Former STA Football Coach, Len Tyrrell, dies

Leonard M. Tyrrell

Born: August 06, 1933

Died: August 06, 2015 

Tyrrell, Leonard Martin Age 82, of La Grange Park and former resident of the West Side of Chicago/Oak Park and Crystal Lake, passed away peacefully on his 82nd birthday, August 6, 2015. Leonard was at home surrounded by his family. Cherished husband of Patricia (nee Collins); devoted father of Leonard, Jr. (Courtney), Brian (Amy), Kathryn (Jesse) Ciesla; proud Papa of Brady, Liam, Keanen, Fin, Jack and Eleanor Tyrrell and Maggie Ciesla. Predeceased by his parents, William and Catherine (nee Broderick); sister, Catherine Mary Wilson; brother, William Tyrrell (Mildred nee Fitzgerald). Survived by sister-in-law, Kay Crowley Tyrrell. Loving brother-in-law, cousin and uncle to many.

Len was a proud veteran of the Korean Conflict, a graduate of Quincy University, former head football coach at Fenwick High School and Chancellor of Maguire University. Len retired in 1994 from the Cook County States Attorney's Office where he was the Director of the First Offenders Drug Program. 

Family and friends will be received at the Conboy-Westchester Funeral Home, 10501 W. Cermak Rd., Westchester (2 blocks West of Mannheim Road) on Monday, August 10, 2015 from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. Lying-in-State Tuesday 10:00 a.m. until time of Funeral Mass 11:00 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church, 124 Spring Road, La Grange, IL. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (www.stjude.org) or Seasons Hospice, Inc. (www.seasons.org) appreciated. For further info 708-F-U-N-E-R-A-L. 

Published in Chicago Sun-Times on Aug. 7, 2015.

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Thanks to Carol Broderick (Class of 1960) for alerting us to her cousin's, Len Tyrrell's, death. She tells me he was also a graduate of STA, Class of 1947.