Edgar Ludwig Obituary

Edgar Walter Ludwig died Saturday, October 23, 2010. He was 86 years old. Mr. Ludwig, originally of Evansville, Indiana, was a graduate of the University of Illinois with a Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in Business Education. He began his teaching career at Reitz High School in Evansville (his alma mater) before his marriage to Alberta Bromm Ludwig in 1951. He then taught briefly at the U of I in Champaign before accepting a position at Morton High School, Cicero, Illinois, in 1954. When the new Morton West High School opened he became its first Head of the Practical Arts Division and retired from Morton West as an Assistant Principal in 1985. Throughout his career he was active in many professional associations including the American Management Society, the Chicago Area Business Educator's Association, Future Business Leaders of America, to name just a few. Mr. Ludwig was also a former member of Burr Ridge United Church of Christ where he served in many capacities including Sunday School Superintendent and Chairman of the Building Committee for the church building which was constructed at the corner of Plainfield and County Line Roads. In retirement Mr. Ludwig moved with his wife to Plymouth Place in LaGrange Park and became an active member of the First Congregational Church of LaGrange where he continued to volunteer on many church committees. A World War II veteran who served in the Pacific theater, Mr. Ludwig was an active member of VFW Post Number 10778 in Western Springs where he was the Service Officer from 1992 to 2005. Mr. Ludwig was an avid gardener who shared his expertise on the care of plants ranging from tulips to tomatoes. Also an accomplished flower arranger, he was known for bringing bouquets of flowers, plant cuttings or bags of home-grown vegetables to one and all. He will be remembered as a faithful friend, a trusted colleague, a valued mentor, and loving husband, father and brother to all who knew him. He is survived by his three children, Marianne Ludwig of Cleveland, Ohio; Barbara Ludwig of Port Augusta, South Australia; and Mark Ludwig of Countryside, Illinois; son-in-law Jon Boylan of Cleveland, Ohio; granddaughters Carolyn Boylan of Cleveland, Ohio, and Siobhan Boylan of Oakland, California; and sister Marion Chamberlain of Hermann, Missouri. There will be a memorial service in Dole Hall of Plymouth Place located at 315 North LaGrange Road, LaGrange Park, Illinois on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. with a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorials be directed to the J. Sterling Morton High School, Attention: Morton Scholarship League, 2423 South Austin Boulevard, Cicero, Illinois 60804 or the St. Thomas Hospice, 119 East Ogden Avenue, Suite 111, Hinsdale, Illinois 60521.