Loraine Shanel, 86, Oct. 29, 1926-Feb. 28, 2013

Obituary courtesy of Williams-Kampp Funeral Home:

Loraine P. "Spark" Shanel (nee Gorman), 86, entered heaven peacefully on February 28, 2013 at Wynscape Rehabilitation in Wheaton, IL. A long time resident of Glen Ellyn, IL and Fort Myers, FL, she was born October 29, 1926, grew up in Brookfield, IL, graduated in 1944 from Riverside-Brookfield High School. Spark is survived by the love of her life, her husband of 64 years, James E. Shanel of Wheaton; their children, Kathleen of Folsom, CA, Christy (Murphy) of Highland Park, IL, James (Jim) of Barrington, IL and William (Bill) (Susie) of St. Charles, IL; 12 grandchildren: Patricia and Kristina Hogan, Andy, Kenny, Scott and William Marsch, Christopher (Cody) Murphy, James, Mollye, Kathryn (Katie), Ashley and Will Shanel; five great-grand children: Andrew (Drew), Logan, Emily (Mimi), Holter and soon-to-be born baby Marsch; and Spark's brother, Thomas (Carol) Gorman, 80, of Glen Ellyn. Spark is preceded in death by her son Scott and her parents Thomas and Lillian Gorman. 

Visitation Tuesday from 3 to 8 p.m. at Williams-Kampp Funeral Home, 430 E. Roosevelt Road (one blk. east of Naperville Rd.), Wheaton. Additional visitation and prayer service to be held at the funeral home Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The funeral Mass will follow at 11:00 a.m. at St. Petronille Catholic Church, 425 Prospect Ave, Glen Ellyn. Interment will be at St. Michael Cemetery in Wheaton. For further information or to sign Loraine's online guestbook, see www.williams-kampp.com. 

The family wishes to extend their gratitude to the CNS Hospice for their support in Loraine's final days. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Children's Research Foundation, P.O. Box 205, Clarendon Hills, IL 60514, a non-profit all volunteer foundation, co-founded by Loraine in 1957, charted by the states of Illinois and Indiana to support medical research in the diseases of children (www.childrensresearchfoundation.org/uploads/CRF-DonorCard.pdf) or CNS Home Health and Hospice, 690 East North Avenue, Carol Stream, IL 60188-2172 (www.cnshomehealth.org).