Obituaries

Former Lake Forest High School Booster Club Member Dies

Jon T. Wagenknecht's life will be celebrated June 1 at Church of St. Mary's.

 

A treasurer of the Booster Club, Lake Forest resident Jon T. Wagenknecht passed away May 21 at the age of 63.

A memorial mass will be held at 1 p.m. June 1 at the , 175 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest,

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Among his passions were tennis and cooking.

He is survived by his four children, Theodore, Paige, Leigh and Wyatt, his sisters Lynn, Ann and Celenda, and brothers Karl and Eric.

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Born June 2, 1948 to Dr. Theodore Wagenknecht and Verda M. Hamann, Jon grew up in Streator, Ill. He graduated from Wayland Academy in 1966, received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1971, and earned an MBA from The University of Chicago in 1973.


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