Madeleine M. Fuqua

Madeleine Mackey Fuqua Madeleine Mackey Fuqua, 87, of Waukegan passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at Vista Medical Center East. She was born May 18, 1923 in Detroit, MI and was a lifelong Waukegan resident. She graduated from Waukegan Township High School and attended the Universities of Illinois and Wisconsin and ultimately received her degree from Lake Forest College. She was a Republican Precinct Committeeman for 16 years, also on the Lake County Regional Planning Commission for 10 years, President of the Waukegan YWCA (1952-1954), a member of the chapter of Waukegan League of Women Voters, member of the American Civil Liberties Union, member of the Lake County Urban League Guild, member of the Waukegan Housing Authority, she was Vice Chair of the Lake County First Governmental Study Commission, she was co-chair of the Lake County Committee for the Equal Rights Amendment, she was appointed by Gov. James Thompson to the Illinois Martin Luther King Commission. She was a community activist. She was also a member of the Waukegan Garden Club, she was a volunteer at the Chicago Botanical Garden, a potter, a photographer and an expert marksman. She loved playing bridge with her friends. She loved traveling, especially to Africa. She was a founding member of the Waukegan Community Players and founding member of the Waukegan Green Town Gardens. She was a fundraiser for Waukegan Symphony Orchestra. In 1949 she married her childhood sweetheart, Ellis Fuqua, raising two children, she tended home and hearth, carpooled woodwind quintets and rifle teams to competitions. Madeleine is survived by her son, Terry Fuqua and daughter-in-law, Gudrun and grandchildren, Kristin and Erik; brothers, Bill and Tom Mackey and sister, Roberta Mackey Rigger. She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert Mackey and Madeleine Givens Mackey, her husband, Ellis E. Fuqua, daughter, Nancy Fuqua Erkkila, son-in-law, John Erkkilla and 2 grandchildren, Thomas J. and Anne Claire. Memorial Service will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 7, 2010 at First Presbyterian Church 122 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. Waukegan. In lieu of flowers, please make a memorial donation to the Fuqua Memorial Fund at the Waukegan Park District Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in care of the Waukegan Park District. Arrangements are under the care of PETERSON & PATCH FUNERAL HOME, 408 N. Sheridan Rd., Waukegan 847-623-0495.