High state court to hold memorial for ex-justices

The Illinois Supreme Court is remembering two former justices who died this year.

Members of the state’s highest court are scheduled to gather for a memorial service in Chicago on Wednesday for Mary Ann McMorrow and John Nickels. Chief Justice Rita Garman will deliver opening and closing remarks.

McMorrow died Feb. 23 at age 83. She was the only woman in her 1953 class at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She became the first woman on the state’s highest court in 1992 and retired in 2006.

Nickels died June 24 at age 82. He received his law degree from DePaul University and served on the high court from 1992 to 1998.

Other scheduled speakers during Wednesday’s memorial at the Bilandic Building include McMorrow’s daughter and Nickels’ daughter.