Sherrie Hughes

Sherrie Alice Hughes (nee Struthers), 77, of Roselle, died unexpectedly Sunday, Nov. 4.

Sherrie was born and grew up in Madison, Wis., and was a 1959 graduate of Madison East High School. As a teen, she would often help her father at his business, Acme Refrigeration. After high school, she moved to Chicago to live with two aunts while she attended a business program. She worked for Capitol Airlines, and then United Airlines, Chicago. She met her late husband, Alan Hughes, at United Airlines. As a couple, the two loved to travel together, visiting family in Australia, and touring North America, Europe and Asia. In the 1980s, she worked for Enesco Gifts, Itasca, and in the 1990s and 2000s, for Kathy’s Hallmark and Chris’ Hallmark, Schaumburg.

She was an active member of a monthly bridge group that has met for more than 40 years. She loved plants and her garden, and was an active member of the Northern Illinois Hosta Society and the Hoffman Estates Garden Club.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert Andrew “Red” Struthers and Alice Caroline Struthers, and her husband of 40 years, Alan Douglas Hughes. She is survived by her sister, Pat (Ronald) Miller of Stoughton, Wis,; two daughters, Heather (Jeff) Shintaku of Schaumburg and Haley (David) Overbeek of Bloomingdale; and three grandsons: Christopher and Mitchell Shintaku, and Xander Overbeek. She is also survived by her partner of eight years, Tony Kwiatkowski.

A visitation will be held from 3-9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, with a Time of Remembrance at 7 p.m., at Countryside Funeral Home and Crematory 333 S. Roselle Road (1/2 mile South of Irving Park Road) Roselle. While flowers are always appreciated, we would welcome a donation in her honor to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association phassociation.org or the American Heart Association www.heart.org.

For information (630)529-5751 or www.countrysidefuneralhomes.com