Kurt A. Leinweber

February 21, 1950 - April 1, 2014

Age 64, of Wilmington, IL passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, IL, after a courageous battle with cancer for several years. Veteran of the United States Army. Kurt attended Illinois Institute of Technology and he graduated from Loyola Law School in Chicago, IL. He started his practice of law in Lockport, IL. Former City Attorney for Braidwood and previously served on the Mosquito Abatement Board. He was a Will County Assistant Public Defender and was involved in Will County Drug Court. His hobbies included hunting and fishing and he was very passionate about the second amendment, religion, pro-life, politics, and debating. Kurt was a loving and devoted husband, father, son, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, and friend. Surviving are his wife, Barabara (nee Bourne) Leinweber of Wilmington; and his loving children, Will Leinweber of San Francisco, CA and Mary Grace (Damien) Lane of Braidwood. Preceding him in death were his father, William A. Leinweber; and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Thomas and Anne Bourne. Cremation rites will be accorded. Family and friends will meet at the Immaculate Conception Church in Braidwood for a Memorial Mass, Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Show Reddy Allam officiating. Inurnment Maplewood Cemetery, New Lenox at a later date. Visitation will be at the R.W. Patterson Funeral Homes, Ltd. & Crematory, Braidwood Chapel, Friday, April 4, from 4-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in his name to the Arkansas Cancer Research Center in Little Rock, AR for research of multiple myeloma would be appreciated.