Kathryn B. “Kathy” Gleason, nee Hoban, (aka BB, Butterball, Big Mama, Boo Boo, Mom, Aunt B), age 52, of Lindenhurst. Loving wife to Jeff “Big Daddy”; best friend and mother to John “Moo man, Boo”; youngest daughter of Bill “Bill Drill” and Kay “Church Lady” Hoban; baby sister to the late Tim “The Captain”, Pat “Patty Pat, the favorite” Mark “Dr. Bombay” Boesche, Donna “Our Angel”, Kevin “Uncle Buck”, Ann “The Director, well she married him” Steve “Just Steve, the one she married” Fritzshall, Paul “Bill Junior, the other favorite” Eileen “Cupcake”; favorite aunt of Marcus Hoban, Will “Willie” Alleguez, Matt “the Brat, the real god child” Laura “the nice one” Fritzshall, Melissa “Missy, the other real god child” Alleguez, Jenette “Jen, little Steve” Fritzshall, Julie “Ju Ju” Fritzshall, Kate “Dr. Kate” Hoban, Sean “Sean Thomas” Hoban, and Annie “Annie Bananie” Hoban; step mom of Tara “Are we in the Appalachians”, Jeffrey “I didn’t do it”, and Randy “Right Ran”; and dog mom of the late Shadow “Shads” and Safari “Sass”. Celebration of Life, Sunday, August 6, 2017, from 3 to 7 p.m., at Howard Street Inn, 6700 W. Howard Street, Niles, IL, 60714. Memorial contributions may be made to Wounded Warrior Project (www.woundedwarriorproject.org), P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, KS, 66675. Condolences may be sent to 2690 Franklin Ct., Lindenhurst, IL, 60046. Info: 847.673.6111 or www.habenfuneral.com.
