Ellen F. Geraghty

Ellen F. "Ellie" Geraghty, age 43, of Oak Park, formerly of Chicago and Glen Ellyn. Beloved daughter of James and Gwendolyn Ann

Geraghty; loving sister of Marita, Dr. James (Mary Clare), Dr. Patrick (Dr. Christine) and Gwen (Sean Houlihan); adoring aunt of Maggie, Molly and James Geraghty, Kathleen and Fiona Maguire, and Sean and Holly Geraghty. Ellen attended St. Petronille Catholic School In Glen Ellyn and Benet Academy in Lisle, where she was involved in track, pom pons and drama. She majored in Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She subsequently attained her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from NorthWestern University and received her Masters of Library and Information Sciences from Dominican University. Ellen's professional endeavors included most recently working as a medical research librarian for Midwestern University, performing medical research for staff and teaching medical research to University students. Previously Ellen worked as a staff nurse in the neonatal ICU and labor and delivery departments of several Chicago hospitals, as a nurse-legal consultant for a large Chicago law firm and as a medical librarian at DePaul University and University of Illinois at Chicago. Ellen was an avid swimmer, skier, runner and traveler, and shared her beautiful voice with many Catholic Churches of which she was a parishioner, including St. John's at the U of I, Holy Name Cathedral, St. Clement's Contemporary Choir and Old St. Patrick's Church. Family, friends and colleagues will gather for visitation on Sunday, from 3 to 9 p.m. at the

Leonard Memorial Home Ltd., located at 565 Duane Street in Glen Ellyn, and at a Memorial Mass on Monday at 9:30 a.m. at Old St. Patrick's Church, located at Adams and Des Plaines in Chicago. There will be a private burial at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside. Funeral Information is available at 630-469-0032.