Minnie M. Gnewuch

Dr. Minnie Mathilda "Tillie" Gnewuch, 88, born Nov 25, 1934; died Jan 20, 2023. Highly regarded as a reading specialist, Dr. Gnewuch taught thousands of children how to read and hundreds of teachers to teach reading. Her career as an educator spanned four decades in numerous public and private schools, including Concordia Teachers College Seward, Nebraska, St. John Lutheran School Forest Park, Illinois, and Concordia University, Chicago. Preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Rev. Dr. Donald Gnewuch; parents Theodore and Eva Johnson Weeke; and sister Jean Gibson. Survived by her siblings Betty Henderson and William (Carol) Weeke; children, Katherine (Gregory) Roberson, Rebecca Boyer, Deborah (Richard) Gher, Rev. Carl (Cynthia) Gnewuch and Sarah (Edward) Ruberry; 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. A Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m. on Fri. Jan. 27, 2023 at Elmhurst Community Funeral Home - THE AHLGRIM CHAPEL, 567 S. Spring Rd., Elmhurst. And again, on Sat., Jan. 28, 2023 from 10 a.m. until the time of the Funeral Service at 11 a.m. at Concordia University, Chapel of Our Lord, 7400 Augusta St., River Forest. Interment at Concordia Cemetery, Forest Park IL. Memorials appreciated for Concordia University, 7400 Augusta, River Forest, IL 60305, c/o the Gnewuch Family Endowment Fund or the Lutheran Women's Missionary League.