CHICAGO - Louise Anne (Smith) (Hanrahan) Tilden-Martorana, 64, Chicago, died Saturday, April 23, 2011, at home after battling uterine cancer for two years.
Louise was born July 14, 1946, in Canton, Ohio, to Stephen E. and Kathleen Cowles Smith. Later on, her family moved to Galesburg, where she was in the 1964 final graduating class of Corpus Christi High School.
She worked at Kroger grocery store and lived at the Catherine Club briefly, before marrying Thomas Hanrahan in 1966. She soon became a full-time mother and a very active Costa parent, often serving as accompanist for various school programs. She also was active at Corpus Christi Church as a choir member and song leader, before embarking on her college career. She graduated from Carl Sandburg College in 1990 with awards and went on to the University of Illinois School of Music, where she graduated in 1992 with a B.S. in music education, receiving highest honors, thus becoming a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
She moved to the Beverly neighborhood in Chicago and married Francois Martorana in December 2000. She taught music at J.F. Eberhart Elementary for 18 years before retiring in January 2011 due to her illness.
She was a member and musician at St. Paul's Bible Church.
She is survived by her husband, Franco Martorana, Chicago; son Timothy (Claudia) Hanrahan, Aurora; daughter Angel Hanrahan, Chicago; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mary Kay (Wes) Wilson, Galesburg, Barbara (George) Rountree, Greensboro, Ga., and Elizabeth (Bernard) Rice, Spanaway, Wash.; and one brother, Robert S. Tilden, San Diego.
Funeral will be at noon Saturday, April 30, at St. Paul's Bible Church, 1960 W. 94th St., Chicago, IL 60620. Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Bible Church in memory of Louise Tilden.
Condolences may be made at www.donnellanfuneralhome.com.
Published in The Register-Mail on April 29, 2011
Louise was born July 14, 1946, in Canton, Ohio, to Stephen E. and Kathleen Cowles Smith. Later on, her family moved to Galesburg, where she was in the 1964 final graduating class of Corpus Christi High School.
She worked at Kroger grocery store and lived at the Catherine Club briefly, before marrying Thomas Hanrahan in 1966. She soon became a full-time mother and a very active Costa parent, often serving as accompanist for various school programs. She also was active at Corpus Christi Church as a choir member and song leader, before embarking on her college career. She graduated from Carl Sandburg College in 1990 with awards and went on to the University of Illinois School of Music, where she graduated in 1992 with a B.S. in music education, receiving highest honors, thus becoming a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
She moved to the Beverly neighborhood in Chicago and married Francois Martorana in December 2000. She taught music at J.F. Eberhart Elementary for 18 years before retiring in January 2011 due to her illness.
She was a member and musician at St. Paul's Bible Church.
She is survived by her husband, Franco Martorana, Chicago; son Timothy (Claudia) Hanrahan, Aurora; daughter Angel Hanrahan, Chicago; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mary Kay (Wes) Wilson, Galesburg, Barbara (George) Rountree, Greensboro, Ga., and Elizabeth (Bernard) Rice, Spanaway, Wash.; and one brother, Robert S. Tilden, San Diego.
Funeral will be at noon Saturday, April 30, at St. Paul's Bible Church, 1960 W. 94th St., Chicago, IL 60620. Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Bible Church in memory of Louise Tilden.
Condolences may be made at www.donnellanfuneralhome.com.
Published in The Register-Mail on April 29, 2011
CHICAGO - Louise Anne (Smith) (Hanrahan) Tilden-Martorana, 64, Chicago, died Saturday, April 23, 2011, at home after battling uterine cancer for two years.
Louise was born July 14, 1946, in Canton, Ohio, to Stephen E. and Kathleen Cowles Smith. Later on, her family moved to Galesburg, where she was in the 1964 final graduating class of Corpus Christi High School.
She worked at Kroger grocery store and lived at the Catherine Club briefly, before marrying Thomas Hanrahan in 1966. She soon became a full-time mother and a very active Costa parent, often serving as accompanist for various school programs. She also was active at Corpus Christi Church as a choir member and song leader, before embarking on her college career. She graduated from Carl Sandburg College in 1990 with awards and went on to the University of Illinois School of Music, where she graduated in 1992 with a B.S. in music education, receiving highest honors, thus becoming a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
She moved to the Beverly neighborhood in Chicago and married Francois Martorana in December 2000. She taught music at J.F. Eberhart Elementary for 18 years before retiring in January 2011 due to her illness.
She was a member and musician at St. Paul's Bible Church.
She is survived by her husband, Franco Martorana, Chicago; son Timothy (Claudia) Hanrahan, Aurora; daughter Angel Hanrahan, Chicago; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mary Kay (Wes) Wilson, Galesburg, Barbara (George) Rountree, Greensboro, Ga., and Elizabeth (Bernard) Rice, Spanaway, Wash.; and one brother, Robert S. Tilden, San Diego.
Funeral will be at noon Saturday, April 30, at St. Paul's Bible Church, 1960 W. 94th St., Chicago, IL 60620. Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Bible Church in memory of Louise Tilden.
Condolences may be made at www.donnellanfuneralhome.com.
Published in The Register-Mail on April 29, 2011
Louise was born July 14, 1946, in Canton, Ohio, to Stephen E. and Kathleen Cowles Smith. Later on, her family moved to Galesburg, where she was in the 1964 final graduating class of Corpus Christi High School.
She worked at Kroger grocery store and lived at the Catherine Club briefly, before marrying Thomas Hanrahan in 1966. She soon became a full-time mother and a very active Costa parent, often serving as accompanist for various school programs. She also was active at Corpus Christi Church as a choir member and song leader, before embarking on her college career. She graduated from Carl Sandburg College in 1990 with awards and went on to the University of Illinois School of Music, where she graduated in 1992 with a B.S. in music education, receiving highest honors, thus becoming a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
She moved to the Beverly neighborhood in Chicago and married Francois Martorana in December 2000. She taught music at J.F. Eberhart Elementary for 18 years before retiring in January 2011 due to her illness.
She was a member and musician at St. Paul's Bible Church.
She is survived by her husband, Franco Martorana, Chicago; son Timothy (Claudia) Hanrahan, Aurora; daughter Angel Hanrahan, Chicago; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mary Kay (Wes) Wilson, Galesburg, Barbara (George) Rountree, Greensboro, Ga., and Elizabeth (Bernard) Rice, Spanaway, Wash.; and one brother, Robert S. Tilden, San Diego.
Funeral will be at noon Saturday, April 30, at St. Paul's Bible Church, 1960 W. 94th St., Chicago, IL 60620. Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Bible Church in memory of Louise Tilden.
Condolences may be made at www.donnellanfuneralhome.com.
Published in The Register-Mail on April 29, 2011
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