Lillian E. Urban Obituary (1921 - 2018)

Lillian E. Urban, 96, of Normal, passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at BroMenn Hospital in Normal. Her memorial service will be at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 18 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Bloomington with Pastor David Glesne officiating. Visitation will be from 10 - 11 am prior to the service at the church. Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Private inurnment will be at St. John's Lutheran Church Columbarium. Memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church or the Carter Center. Lillian was born on November 6, 1921 in New Hope, Wisconsin, to Benhard and Cora Kjer Wrolstad. She married Melvin W. Urban on July 8, 1944 in Chicago. He preceded her in death on August 21, 2007. Surviving are her three children, son Daniel (Carol) Urban of Glen Ellyn; daughter Constance (Dennis) Moll of Bloomington; and son Steven (Diana) Urban of Indianapolis; three grandsons, David Moll of Hong Kong, Matthew (Julie) Urban of Chicago, and Joseph Urban of Indianapolis; three granddaughters, Karen (Michael) Hatfield of Glenview, Lisa (Erick) Salazar of Bloomington, and Sarah (Scott) Thill of Gladstone, Michigan; and nine great-grandchildren, Sonny, Francesca, Michael, Jackson, Montgomery, Nicholas, Emily, Anders and Phoebe. Lillian attended Peru School, a one-room school house, and graduated from Rosholt High School and Stevens Point Business School. When WWII began, she moved to Chicago where she worked in a defense plant, making airplane parts to support the war effort. There she met and married Melvin Urban. Music was a large part of Lillian's life. She had a beautiful soprano voice and could play piano by ear. She was a church organist in her teens and later became a piano teacher and accompanied dozens of high school band students at their solo competitions. Lillian was a friend to many and a loving Mom, Grandma, and Nana. She was deeply loved and will be truly missed.