Edward C. McCann

Edward C. McCann The funeral for Edward C. McCann will begin at 9:15 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at the Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home, 1500 Black Road (near Midland), Joliet, proceeding to St. Patrick's Catholic Church, for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Internment will be in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Ill.. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home. Born Dec. 5, 1922, to Clara and Patrick McCann, he passed away Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home. He attended St. Patrick Grade School and Joliet Catholic High School, Class of 1940. A proud veteran of World War II, he served in the South Pacific in the 229th AAA Searchlight Battalion. He was a member of St. Patrick Church, a lifetime member of V.F.W. Cantigny Post 365, American Legion Post 1080 and Illiana Club of Traditional Jazz. He retired from Caterpillar in 1982, with over 30 years of service. He is survived by his loving wife and best friend for 56 years, Lois McCann (nee Ernst); his loving sons, Lawrence (Jessie) McCann of Camarillo, Calif., Carl McCann of Plainfield and Paul McCann of Charleston, Ill.; his devoted daughter, Kathleen (Dr. Jeffrey) Slovick of Glen Ellyn; three precious granddaughters, Julia McCann, and Whitney and Katie Slovick; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two sisters, Katherine Taylor and Patricia Stephen. For information, 815-744-4444 or www.bgsfuneralhome.com.