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22 | August 9, 2018 | The lake forest leader FAITH
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Faith Briefs
Grace United Methodist Church (244 East Center Ave., Lake
Bluff)
Music at Grace
6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, Lake
Bluff Village Green. The concert will
feature the Venia Brass Ensemble and
will showcase broadway, pop and more.
Bring a lawn chair, sit back and enjoy the
music.
Youth Car Wash
9 a.m.-12 p.m. Aug. 26, Grace parking
lot. Free will donations will go to the Veterans’
Closet in North Chicago.
Back to School Donations
8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 26. ChildServ’s Annual
School Supply Back to School Drive
Donations can be dropped off in the
Grace lobby until Aug. 26. Cash donations
and gift cards are also welcome.
For a complete listing of items that are
needed, see the flyer next to the donation
baskets.
Church of St. Mary (175 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest)
Eucharistic Adoration
Each Wednesday, the Church of St.
Mary offers Eucharistic Adoration following
the 8 a.m. Mass. A rosary will be
prayed each week at 6:40 p.m. with Benediction
following at 7 p.m.
Christ Church of Lake Forest (100 N. Waukegan Road)
Senior High Youth Group
7-9 p.m. Sundays. All are welcome for
a time of worship, teaching and fellowship.
Friends are encouraged to attend. For
more information, call (847) 234-1001.
Love INC Furniture Ministry
8 a.m.-noon, second Saturday of the
month. Volunteer to help load, deliver
and pick-up furniture. All ages and
abilities are welcome, youth is welcome
with adult supervision. For more information,
contact Tim Banks at timothycbanks@yahoo.com.
Union Church of Lake Bluff (525 E. Prospect Ave., Lake Bluff)
Live Wires
4-5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fellowship Hall.
Live Wires is the Union Church youth
group for fourth- through sixth-graders.
The group meets for lively discussion and
fun activities.
Submit information for The Leader’s Faith
page to b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com. The
deadline is noon on Thursday. Questions?
Call (847) 272-4565 ext. 35.
In Memoriam
Ruth C. Nissen
Ruth C. Nissen,
98, of Lake
Forest, died July
13. She was
born and grew
up in Chicago.
She excelled as
a student in the Nissen
Chicago Public
Schools, graduating from
high school when she was 16
years old, and then graduating
from Wright Junior College
at age 18, when she joined
the work force. One of her
early jobs was at Allstate Insurance
Company where she
met William G. Nissen, Jr., to
whom she was later married
for 50 years until his death
in 1996. During World War
II, she worked in Chicago for
the U.S. Navy as a civilian,
and later as a stewardess for
United Airlines, based in Chicago
and flying to Denver and
Boston.
In 1946, after the War had
ended, and William Nissen
had returned from wartime
service in the U.S. Navy and
rejoined Allstate, she and William
were married in Chicago,
after which Ruth became a
full-time homemaker. She
and William were blessed over
the years with three children:
William, Robert, and Mary.
William’s jobs with Allstate
took the family to New Jersey,
back to Chicago, then to Atlanta,
and finally to Lake Forest,
where Nissen continued to
reside for the remainder of her
life.
Nissen became a member
of St. James Lutheran Church
upon moving to Lake Forest
in 1964. She actively participated
in a sewing group at the
church, and in “Leisure Time,”
a local group that organized
events for senior citizens. She
excelled at creating beautiful
quilts, which she shared with
her extended family and donated
to local charity auctions.
She loved attending flea markets,
where she regularly spotted
rare and special books,
art and other collectibles. In
1998, she was one of the first
residents to arrive at Lake Forest
Place, where she quickly
made many friends.
Family was very important
to Nissen. In addition to her
children, she was blessed with
five grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren, whose
schooling and other activities
she followed closely and
participated in whenever possible.
She hosted many family
gatherings in her home,
including large Thanksgiving
dinners for the extended family.
One of her specialties was
Swedish meatballs, which
she learned to make from her
Swedish mother-in-law. She
maintained a close connection
not only with her children and
grandchildren, but also with
her nieces and nephews and
their children and grandchildren.
She corresponded with
them and spoke frequently on
the telephone, and whenever
out-of-town family members
were in the area, they stopped
to visit her.
She is survived by her children,
grandchildren and greatgrandchildren,
who were most
fortunate to experience her
presence in their lives for so
many years.
Interment was private. A
Memorial Service will be held
at a later date. Memorial donations
may be made to the
Dean Schraufnagel, MD, Endowed
Professorship Fund at
University of Illinois Medical
School, for the support of lung
research (http://schraufnagelprofessorship.uic.edu),
or to
St. James Lutheran Church
(1380 N. Waukegan Rd., Lake
Forest, IL 60045).
William Ronald Sample
William Ronald
Sample, 92, a 55-year resident
of Lake Bluff, died July
24. Born on Nov. 10, 1925,
in Indianapolis, Sample was
the third of five sons born to
John Roy Sample and Eunice
Fay Stafford. He graduated
from Arsenal Technical High
School of Indiana on June 4,
1943. Sample served in the
U.S. Army from Nov. 30,
1945 to March 29, 1947.
He married the love of his
life, Betty Lou Brueggemann,
on Aug. 18, 1951 at the Roselawn
Community Baptist
Church in Cincinnati, Ohio,
where Sample’s mother introduced
them a few years earlier.
Over the years, Sample and
Betty enjoyed performances
at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
and the Lyric Opera,
travelled through Europe, and
were active in their community.
In 1954, Sample graduated
from the University of Cincinnati
School of Design, majoring
in Advertising Design.
He was a member of Sigma
Phi Epsilon Social Fraternity,
Delta Phi Delta, Designers Art
Appreciation Society, Jr. Advertising
Club, and One Quarter
Scale. He spent his entire
working career, 37-and-a-half
years, at Abbott Laboratories
in North Chicago. He retired
as Art Director and Designer
in the Advertising Department
on December 1, 1991. During
his career, Sample worked on
many award-winning advertisements,
receiving a Triangle
Award, sponsored by Medical
World News; an Aesculapius
Award, sponsored by Modern
Medicine; “best of show” and
“excellence” by the Chicago
Chapter Packaging Institute
for Erythrocin; and more than
25 medical advertising awards
for K-Tab and K-Lor in the
early 1980s.
Sample was preceded in
death by his father, John Roy,
his mother, Eunice Fay, and
his brothers, Marion, Max,
Gerald, and Melvin. He is survived
by his wife, Betty, and
many nieces and nephews. A
very special note of thanks to
Sample’s caregiver and friend,
Rashied, who helped Sample
maintain a good quality of life
for the past five years.
A memorial service will be
held at the First Presbyterian
Church of Lake Forest, 700
North Sheridan Road, Lake
Forest, IL, 60045 at 11 a.m.
on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018.
In lieu of flowers, Betty requests
that donations be made
in Sample’s loving memory to
the Alzheimer’s Association,
Illinois Chapter, 8430 W. Bryn
Mawr, Suite 800, Chicago, IL,
60631; or the Macular Degeneration
Association, P.O. Box
96162, Washington, D.C.,
20090-6162.
John T. Walsh
John T. Walsh
“Tom”, 91, of Lake
Bluff, died July 27. He was
a World War II veteran and
served in the 185th Infantry in
the Philippines and the Marine
Bureau XXIV Corps Army of
Occupation in Korea. As a
resident of Clearwater, Fla., he
served on the Board of Directors
of the First National Bank
of Clearwater and as a Trustee
at Morton Plant Hospital. A
boating enthusiast, he also enjoyed
travel and relaxing with
a good book.
He is survived by his wife
of 64 years, Mary Ellen Walsh
(nee Graham); Children Patricia
Walsh Hummel (Larry),
Susan Walsh Myers, Kathleen
Walsh Araujo, John T. Walsh,
Jr., Ann Walsh Rubin (David),
Mary E. Walsh-Steele;
Grandchildren Thomas Hummel
(Kelly), Catherine Hummel
Linnenbrink (Jason),
Matthew Hummel, Shannon
Myers (Dan Zarzynski), Rachel
Araujo-Newton (Sean),
John Edward Araujo, Aaron
Walsh Rubin, Benjamin
Walsh Rubin, Grady William
Steele, Bonnie Rose Steele,
Faith Steele; and four greatgrandchildren,
John Hummel,
Edward Hummel, Ava Linnenbrink
and August Linnenbrink.
Memorial contributions
may be expressed in loving
memory of John “Tom” Walsh
to a charity of your choice.
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email
b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com
with information about a loved
one who was part of the Lake
Forest/Lake Bluff communities.