Obituary: Judy Scheer Managed Credit Union for 14 Years

CHICAGO --- Judy Scheer of Chicago, who served as manager of the Northwestern University credit union, died Feb. 15.

Ms. Scheer, 69, died of cancer at the Rush North Shore Medical Center's hospice in Skokie.Visitation will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday (Feb. 23) at the Maloney Funeral Home, 1359 W. Devon, Chicago. A funeral mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday (Feb. 24) at St. Margaret Mary Church, 2324 W. Chase, Chicago. Burial will be in All-Saints Cemetery.

Ms. Scheer was a member of St. Margaret Mary's parish and sang in the church choir.

Ms. Scheer, a resident of the West Ridge neighborhood, became manager of the Northwestern University Employees' Credit Union in 1990. She retired from that position in 2004 when the credit union merged with First Northern Credit Union.

Ms. Scheer had a 25-year career in credit union management, heading credit unions at Wieboldt's Department Store in Evanston and the Greyhound credit union in Chicago.

She is survived by a brother John of Maryland.

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