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Sheila Marie Lane

Sheila Marie Lane

Female 1935 - 1992  (57 years)


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  • Name Sheila Marie Lane 
    Birth 26 Feb 1935  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Jun 1992  Woodstock, McHenry, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10002  Branches and Roots
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

    Father Clement Francis Lane,   b. 7 Jul 1897, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1958, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Angela Ann Lavery,   b. 25 Dec 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1981, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 28 Apr 1923  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • St. Angela

      St. Angela
    Family ID F3844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Raymond Purcell, Jr.,   b. UNKNOWN 
    Marriage 26 Dec 1960 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    +4. Living
    +5. Living
    Family ID F3613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 


    • After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000) ------------------------------ Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965 Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000)
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      Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965
      Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane
      Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri
      Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000) ------------------------------ Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965 Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000)
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      Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965
      Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane
      Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri
      Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown

      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000) ------------------------------ Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965 Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000)
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      Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965
      Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane
      Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri
      Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000) ------------------------------ Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965 Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000)
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      Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965
      Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane
      Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri
      Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown

      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000) ------------------------------ Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965 Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000)
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      Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965
      Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane
      Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri
      Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000) ------------------------------ Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965 Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000)
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      Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965
      Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane
      Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri
      Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown

      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000) ------------------------------ Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965 Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000)
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      Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965
      Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane
      Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri
      Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000) ------------------------------ Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965 Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown
      After a successful grade school career at St. Margaret Mary's, Sheila attended St. Scholastica High School, graduating in 1952. Sheila then went to Atchison, Kansas and attended Mount St. Scholastica for one year before returning to Chicago for a year at Mundelein and two years at Loyola, graduating from Loyola with a degree in Education in 1956. While a student at Loyola, she met Charlie Purcell. The two were married on the day after Christmas in 1960. Sheila gave birth to their first child (Charlie) in November of the following year. From that point on Sheila was a wife and mother as well as a friend and telephone confidante extraordinaire. She was always there for her husband and children, as well as her siblings and friends, giving cogent advice and loving support. Sheila was a savvy student of human behavior and shared that insight with those around her. She died as a result of com0plications of pancreatic cancer in 1992, but her lifetime of work is felt everyday by her five children as well as her four grandchildren whom she would have deeply loved. (July 2000)
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      Black & white family photo taken Summer 1965
      Front Row from left: Vircinia Lane, CHarles Purcell, Angela Purcell, Angela Lane, Vicki Purcell, George Lane, Tom Purcell, Barbara Lane
      Second Row: Dan Spoeri, Betsy Lane, Katie Lane, Dan Lane, Clem Lane, Bob Spoeri
      Back Row: Stephan Lane, unknown, Jeanne SPoeri, Him Spoeri, unknown, John Spoeri, unknown