Margaret Coffin Obituary

MARGARET O. COFFIN Margaret "Peg" Coffin, (nee O 'Donnell), age 88, longtime resident of Oak Brook and Hinsdale, former judge, prosecutor, civic leader, wife, mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2013. She graduated first in her class in 1949 and was a member of the Law Review at St. John 's University (NY) School of Law. Legal and business positions included: Circuit Court Judge of DuPage County; Assistant State 's Attorney of DuPage County (Criminal Division); Executive Development Program graduate and Manager at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. in New York City. Extensive civic leadership included: Member, Hinsdale District 86 Board of Education; President, St. Isaac Jogues Board of Education; Founding Member, first President and Director of the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers; Member & Acting Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals for the Village of Oak Brook; Chairman, Zoning & Annexation Committee for Oak Brook Civic Association in rewriting controversial proposed zoning ordinances and leading negotiations with developers over 1,500 acres in Oak Brook 's early days; President, Director & Co-Founder of the Fullersburg Woods Area Association; and Executive Board Member, Education Advisory Committee for the Catholic Diocese of Joliet. Always a woman of diverse interests, her passions ranged from being a private plane pilot, including aerobatic flying, to her behind-the-scenes efforts in local political campaigns and initiatives. She was born in New York, NY, and was the loving daughter of the late Hugh and Anne O 'Donnell; beloved wife of the late George Coffin, Jr.; devoted mother of Susan of Sarasota, FL, Adrienne of Los Angeles, CA, and Philip (Holly) of Elmhurst, IL; cherished grandmother of Elizabeth and Sarah Coffin-Karlin, Darcy and Devin Kolstad and Roger, Peter and Jennifer Coffin; dear sister of John O 'Donnell, the late Hugh "Buddy" O 'Donnell and the late James O 'Donnell. A pioneer, and always a genuinely warm and compassionate person, she will be sorely missed and remembered by the many family and friends whose lives she touched. Visitation Friday, January 3, 2014, 6-8 p.m. at Ahlgrim Funeral Home, 567 S. Spring Road, Elmhurst, IL and Saturday, January 4, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. until time of Funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. at St. Isaac Jogues Church, 306 W. Fourth St., Hinsdale, IL. Interment Bronswood Cemetery, Oak Brook. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Margaret 's memory to St. Jude Children 's Research Hospital (www.stjude.org/donate) will be appreciated. Funeral info 630-834-3515 or www.ahlgrim.com.