Shirley M. Lunger
Dec. 14, 1929-Oct. 26 1999
Shirley M. Lunger, 69, of 3887 North Mission Hills Road, Northbrook, Ill., died following a brief illness at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999, in Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park, Ill.
She was a former resident of Niles, Mich., living at 702 Chippewa Trail before moving to Northbrook with her husband in 1982.
Mrs. Lunger was born on Dec. 14, 1929, in Niles, to Lynn R. and Mable (Feldkemp) Cooper, and was a 1947 graduate of Niles High School.
She was the owner and operator of the former What's That Shoppe, Ltd., which was located on South Eleventh Street in Niles.
Mrs. Lunger was a former member of the First Presbyterian Church in Niles. She loved quilting and visiting with her children and grandchildren.
On Sept. 10, 1949, in Niles, she married Charles W. Lunger, who survives. She and her husband had recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Mrs. Lunger is also survived by her children, Deborah L. Lunger of Chicago, Ill., Charles G. and Gary L. Lunger, both of Carrollton, Texas, and Scott C. Lunger of Minneapolis, Minn.; seven grandchildren; and by her sister, Ann Reum of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Wherley.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, at the First Presbyterian Church, Niles, with the Reverend Dr. Ronald H. Wakeman of the church officiating. Interment will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday in the Halbritter Funeral Home.
Contributions in memory of Shirley M. Lunger may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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