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Henry Linabury
Downers Grove resident Henry Vance Linabury, 90, the Western Springs Man
of the Year in 1989, died Oct. 31 in Downers Grove.  A memorial service
will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, in the First Congregational
Church of Western Springs, 1106 Chestnut Ave.  A mechanical engineer at
the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in McCook, Mr. Linabury
worked there until 1974 with the exception of a stint in during World
War II.  Mr. Linabury tried to join the U.S. Navy, but was drafted first
into the Army. He went through boot camp twice, once as a private in the
U.S. Army, then as an officer in the U.S. Navy, serving in the Pacific
Theater during the War.  During the Depression, he was an active Boy
Scout, making Eagle Scout at age 14 and working as a Boy Scout camp
counselor. He learned to play the flute, a life-long love along with
camping. He and his wife, Mary, went on camping trips, some for as long as
three weeks. In retirement, they enjoyed more than 15 trips through the
Elderhostel program.  According to his wife, Mr. Linabury's chief hobby
was volunteering. An active member of the First Congregational Church of
Western Springs, he was president of the Board of Deacons, served many
roles in the Men's Club, including president, taugh Sunday school, and
played in the handbell choir for many years.  In the 1960s he served as
Chairman of the Forest Hills PTA and as a PTA representative to the Road
to Rugeley Committee. In the late 1960s, he worked on church and community
committees to ease racial integration. In 1978 he became a board member
of the Western Springs Historical Society, serving as vice president and
president.  Mr. Linabury was a founding member of the Western Springs
Community Center's Board of Directors in 1984 and was chairman of its
Building and Grounds Committee. He served for six years on the village's
Community Relations Commission. The gym at the old Grand Avenue School
is named after him.  Ten years ago, he and his wife moved into a cottage
in Fairview Village, where he was secretary and then president of the
Residents Council, served on the Outreach Committee, secured volunteers
for the Home Delivered Meals program, and tutored in the English as
a second Lanaguage program.  Survivors include his wife of 57 years,
Mary; four daughters, Kathy Kotora, Elizabeth Bargren, Peggy Gutzke and
Virginia; one son, Fred; and 10 grandchildren.  Memorials may be sent to
the First Congregational Church of Western Springs, 1106 Chestnut St.,
Western Springs, IL 60558 or to Loyola Hospice, 2160 S. First Ave.,
Maywood, IL 60153.  Arrangements were handled by DuPage Cremations,
Inc., Wheaton.