Rev. Charles Boswell, 87, served two OP Episcopal congregations
Rev. Charles Boswell, 87, who served two Episcopal parishes in Oak Park in the 1960s, died Jan. 27, 2006 in Naperville after a brief hospitalization.
Fr. Boswell retired in 1984 after serving seven years as chaplain at Cook County Jail on California Avenue in Chicago, and as assisting priest at Holy Nativity in Clarendon Hills. He served as rector of Christ Church, Streator (1967-1978), associate rector at Grace Episcopal Church, Oak Park (1966-1967), vicar of Good Samaritan, a parish now closed in northeastern Oak Park (1964-1966), and vicar of Grace Church, Pontiac (1958-1964). During his time in Pontiac, he also served as chaplain at the Dwight State Reformatory.
A graduate of Nashotah House Theological Seminary at Oconomowoc near Milwaukee, he served as curate at St. John’s in Elkhart, Ind., after ordination to the priesthood in 1949. In 1952, he served six years as vicar of St George’s in Macomb and St. Thomas in Busnell, Ill.
Charles Boswell is survived by his wife, Linda; his son, Charles; his daughter, Margaret; a sister; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial gifts may be made to Church of the Holy Nativity in Clarendon Hills.
Mary Craig, 74, DuPage courts supervisor
Mary T. Criag, 74, of Naperville, formerly of Oak Park, died Feb. 13, 2006 of complications from diabetes and emphysema. Born in Chicago, she grew up in Oak Park and graduated from Trinity High School in River Forest in 1949. She earned a bachelor’s degree in speech pathology from Marquette University, then taught in the California public schools.
When her marriage ended in divorce, she worked in a variety of jobs until 1982 when she became a data entry clerk in the criminal division of the DuPage Circuit Court system. She eventually worked her way up to supervisor.
A longtime supporter of Hesed House in Aurora, which provides assistance to abused women and their children, she was known by her co-workers for her generosity. If her colleagues had nowhere else to go for the holidays, she would invite them to her house.
Mary Craig is survived by her daughters, Katherine and Patricia; her sons, Samuel, David, Stephen, Robert, and Michael; her sisters, Rita and Jane Klinge; and six grandchildren.
Visitation was held Feb. 16 at Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home in Naperville. Funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 17 at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Naperville.
?#34;Compiled by Ken Trainor