Lawrence Delbert Weeks

April 21, 2002

Lawrence Weeks, Army Air Corps veteran

Lawrence Delbert Weeks, 83, a life-long resident of Kankakee, died Saturday (April 13, 2002) at The Governor's House in Simsbury, Conn., where he had resided since November 2000.

Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Tues-day until the 10:30 a.m. service at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Inturnment of cremains will be in The Columbarium in the Garden of St. Francis of St. Paul's.

Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Episcopal Church or the Kankakee Area YMCA.

Mr. Weeks was born Dec. 7, 1918 in Kankakee, the son of William James and Lucy Mae Wright Weeks.

Surviving are his wife, the former Launa May Whipple, whom he married Dec. 28, 1948 at the Park College Chapel in Parkville, Mo.; two daughters and one son-in-law, Susan Weeks of Poway, Calif., Jane Weeks and John Randazzo of Avon, Conn.; five grandchildren; one brother, Rev. Canon William Weeks of Tucson, Ariz.; and six nieces and nephews.

One brother, Hiram Weeks; two sisters, Gladys Colborn and Lucille Larson; two brothers-in-law; and one sister-in-law, are deceased.

Mr. Weeks was employed by the Kankakee Ordnance Works, the David Bradley factory, and the Bear Brand Hosiery company.

He was a veteran of the Army Air Corps, a member of the Eighth Air Force.

He completed 33 missions over Germany and France, winning the Presidential Citation, the European Theater of Operations Ribbon, the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

After the war, he managed Kankakee Office Machines and then went to work for J.C. Penney Company, retiring in January 1983 after 34 years of service.

He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, a Sunday School teacher, an usher and lector, and served on the vestry.

He was a charter member of the Air Force Reserve.

Mr. weeks was a member of the VFW, Kankakee County Historical Society, the YMCA, the Elks Club, and the Quadrille Dance Club.

He enjoyed reading, music and golf.