Posted by Katie McGuire Death – Died: Katlin “Katie” McGuire dynamic and productive, was the social leader of her sorority at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and expected to configuration shows for huge associations in the wake of getting her degree.
Ms McGuire, 20, was killed Monday, October. 20, when the vehicle she was driving veered over the centre of Interstate Highway 57 near Kankakee. Police said she was redirected by remote. An explorer in the vehicle was hurt.
Ms McGuire was abusing an early-week break in her plan of classes at U. of I. for a rapid trip back to Chicago to extend a democratic structure in early equitable, said her more settled sister, Colleen.
“It suggested something to her. She required her voice to be heard,” her sister said.
Encountering adolescence in Chicago’s Budlong Woods region, Ms McGuire was valedictorian of her gathering at St. Hilary Catholic School. She followed her sister to Walter Payton College Prep for auxiliary school, where she played volleyball, ball and, her best game, soccer.
She furthermore checked out the school’s “Mates” program, instructing and supporting youngsters become acquainted with the optional school.
She spent her summers as a lifeguard at Flick Pool in Glenview. She carpooled toward the North Shore suburb with a partner from the city since she expected to work at a pool as opposed to one of the Lake Michigan coastlines, her sister said.
At U. of I., she was in the correspondences school and her examinations focused in on publicizing. This pre-summer and into the school year, she filled in as a worker at Joe’s Brewery in Champaign.
Ms McGuire’s father, Kevin, is a PC guide, and her mother, Nancy, has been a chaperon at Rush University Medical Center for more than 35 years. She is furthermore made due by her grandmother, Margaret McGuire.
Appearance is set for 3 to 9 p.m. Friday in Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home; 6150 N. Cicero Ave. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Hilary Church, 5600 N. Fairfield Ave.