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Jeannette Edna Timm
Of Chicago
Jeannette Edna Timm was born March 17, 1914 in Chicago to Dillard B. and
Mary Edna (nee Prickett) Baker. She returned to her heavenly Father on
Saturday, September 24, 2011 surrounded by her family at Lutheran Home
and Services in Arlington Heights.
Jeannette was the last child and second daughter of Dillard Baird and
Mary Edna (Prickett) Baker. She attended Belding Elementary School and
graduated from Schurz High School. During the summers of her teenage
years she worked for her grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Prickett, in
Nappanee, Indiana. After graduating from Schurz she went to work as
secretary in her father’s downtown law firm. She was a member of Mt.
Olive Lutheran Church in Chicago, where she was active in the Walther
League and sang in the choir. It was there she met her future husband
Vernon W. Timm, and they married on September 5, 1936. Six children, 3
boys and 3 girls, were born to this union. In 1940 they took up
residence in North Mayfair. After Vernon’s death in 1959, she maintained
the same home, continued to be involved in the community, and made
life-long friendships for 71 years.
To support her family, she worked as secretary of Mt. Olive Church,
Evanston City Hall and the Pastoral Care Department of Lutheran General
Hospital, later returning to LGH serving as a volunteer after her
retirement maintaining those friendships over the next 35 years.
Jeannette had a sharp mind and her quick wit brought smiles and a lot of
laughter to her family. That personality drew people to her and she was
much loved by her family and friends. She collected, as any family
member would say, “stuff”, which included stamps, coins, spoons,
postcards and box loads of family memories taken with her “vintage”
cameras. She loved to participate in the many family gatherings and not
wanting to miss one was proud of the fact that at the age of 95 traveled
by air alone to do so. St. Patrick’s Day will forever be remembered as
“Open House at Grandma Jen’s” to celebrate her life. She also loved to
read, play Pinochle, nurture her garden, watch the Cubs while munching
on M&Ms, and write poems that include:
Vern was our first-born child
So good and dear, we then went wild.
Had five more--two boys, three girls
Lots of noise and plenty of curls.
But now that I am old and gray
This is what I want to say--
“Thank you God for every day
That brought our family work and play.
Life without them would be sad
But now I’m going to be with Dad.”
Be good to one another!
She is survived by her children, Vernon (Charlotte) Timm Jr., Thomas
(Jan) Timm, Marilyn (Gary) Manda, Marjorie (Wayne) Sunderlin, Frederick
(Carol) Timm, and Valerie (Roger) Price; her 18 grandchildren, 32
great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild; 2 nieces and 3
nephews.
Jeannette was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Timm Sr.; her
grandchildren, Douglas, Donna, Brett, and Michael; her parents; and her
siblings, Edith (the late Oliver) Johnson, and Dillard (the late Gladys)
Baker Jr.
Resting at the Chapel of St. John the Beloved at the Lutheran Home, 800
W. Oakton St., Arlington Heights, IL, Thursday from 9:30 AM until time
of service at 10:30 AM. Final honors to be held at St. Lucas Cemetery,
5300 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions
may be given to Lutheran Home, 800 W. Oakton, Arlington Heights, IL
60004.
Glueckert Funeral Home
(847) 253-0168
1520 North Arlington Heights Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60004