----Source: The Thorp Courier September 5, 2001

Lesly Ann Rudd

Leslie Ann Rudd, 47, Vernon Hills, IL, passed away Friday, August 24, 2001, at the Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, IL, due to a long illness.

She was born September 27, 1953, in Winchester, Virginia and was a former resident of Winona, MN and Lake Villa, IL. Lesly was a 1971 graduate of Mount Prospect High school. She received a piano when she was nine years old and soon learned to have a great passion for music, which she carried throughout her lifetime. She also was a compassionate caring person who loved animals in which she cared for until the day she died.

Surviving are three children: Melissa Parker of Thorp, Zachary Parker of Thorp and Jessica Parker of Vernon Hills, IL; her mother Nan Giese of Genoa City, WI; and her father Vernon (Donna) Rudd of Menifee, CA.

The Memorial service was held on Wednesday, August 29, 2001, in Libertyville, IL.