Patricia Tennes Weisser
Of Buffalo Grove

Pat Tennes Weisser was born November 19, 1947 in Chicago to Charles J. and Mary Jane (nee Druhan) Tennes. She passed away on January 6, 2008 in Arlington Heights.

Pat was the Administrator and Associate Director of Riverside Foundation since 1975. She was the consummate Nursing Home Administrator. She was highly respected and sought out by her fellow professionals for advice due to her knowledge base and excellent administrative skills in an extremely difficult field of health care. All who worked with her felt her compassion and advocacy for individuals with developmental disabilities. She would champion the cause of any individual who needed her help, no matter how unpopular or difficult the situation was. She was fair when fair was not easy to be. In 1990 she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. After surgery the doctors told her she should wait six months so she could regain more functioning yet Pat returned to work after six weeks. She continued to display courage for years by continuing to do her work competently with diminished eyesight and mobility, and chronic pain. All who knew her will miss her.

She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Frank S. Weisser whom she married on May 30, 1969 in Palatine, her son, Jake Weisser, her siblings, Susan (Lloyd Hanson) Tennes Hanson, Charles J. (Lauren) Tennes and Loretta Tennes and her nieces and nephews, Sarah, Brynn, Isaac, Ann, Jed, Megan, Nick, Dan, Bryan, Aaron and Sarah W.

Visitation 5:00 until 9:00 PM Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at the Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Rd., (4 blocks south of Palatine Rd.) Arlington Heights and Thursday, January 10, 2008 from 10:00 AM until time of Mass at 11 AM at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights. Interment St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.

If desired memorials may be made to the Riverside Foundation, 14588 W. Hwy. 22, Lincolnshire, IL 60069.