Carl Victor Ensign

Carl Victor Ensign of North Aurora Funeral services for Carl Victor Ensign, 43, will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at Geneva Lutheran Church, 301 South Third St., Geneva, where he will lie in state from 10 a.m. until the time of the service. Rev. Kathy North will officiate. Interment will be in West Batavia Cemetery in Batavia. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, at Moss Family Funeral Home, 209 S. Batavia Ave. (Route 31), Batavia. Born Aug. 1, 1964, in San Francisco, he passed away Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. Carl was united in marriage to Jennifer Mohr on April 29, 1989, at the Geneva Lutheran Church in Geneva. Carl was a 19-year veteran of the Batavia Police Department. He was also employed as a Kane County Sheriff from 1986 to 1988. He has served as a field training officer and as Batavia High School and Rotolo Middle School's first liaison officer. Carl also was a recruit supervisor at the Illinois State Police Academy. Carl gave to the community in so many ways he was a true advocate for helping teens and was most recently the D.A.R.E. officer. Carl had served on the board of directors at Bethany Day Care. In Carl's free time he enjoyed Jimmy Buffet concerts was an avid Chicago White Sox fan and enjoyed fishing with his daughter. Carl and his daughter Meghan practiced Tae Kwon Do, where he and his daughter are both first degree black belt. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer; his beloved daughter, Meghan; his mother, Kathryn Grossinger of Lockport; two sisters, Jennifer (Brian) Nallenweg of Batavia and Erica Ensign of DeKalb; a brother, Paul Ensign of Carbondale, Ill.; his mother-in-law, Joyce Mohr of North Aurora; his grandfather, Arthur Wendland of Batavia; two uncles, Keith Wendland of Batavia and Kenneth Wendland of Tampico; four nieces, Brittany Ensign of Forest Park, Amanda Jones of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Stephanie and Anna Mohr of Chicago; two nephews, Matthew Nallenweg of Batavia and Andrew Jones of St. Petersburg, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Carol (Evan) Jones of St. Petersburg; two brothers-in-law, Daniel Mohr of Geneva and Kerry Mohr of Batavia; and a sister-in-law, Jennifer Mohr of Lewistown, Ill. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Florence Wendland; his brother-in-law, Michael Mohr; and father-in-law, Donald Mohr. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Carl V. Ensign Memorial Fund, c/o Old Second Bank, 1991 West Wilson St., Batavia, IL 60510. The memorial will benefit Carl's daughter Meghan's college education. For information, 630-879-7900.