John W. Geils

John W. Geils lifetime resident of Bensenville Funeral services for John W. Geils, 83, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, at Geils Funeral Home, 180 S. York Road, Bensenville. Interment will be in Mount Emblem Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 24, at the funeral home. Born June 16, 1926, in Bensenville, he died Monday, July 20, 2009, in Elmhurst, Ill. Mr. Geils was the third-generation owner of Geils Funeral Home in Bensenville, Wood Dale and formerly Itasca. He was a member of the Bensenville Volunteer Fire Department, a former Deputy Coroner of DuPage County, the owner and operator of Geils Funeral Home Ambulance Service (now Superior Ambulance Service), owner of Tuscumbia Country Club and worked for the Milwaukee Rail Road. John was the husband of Blanche Geils (nee Dohe); father of John C. (Sharon) Geils and James W. (Deborah) Geils; grandfather of Jamie, Ryan, Monica and Gina; brother of the late Audrey (the late Chester) Anderson; and son of the late Leonard and the late Alvia (nee Koebbeman) Geils. He will also be missed by many other relatives and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Bensenville Public Library Garden of Knowledge or Wood Dale Park District Cabin Nature Center. For information, 630-766-3232 or www.geilsfuneralhome.com.