Joseph Eugene Unfried

Joseph Eugene Unfried, age 77, of Hanover, Illinois passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2017 FHN Hospital, Freeport. A Funeral Mass will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hanover. Burial will take place in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Elizabeth, Illinois with a luncheon to follow. Visitation will be held 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday, October 16, 2017, at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Hanover with a Rosary Service at 4:30 p.m. A second visitation will also be held at 10:00 a.m. prior to the Mass at the church. Full Military Rites will be accorded. A memorial fund has been established for the family.

Joe was born November 6, 1939 in McLeansboro, Illinois, the son of Joseph Leo and Frances Mary (Baumann) Unfried. He is a graduate of the McLeansboro High School, then proudly served in the United States Air Force as a Radio Operator from 1957 - 1963. Joe then went to Chicago to work in the Communications Industry. On September 11, 1965, Joe married Judith Sluppick in Chicago. They raised three daughters and celebrated fifty-two years of marriage.

Joe worked many years for the Chicago Police Department as an Electronic Technician, until his retirement in 2004. He was a Ham Radio operator with the Call Sign of “W9ITV.” Joe could fix anything electronic and loved to tinker with radios. He also enjoyed painting, photography and model building. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Most of all, Joe loved spending time with his family. He and Judy bought a home near Hanover in 1987, where they enjoyed being together as a family.

Joe will be dearly missed by his wife Judy of Hanover; three daughters, Margaret Anger of Hanover, Julie (Dale) Harms of Hanover, and Lucy (Joe) Brenner of Elizabeth; three grandchildren, Thomas Harms, Benjamin and Emma Brenner; a brother, Lawrence (Joann) Unfried of Belle Rive; and three sisters, Marian (Dwight) Kieffer of Belle Rive, Evalena Unfried of McLeansboro, and Pauline Unfried of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Joe is preceded in death by two sisters in infancy; and a son-in-law, Raymond Anger in 2015.