GUIMOND, Virgil J

1918 - 1997  (79 years)

• Name	GUIMOND, Virgil J
  Birth	30 Jul 1918	Manteno, Kankakee County, IL
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Nov 1997	Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL
  Person ID	I363	Mathew from France
  Last Modified	15 May 2024

  
  

  Father	GUIMOND, Alfred,   b. 11 Dec 1880, Manteno, Kankakee County, IL d. 4 Aug 1972, Manteno, Kankakee County, IL (Age 91 years)
  Mother	MATHEW, Cordelia,   b. 30 Sep 1881, IN d. 30 Mar 1977, Manteno, Kankakee County, IL (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1910	White County, IN
  Family ID	F150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BOYD, Caherine J,   b. 1919   d. 2009 (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1942	Tampa, FL
  Children	1. GUIMOND, Martha Jean,   b. 8 Oct 1952, Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL d. 7 May 2008, TX (Age 55 years)   2. GUIMOND, Rodger   3. GUIMOND, Mark   4. GUIMOND, Virginia
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  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.