Village clerk lived up to lofty Mount Prospect motto

This story was updated Oct. 21 to correct the start of visitation on Saturday to 10 a.m.

Mount Prospect's motto states that it is a place "where friendliness is a way of life."

Whatever one thinks of the merits of that claim, one Mount Prospect official exemplified it. For more than a quarter of a century, Village Clerk Lisa Angell, who died at 62 on Monday, lived up to the village motto.

As village clerk, she was nothing less than friendly and helpful, answering questions about votes and other village board minutiae and punctually responding to FOIA requests, often well in advance of the time required for a response.

Despite suffering from pancreatic cancer, she soldiered on in her job, putting on a bright and brave face at meetings, even when it was clear that the battle was not tilting in her favor.

Memorial visitation for Angell will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Rd, Mount Prospect.

Memorial visitation will be held again at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, until an 11 a.m. funeral Mass at St. Raymond de Penafort Church, Elmhurst Road and Lincoln Street, Mount Prospect.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Angell Family Fund, Glenview State Bank, 299 W. Central Rd., Mount Prospect, IL 60056. Attn: Sally.