Alfred married MATHEW, Cordelia on 7 Apr 1910 in White County, IN. Cordelia (daughter of MATHEW, Alfred Joseph and LEBEAU, Anna) was born on 30 Sep 1881 in IN; died on 30 Mar 1977 in Manteno, Kankakee County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfred married LANGLOIS, Theodose in 1906. Theodose was born in 1880 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL; died in 1907 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Inez married BENOIT, Dolore on 19 Jun 1929 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabelle married BURNS, John Franklin on 30 Sep 1933 in Kankakee County, IL. John was born in 1910; died in 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married BLAKE, Robert E in Jun 1939 in Manteno, Kankakee County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BLANCHETTE, Walter H. Walter was born on 6 Apr 1912; died on 10 Jun 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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World War II Navy Nurse



Aldine Anna Guimond was born February 2, 1917, on a farm near Manteno, Illinois. In September 1936, she entered St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Kankakee. Graduating in 1939, she received her license and began practicing as a private duty nurse in the Kankakee area.


On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Eight days later, Aldine was in a recruiting office in Kankakee taking an oath and enrolling in the Navy Nurse Corps.


In February 1942, the Navy sent her to Great Lakes Hospital for training. About a week after arriving, she was commissioned an officer. In January 1943, the Navy transferred Ensign Guimond to full-time duty in a dispensary at Crane Naval Ammunition Depot in central Indiana.


In March 1944, she was reassigned to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Shoemaker, California, and it was here that she spent the remainder of the war. At Shoemaker she served as a medical ward superintendent with the rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade (LTJG, 02). On March 1, 1945, she was promoted to Lieutenant (LT, 03). She had a chance to go to Okinawa, but the war was winding down, and on September 22, 1945, she was released from active duty and returned to Manteno.


Instead of staying in Manteno, Aldine came up to Chicago and got a job at Michael Reese. It was in Chicago that she met Gordon Tell Brown. Employed by Zenith, he was a young G.I. who had returned to the States in November 1945 from fighting in Europe. They met at an American Legion dance. They started dating. After three months, Gordon proposed and Aldine accepted. They were married in Manteno on August 20, 1949.


The newlyweds started making plans together. They used Gordon's G.I. housing benefits to buy a home at 9747 Lonnquist Drive in Franklin Park. Pregnant with her first child Mary, Aldine decided to give up her commission, and in July of 1950, she sent in her letter of resignation to the U. S. Naval Reserve.


She had accomplished much in her young life. There weren't many women in America who had served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Aldine married BROWN, Gordon Tell on 20 Aug 1949. Gordon was born on 4 Mar 1919; died on 21 Jun 1999. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Visitation for Virgil J. Guimond, 79, of Manteno, will be from 2-7 p.m. today, with a wake service at 2 p.m.,
at the Clancy- Gernon Funeral Home, Manteno.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Church, Manteno, by the Rev. Mark Fracaro.
Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Manteno.
Memorials may be made to the Cemetery Association St. Joseph Church, where he was a member for more than 40 years.
Mr. Guimond died suddenly Thursday (Nov. 27, 1997) at St. Mary's Hospital emergency room.
He was born July 30, 1918 in Manteno, the son of Alfred and Cordelia Mathew Guimond.
Surviving are his wife, the former Catherine J. Boyd, whom he married Aug. 10, 1942 in Tampa, Fla.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Rodger and Candace Guimond of Ione, Cal. and Mark and Cathy Guimond of Manteno; two daughters, Virginia Guimond and Martha Guimond, both of Dallas, Texas; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Rita Blanchette of Bourbonnais, Aldine and Gordon Brown of Franklin Park and Luella Rockway of Kankakee; and four grandchildren.
Deceased are three sisters, Inez, Helen and Isabelle.
Mr. Guimond was resident engineer for the new phase construction of the Waste Treatment facility in Manteno. He had worked in construction all of his life. He had farmed in the Manteno area.
He was an Army veteran of World War II, served as a French interpreter and helped develop the radar used by air controllers today. He was a member of the Manteno American Legion, VFW and Manteno Apostles Table.
A graduate of Manteno High Schoo, he held the record for the 220 yard dash.
Mr. Guimond was on the County Planning Commission; chariman of the Manteno Planning Committee for more than 20 years; member of the Rock Creek Draining District Board; helped with Matneno Youth Soccer; former member of the Manteno Village Board; member and former president of the Chamber of Commerce; former president of the Manteno P.T.A. He wrote and published the History of Manteno Township and was on the Illinois Diversatech Steering Committee.

Virgil married BOYD, Caherine J on 10 Aug 1942 in Tampa, FL. Caherine was born in 1919; died in 2009. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Candace. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cathy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]