Joanne Maher, nee Nailon, formerly of Elgin; wife of the late Dennis; mom of Colleen (Dean), Tim (Lynn), the late Mike, Pat, Maureen, Kathleen, Dan (Leo), Erin (Matt) and Kevin (Jasemin); grandma of 11, great-grandma of 13; sister of the late Bill. Visitation Monday, August 13th, 5:00 – 8:00 pm at the Countryside Funeral Home and Crematory, 95 S. Gilbert St. (at State St.), South Elgin. Funeral Tuesday, 9:30 am visitation until the time of mass 10:30 am at St. Thomas More Church, 215 Thomas More Drive Elgin. Interment St. Charles Borromeo 297 E. Jefferson Ave. Hampshire. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer’s Association 1111 S Alpine Rd # 307, Rockford, IL 61108 or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 1 N LaSalle St, Chicago, IL 60602 would be appreciated.