May Marie Forgacs

May Marie Forgacs, 97, of Kankakee, passed away Dec. 18, 2014, at her home. She was born May 3, 1917, in Houghton, Mich., the daughter of Paul and Mary L. Aubin Legris. May married Stephen Forgacs on May 17, 1942, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Bradley. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Forgacs was a housewife and seamstress, including working as a seamstress at The Wedding Center in Bourbonnais. She started volunteering at the Kankakee County Fair in 1963 and for 38 years also entered her own flowers, vegetables and canned goods and won numerous prizes, ribbons and grand championships for her efforts. She was an active member of Maternity B.V.M. Catholic Church in Bourbonnais for over 66 years. Both she and her husband were active in the church choir. She was named St. Anne Sadality Woman of the Year in 1973, served in community affairs for Catholic Charities, chairman of public relations and community affairs for 10 years on the Kankakee Deanery Board, secretary for the C.C.W. Sacristan for seven years for Maternity B.V.M., and served as secretary-treasurer of Notre Dame School Mother's Club. May was also a 4-H leader for seven years, Cub Scout Den Mother for five years, and helped with fundraising for the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, March of Dimes, and many others. May also participated in the first active U.S. Census for the Village of Bourbonnais, was a member of Women of the Moose for 26 years, and she and her husband joined the Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School Senior Citizens' Club in 1976, where they were avid morning swimmers and very active members in all that group's activities. May had graduated from BBCHS in 1942. Surviving are sons, Stephen J. Forgacs, of Tucson, Ariz., Leonard R. Forgacs, of Kankakee; daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Beth (Jim) Stine, of Marco Island, Fla., Kathryn Casper, of Las Vegas, Nev., and Susan R. Hathcock, of Harvard; brothers, Lawrence Legris, of California, and George Legris, of Washington; special niece, Lynn Warren, of Normal; grandchildren, Jeff Herbst, Thomas Byrne, Aaron Byrne, Steven Forgacs, Kirsten Falsey, Jazmin Hathcock, Austin Hathcock; and great-grandchildren, Sabrina Herbst, Monika Herbst, Alan Herbst, Shyla May Forgacs, Harper Ann Forgacs, Simone Falsey, and Sophia Falsey. In addition to her husband, preceding her in death were a son, John Forgacs; grandson, Scott Casper; sisters, Vivian Weaver, Henrietta Darch, Rita Clanahan, JoAnne Warren; brothers, Lionel Legris, Edmund Legris, Paul Legris, Albert Legris, and Leonard Legris. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. Her funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, at Maternity B.V.M. Catholic Church in Bourbonnais, with the Rev. Jason Nesbit officiating. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery in Bourbonnais. Memorials may be made to the medical department at Illinois Veterans Home at Manteno.

May Marie Forgacs

May 3, 1917 - December 18, 2014