Christine Sucholl

Christine Sucholl, age 67, long-time resident of Lake Carroll, Illinois passed away at home Thursday, August 22, 2019 due to a house fire. A Celebration of Life service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A visitation time will be held from 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 3, prior to the service.

Christine was born December 16, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of James David and Amelia (Frivaldsky) Stancil. She is a 1970 graduate of East Leyden High School. On September 8, 1973, Christine married Richard Sucholl at St. Beatrice Church in Schiller Park, Illinois. They raised a daughter and celebrated 45 years of marriage. They moved to Lake Carroll in 1977.

Christine loved spending time with her granddaughter and her family. She loved watching her daughter play her softball games and didn’t miss a single game. She had a natural take charge attitude, and was a thoughtful and loving mother, wife, mother-in-law, daughter, aunt, niece, grandmother and friend.

Christine was a gifted artist who enjoyed creating copper tree of life designs, cross stitching, and attending art shows. She also enjoyed spending time outdoors on gator rides with her husband and friends, camping, going for boat rides, swimming, mowing the lawn and gardening. She enjoyed watching her shows on TV, and especially liked watching cooking shows and duplicating the recipes they were making. Christine was also an animal lover. She enjoyed attending dog shows with her mother and sister. She rescued multiple animals and enjoyed caring for their horse, Jenna, when she was pregnant with her daughter. She liked watching fireworks and hot air balloons, listening to music, and was very active in many Lake Carroll events.

Christine will be dearly missed by her husband, Richard of Lake Carroll; a daughter, Kathryn (Stephen) McCarty of Mundelein, Illinois; a granddaughter, Ella McCarty; and her sister, Sherlynn Stancil of Algonquin, Illinois.

Christine is preceded in death by her parents, James and Amelia Stancil; a sister, Beverly Stancil; two aunts, Anna Dickinson and Marie Kunstman; a cousin, Dolores Kunstman; her mother-in-law, Anne Scholl and a brother-in-law, John Sucholl.