Florence Pauline Shannon, nee Howard, age 92, died March 20, 2002, born in Owen Sound, Canada on December 12, 1909, former resident of Franklin Park, IL, Kalkaska, MI and currently of North Riverside, IL. Preceded in death by her beloved husband Francis R. and twin sons Gerald and James; survived by her children Frank H. (Joyce) Shannon of Wheaton, IL, Kay Subaitis of North Riverside, IL, Barbara O’Neill of Ferndals, MI, Jean (Frank) Cupp of Pendleton, OR, Peggy Shannon of Portland, OR and Jim Shannon of Camus, WA; grandmother of 18; great-grandmother of 23. Funeral Saturday 9 a.m. from Kuratko Funeral Home, 2500 S. Des Plaines Ave., North Riverside to St. Barbara Church, 408 Prairie Ave., Brookfield, IL for mass at 10 a.m. Interment Evergreen Cemetery, Kalkaska, MI. Visitation Friday 3 to 9 p.m. Remembrances may be made to The St. Labre Indian School, Ashland, MT 59001. Funeral info: 708-447-2500.
