

(Courtesy of the Free Press Wilmington) 09/25/2018 By: Staff Report Sister Ann Ellen Quirk, BVM, who established the Kuzma Care Cottage and nurtured all of the benevolence that flows from its doors for decades, died Saturday, at Caritas Center in Dubuque, Iowa, at the age of 87. Sister Quirk entered the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1949. In 1952 she was assigned as a music teacher and a counselor at St. Rose Parochial School, where she