William M. Madden, 83, of Woodstock, died peacefully, May 26, 2018. Visitation will be on Monday from 3-8pm at DeFiore Jorgensen Funeral Home-10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10:00am on Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church, 312 Lincoln Ave., Woodstock. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Woodstock. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Mary Pat’s Research Fund benefitting Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation (AA&MDSIF) http://bit.ly/MPResearchFund
William was born February 16, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of William and Bernice Madden. He served as a paratrooper in the United States Army. He was a graduate of Loyola University and later earned his law degree from Loyola Law School. On October 7, 1961 he married Mary Ellen McPartlin. He started his career with the United States Department of Defense, and went on to be the Assistant Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts for twenty-eight years. He then served as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge until his retirement. He was a member of the Illinois Judges Association and the McHenry County Bar Association, and he was a big FOX News fan.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mary Ellen, by his children, Maureen (Christopher) Durack, Margaret (Dr. Andrew) Ward, Martin (Joe Wegner) Madden and Michelle (Liam) Dempsey, by his 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren, by his sister, Nancy (James) Jacobek, and by many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Mary Pat, his brother, Michael John, and his sister, Mary Ellen.
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