Mildred Cable-Fraser

Mildred Cable Fraser died August 27, 2010 after a long illness,. She was born on June 29, 1922 to V. Howard and Mary E. (Kolifrath) Weir in Rockford, IL. She was a graduate of St. James Grade School, Muldoon High School and Marquette University. She married John Cable in 1944 at the Pro-Cathedral of St. James in Rockford. They had four children and lived in Milwaukee, Oconomowoc, WI and Cincinnati, OH. He died in 1968, and she moved back to Rockford. She married William Fraser in 1971; they were very active with Charismatic Renewal in the Rockford Diocese. He died in 1974. She worked first as a medical technologist and then in the Earth Science department of Rock Valley College, retiring after 25 years in 1993. She spent all of her life loving and serving God, and caring for members of her family and Gods family. She was a Eucharistic Minister in St. James Parish, ministering to hospitalized and homebound people for many years. She is survived by her sons, Bill (Christine) Cable, Annapolis, MD, Tom (Marie) Cable, Okauchee WI, John (Norma) Cable, Tucson, AZ and daughter, Jane (Owen) Phelps of Durand. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren, Kristin (Nic) Guehlstorf, Erik (Robin) and Owen (fianca©e Christine) Phelps, Shannon (Lawrence) Hadley, Erin (Shawn) McLevige, John Dickenson, Jennifer (Matthew) Ward, Michelle, David, Timothy, Andrew, Mark and Joseph Cable, as well as 15 great-grandchildren; brother, John "Jack" (Jane) Weir of Madeline Island, WI. and several nieces and nephews. Special thanks to the staff at Medina Manor, Hospice Care of America, and Provena Cor Mariae for providing her with care and compassion during her illness. Since Mildred requested "no flowers" , the family would suggest a donation to the Alzheimers Association or the Childrens Tumor Foundation. Visitation will be Friday, September 3 from 5-7 p.m. in Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory, Riverside Chapel, 3910 N. Rockton Ave. with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. There will also be a visitation at 10 a.m. preceding the 11 a.m. Mass on Saturday, September 4 in St. James Catholic Church, 428 N. Second Street followed by the burial in St. Mary/St. James Cemetery. Express condolences and share memories at www. fitzgeraldfh.com.