Vila Willens

Vila Willens, 100, beloved wife of the late Samuel D. Willens, MD, devoted daughter of the late William and Catherine Weaver, Beloved and devoted mother of sons Daniel and Richard (Cheri) and daughters Nancy (Richard Wollensak) and Lisabeth. Grandmother to Cameron David and Kira Samantha Wollensak. Vila came to Chicago at the beginning of WW II and trained to be a nurse for the Women’s Army Corp. The war ended before she gained her RN, but she worked at Cook County Hospital where she met and eventually married her husband. She was active in the Michael Reese Women’s Auxiliary where she had served as president before devoting her time to her young family. She and her husband loved the Chicago Symphony and held season’s tickets. In later years she researched her genealogy and joined the Ft. Dearborn chapter of the DAR. Generous to her extended family, her kindness and well-known involvement and devotion to intellectual discussion and political argument will be greatly missed.

A funeral service at the gravesite will be held on June 2nd at 3:00 PM at Shalom Memorial Park in Arlington Heights, IL. A Zoom link will be offered to those who cannot attend. For the link to view the service and to leave condolences: Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, www.shalommemorial.org

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to the American Cancer Society donate3.cancer.org or to the Jewish United Fund www.juf.org or Jewish National Fund www. jnf.org

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Service Information

Service : Wednesday, June 2nd at 3:00 pm
Service Location: Graveside Service -Shalom Memorial Park

Interment:
Shalom Memorial Park
1700 W. Rand RoadArlington Heights