Margaret "Peggy" Luehrs

Margaret M. “Peggy” Luehrs, 85, of Bradley, was reunited with her lifelong love Sunday (Sept. 26, 2010). Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bradley. Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery, Bourbonnais. Memorials may be made to Bishop McNamara Catholic High School, St. Joseph Grade School or to Hospice of Kankakee Valley. She died Sunday (Sept. 26, 2010) at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee, following a sudden illness. She was born Feb. 28, 1925, in Chicago, the daughter of Patrick and Mary White Flynn. Her husband, Walter F. Luehrs Jr., whom she married June 14, 1946, in Chicago, died March 13, 2009. She was a graduate of Kelly High School in Chicago. At St. Joseph Grade School she volunteered her time to do playground duty, read to the kids and work in the library. She was a former member of St. Patrick Catholic Church and its CCW. She was a very active member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and a Eucharistic minister. She was a devoted volunteer at Provena St. Mary’s Hospital and was to be honored for her 5000-plus hours of service. She was a former den mother for Cub Scouts. She was an active volunteer at Bishop McNamara Catholic High School, working MadCaps, bingo and many other fundraisers. Mrs. Luehrs and her husband were honored as inducted members of Bishop McNamara Hall of Fame in 2009. Her life’s devotion was to God, her children, grandchildren and great-grandchild. She especially loved spending time with her children and sister reminiscing, and playing pinochle with her husband, sons and sons-in-law. She loved gardening, especially her roses and hydrangeas. Grandma always had loads of toys and treats for her grandchildren. She loved the performances by the grandchildren and great-grandchild. Surviving are three sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Heather Luehrs, of Denver, Joseph and Nancy Luehrs, of Crystal Lake, and Stephen and Jeanette Luehrs, of Bradley; nine daughters and four sons-in-law, Dr. Patricia Luehrs of San Gabriel, Calif., Susan and Eugene Koos, of El Paso, Lynn Luehrs and Arlan Bertrand of Clifton, Mary and Martin Masel, of Deerfield, Jyll and Michael Boudreau, of Bourbonnais, Joan Luehrs of Berkley, Mich., Jean Luehrs and her fiance, Joe Whetsel, of Kankakee, Maureen Kenney of Cleveland, Ohio, Caroline and David Toofan, of Barrington; 21 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and one sister, Rita Schimick of Chicago. She was preceded in death by one son, Jeffrey Michael; one son-in-law, John F. Kenney; two grandchildren; one brother, John Flynn; and one sister, Marie Flynn.

Margaret "Peggy" Luehrs

February 28, 1925 - September 26, 2010