Alice Cunningham O'Gorman

1926 - 2018

Alice Cunningham O'Gorman passed away Saturday, November 3, 2018. She was born October 17, 1926 in Evanston, Illinois to Edward and Alice Cunningham of Wilmette. Alice is survived by her sons Patrick (Debra) of Rockford, IL; John (Jennifer) of Overland Park, KS; Martin (Karen) of Bloomfield Hills, MI; Michael (Ann) of Bourbonnais, IL; daughters, Kathryn (Michael Sigrin) of St. Paul, MN; Mary Alice Schmidt (Tomas) of San Diego, CA; JoAnn Schott (Clayton) of Detroit Lakes, MN; sisters Mariellen Sabato and Margaret Ahmann; 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Alice was preceded in death by her parents, husband Malachy; sister Monica O'Brien; and brothers-in-law Anthony Sabato, William O'Brien, and Mathew Ahmann; daughter, Anne Smagorinsky; son, James and daughter-in-law Sharon; granddaughter Gina Schmidt and two great grandsons. Alice graduated from St. Scholastica High School (Chicago) in 1944 and the College of St. Teresa (Winona, MN) in 1948. She married Malachy O'Gorman on Sept. 23, 1950 in Wilmette. Alice worked as a substitute teacher in the Kankakee school district and held many volunteer positions. Among these are President of The Kankakee League of Women Voters, tutor at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center (Kankakee) where she taught adult literacy, GED preparation and English as a Second Language. She was also a circuit breaker advisor at Catholic Charities, active in Meals on Wheels, and numerous roles serving her parish St. Martin of Tours in Kankakee, of which she and her husband were founding members. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6th at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, 1480 W. Court St., Kankakee. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. John Paul II Catholic Church (907 S. Ninth Avenue, Kankakee) at 10 am on Wednesday, November 7. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Network – Advocates for Catholic Social Justice https://networkadvocates.org/about/ or Kankakee Community College ALIVE Literacy Program. Internment will be held at All Saints Cemetery in Bourbonnais immediately following the service. Please sign her guestbook at www.clancygernon.com Info. 815.932.1214