Ivan D. Thunder

Ivan D. Thunder a resident of Grayslake Friends of the family of Ivan D. Thunder, formerly of Berkeley, Calif. and Park Ridge, Ill., may visit from 4 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, at the Strang Funeral Chapel & Crematorium, 410 E. Belvidere Road, Grayslake. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, meeting at St. Gilbert Catholic Church, 301 E. Belvidere Road, Grayslake. Interment will be held on Thursday, Nov. 4, at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, convening at the cemetery office at 10 a.m., and then to the committal chapel as a group. Born Sept. 28, 1913, in Oakland, Calif., to the now late James and Gertrude Thunder, he passed away Friday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2010, at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. He graduated from Loyola Academy in Chicago in 1932, and from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1937. Ivan was a structural engineer, and belonged to the American Society of Engineers, the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion (the Seabees), and was an Iwo Jima veteran attached to the 4th Marine Division. He was a member of St. Gilbert Catholic Church in Grayslake and Mary, Seat of Wisdom in Park Ridge. Ivan was the loving father of Rosemary (James) Schwoebel of Georgetown, Texas, Maureen (Dennis) Brebner of Lake Bluff, James (Ann Gerby) Thunder of McLean, Va., Tom (Linda Craig) of Pingree Grove, Ill., Anita (Richard) Rotchstein of Charlotte, N.C., Diane (John) Schlosser of Milwaukee, Wis. and Sheila (Gerard) Zygmunt of Grayslake; proud grandfather of 26; and great-grandfather of 15. He was preceded in death by Rosemary, his cherished wife of 61 years. Memorial contributions to the Admiral Nimitz Foundation for the Nimitz Museum of the Pacific War would be appreciated, 34 E. Main St., Fredericksburg, TX 78624 or at www.pacificwarmuseum.org. For further information, please call 847-223-8122 or visit www.strangfuneral.org.