Nancy K. Weigel

Nancy K. Weigel (nee Krueger) 77 of New Lenox, IL passed away peacefully on May 10, 2021 at Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox due to complications from a recent motor vehicle accident. She was born on August 14, 1943 In Freeport, IL. to the late William and Katheryn Krueger, and married Tom Weigel on September 11, 1965. Nancy was a graduate of Freeport High School, and served for a short period of time in the U.S. Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of St. Francis and a Masters Degree from Governors State University. She worked for a time as a teacher at St. Raymond’s school in Joliet, she was the Editor of the New Lenox Community Reporter newspaper, and worked as an administrative assistant for the Will County Sheriff’s Department for several years before retiring in 2003. She loved to travel, taking several trips to Europe on bus tours and Viking Riverboat tours on the Rhine and Danube rivers, and enjoyed visiting Myrtle Beach and Branson, MO. She was a volunteer at Sunny Hill Nursing Home where she played bridge with the residents, and also loved to play bridge with several other bridge groups. She was a Board Member of Sunny Hill Foundation (Friends of Sunny Hill), past member of CCW at St. Jude, former member of the St. Jude School Board, a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW in New Lenox, and a member of the Visitation and Aid Society of Joliet. Nancy will be remembered as a loving mother of her son Matthew and grandmother of Austin Weigel. She was preceded in death by her brother David who was killed in the Vietnam War. Survived by her loving husband Tom Weigel, who is a Will County Board Member, her son Matthew of Merrillville, IN, her grandson Austin Weigel, a sister Kimber (Robert) Bellis of Elk Grove Village, and many dear in-laws, nieces, nephews and wonderful friends. Visitation will be held at Kurtz Memorial Chapel, New Lenox on Sunday, May 16, 2021 4pm – 7pm. Funeral services will be on Monday, May 17, 2021 at St. Jude Catholic Church, New Lenox with visitation at the church from 10:00am until time of Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00am. Interment will be private. Social Distancing and Masks are MANDATORY for ALL in attendance.