Left to right:
Ora Jean (Wille) Rokay, Verda Wille, and June (Wille) Remec; The last 3 living children of Ida and Henry Wille at the Wille family reunion circa 2009
People in photo include: Verda Wille
From June Wille-Remec’s Obituary:
June I. Remec, age 87, resident of Elmhurst for 75 years, passed away February 10, 2011. Beloved wife of the late Adolph F. "Ade" Remec; loving mother of Thomas M. (Susan) Remec and Linda L. (Richard) Isaacson; proud grandmother of Jennifer and Alan Isaacson; honored great-grandmother of four; dear sister of Verda Wille, the late Kenneth (the late Esther) Wille, the late Ora (the late Imre) Rokay, the late Donald (survived by Joann) Wille, the late Irma (the late Harry) Winslow, the late Wilbur (survived by Viola) Wille and the late Lois (the late Robert) Kerr. June was in public service for York Township also serving as an election judge for 20 years. She helped run a successful campaign for Dr. Samuel Lewis for County Coroner in the late 1960's. Visitation at the Pedersen-Ryberg Mortuary 435 N. York Rd. Elmhurst on Monday, February 14th, from 3 to 9 p.m. Lying in state Tuesday February 15th, 2011 from 9 a.m. until time of service 10 a.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran Church 142 E. Third St. (at Michigan St.) Elmhurst. Interment Elm Lawn Cemetery.
Ora Jean Wille was born on her family’s farm in Elk Grove Village, Illinois in 1931. In 1933 The Wille family lost the farm and the family relocated to Elmhurst, Illinois.
She met Arthur Helge Jonsson when she was 17 and by 19 they were married. They built a house in Villa Park, Illinois and had 3 children. Arthur Jonsson found employment in Racine, Wisconsin and they relocated there which is where she would remain for the rest of her life.
Her husband Art developed a brain tumor and subsequently died from it at the age of 44.
The nurse who cared for Art had also cared for another woman who had passed, leaving behind a husband and two sons. She introduced the two widows and several years later she married her second husband, Imre Rokay. They remained together until he passed in 2008.
Less than 2 years later Ora Jean passed away in 2010.
She had 5 Children, 4 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
She was her first great grandson’s very first best friend.
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Photos shared here are for family use, please ask permission to confirm family link before using. I’ve had my family’s old photos show up on other sites as other people. 🙏🏼❤️ Thanks. Paternal: Jonsson - Sweden> Illinois> Wisconsin
Stenman - Sweden> Illinois
Saether - Sweden/Norway
Burmester - Germany > Illinois
Mueller - Germany> Illinois
Wille - Germany> Illinois
Rokay- Hungary> Switzerland > Chile> California > Wisconsin
Maternal: Johnston - Michigan, U.P.
Billings - Quebec>Vermont> Michigan, U.P.
Smith - Orange County, NY> Seneca Falls, NY> Michigan
Caton - Virginia>New York> Michigan
Olsen - Norway> Canada> Michigan, U.P.
Johnson - Finland> Michigan, U.P.
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