Linda L. (Wheeler) Patterson

June 8, 1947 - March 22, 2017

A Celebration of Life Ceremony for Linda L. (Wheeler) Patterson, 69, of Kankakee, will be held Thursday, March 30, at River Valley Christian Fellowship Church, 800 N. Cardinal Dr., Bourbonnais, Illinois. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. to Noon, with a service following. Ms. Patterson passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at River North Health & Rehab Center, Bradley. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made as donations toward her grandson’s college education. Cremation rites have been accorded. She was born June 8, 1947, in Kankakee, the daughter of Gilbert H. and Constance E. (St. Germaine) Wheeler, and was the youngest of ten children. A 1965 Bishop McNamara High School Graduate, Ms. Patterson went on to receive a L.P.N. degree from Kankakee Community College. With her caring and loving devotion toward children, she served well in Pediatrics. Later she earned an Associate in Arts degree from the University of Maryland. Being a highly-praised vocalist, she sang at many weddings, funerals, and for other occasions in our area. She loved to draw, sing, write letters, and spending time with her grandson. Linda was also a world traveler, enjoying life as an Air Force wife. Surviving are a daughter, Jennifer Patterson and grandson, Caleb Jackson, of Bradley; one brother, Theodore Wheeler, of Bradley; four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Constance Denault, of Herscher; Jacqueline (Carson) Cross, of Bonfield; Barbara (Maynard) Denault, of Kankakee; Rosemary (Daniel) Babinski of Bradley, two sisters-in-law, Anna Marie Wheeler, of Kankakee; Mary Turngren, of Bradley; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Dorothy Brouillet; three brothers, Gilbert, David and Richard; two brothers-in-law and two sisters-in-law. Interment will be at a later date.