WARREN TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Upcoming Events

Welcome to our new site: motherrudd.org
Our new email address: info@motherrudd.org

Mother Rudd Home Museum
P.O. Box 84
Gurnee, IL 60031-0084
(847) 263-9540

Please note that to accommodate more members' schedules, we are
moving our meetings to the 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Upcoming Events

Next General Meeting

Wednesday,
March 10, 2010

WTHS Board Meeting, 6:30 P.M.

General meeting, 7:00 P.M. Program to be announed.

The public is invited; all are welcome. Refreshments will be served after the presentation. Admission is free. The Mother Rudd House is wheelchair-accessible via the ramp on the north-east side of the house.

January 27th

The Lake-McHenry Historic Alliance will be meeting at the Mother Rudd House.

Future Meetings - CHANGED to 2nd Wednesday of each month

February 10th

WTHS Board Meeting, 7:00 P.M.

March 10th

WTHS Board Meeting, 6:30 P.M. General meeting, 7:00 P.M., program to be announced.

April 14th

WTHS Board Meeting, 7:00 P.M.

Open Houses

2010

2010 Open Houses to be announced

Remembering Jill Martin - 1940-2009
from the May, 2009 "Chronicles" (Warren Township Historical Society bi-monthly newsletter)

   I first met Jill Martin at Warren Township High School. My wife and I attended an open house to meet our children's teachers. Jill was teaching their English class. Later I met Jill at the Lake County Discovery Museum, where we were both volunteers. In 1993 Jill came to the historical society as a volunteer to help with the work we were doing. She had many good ideas on displays, programs and general operations.
   For many years Jill was the editor of our newsletter, She would write the stories and editorials. Then I would set up the cover and print the newsletter, and get it ready to mail. Jill also served for many years as secretary and then as vice president. She also arranged for speakers for our programs, including the history of the Underground Railroad and the Civil War.
   In 2005, we got a letter from the Arcadia Publishing Company stating that if we would write a history, with photographs of our area, they would print the book. The books would be sold in stores in our area.
   At first, I didn't think I wanted to do a book, but Jill said we should. I went through all our many photographs to find ones we wanted to use. Jill would write a short story about the people and places pictured in the photographs from our archives, to be included in our book. There had to be minimum and maximum number of pages.
   Jill had worked with the high school students on their school annual, so she knew how to get started.
   After we had the manuscript completed, Mike Weiland put it on a Digital CD to be sent to Arcadia Publishing Company.
   One of Jill's hobbies was quilting. She started a quilting group that meets at Mother Rudd's house on Friday afternoon.
   She also did spinning of wool and other fibers into yarn that she could dye and use for knitting.
   Jill served as a volunteer at the Warren Newport Library and had an interest in Genealogy.
   I am sure Jill had many more interests and hobbies that I never knew about.
   With all the many things that Jill did, she will be missed by many people.

Tom Mellen