Jane Elizabeth Maio

 

JANE ELIZABETH MAIO, NEE THUR, AGE 66, WAS SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY AT HOME WHEN SHE ENTERED INTO ETERNAL PEACE ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2010.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DEVOTED AND LOVING HUSBAND, THOMAS; ADORED BY HER SONS, TIMOTHY (SANDRA) AND SCOTT, AND HER CHERISHED GRANDCHILDREN, LILLY AND NATHAN; MUCH LOVED SISTERS AND BROTHER, JUDITH SPRAGUE (LATE DAVID BECK AND PRESENT CLARENCE); THOMAS THUR (JUDY); AND SHIRLEY (JOHN) BECKENDORF; FOND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF ANN MAIO; KIND SISTER-IN-LAW OF ROBERT MAIO (MARIE), DENISE (MICHAEL) PERRI; TREASURED AUNT AND GREAT AUNT OF MANY. JANE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, GORDON AND VELDA (WEGNER) THUR.

NOT ONLY WAS JANE A DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND CHILD OF GOD, SHE WAS A PAST DEDICATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER AND A LOVER OF ALL ART. THIS LOVE WAS REFLECTED IN HER FASHION, HOME, GARDEN, PAINTINGS, AND MORE RECENTLY IN PHOTOGRAPHY. HER READINGS OF SCRIPTURE AND STRONG CHRISTIAN FAITH WAS INFLUENTIAL TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

JANE WAS STRUCK BY OVARIAN CANCER IN AUGUST, 2009. SHE ENDURED THE SURGERIES AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS. JANE WAS A MODEL PATIENT AS GOD SHINED THROUGH HER, BRINGING FAMILY AND FRIENDS EVEN CLOSER.

Visitation is from 3:00 PM until 8:00 PM, Sunday, September 12, 2010 at the Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, (4 blocks south of Palatine Road) Arlington Heights and from 9:00 AM until time of funeral service 10:00 AM, Monday, September 13, 2010 at Orchard Evangelical Free Church, 1330 N. Douglas Ave., Arlington Heights. Interment is at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Arlington Heights.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE IN JANE’S MEMORY TO THE CLEARBROOK CENTER OR THE PALATINE WELLNESS CENTER.
 

Glueckert Funeral Home

(847) 253-0168

1520 North Arlington Heights Road

Arlington Heights, IL 60004