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Peter J. Wrenn

Visitation Time: All Services will be Private
Funeral Notes: The Mass of Christian Burial for Peter will be live-streamed on Saturday, March 13th at 2:30 p.m. on the St. Giles Parish YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/1sqcd3o29cE. The recording will remain online for those that wish to view it at a later time.
Interment: Private

Peter J. Wrenn, of Oak Park, died peacefully at home on February 27, 2021. He was 85. Peter was born in Chicago on February 10, 1936. The youngest of three brothers, he grew up in a close-knit community of Irish immigrants in Rogers Park. During his junior year at Loyola Academy, a friend asked Peter to fill in for him on a date—a common practice at the time. That night, Peter met Joan Schneider, whom he would marry in 1958. Peter and Joan were deeply involved in the Cana Conference of Chicago in the early years of their marriage. They raised their four children in Oak Park and St. Giles Parish, where Peter served on the parish council. Peter was a staunch believer in the power of education. He started his studies at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, and completed his degree in finance at Loyola University. He later earned an MBA at the University of Chicago. He was deliberate about instilling the value of education in both his children and his grandchildren. He began his career at Ford Motor Company before taking a role at the family business, Hudson Precision Products Company, a machining company he saw through decades of technological advancements and passed down to his two sons. He won several machining industry awards, including the Merit Award and the Gold Micrometer from the Precision Machined Products Association and the Winzeler Award from the Technology and Manufacturing Association. In 1983, President Reagan appointed him to the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education in Washington, D.C. Peter was a dedicated philanthropist who served on the boards of the Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation, the Daniel Murphy Foundation, Villa St. Benedict, and Trinity High School, and was a trustee of both Benedictine and Dominican Universities. Peter loved fishing, tennis, scuba diving, and chocolate malts. But most of all, he loved people. His spirit was irrepressible, his well of advice ran deep, and his sense of humor was one of a kind. He is survived by his wife, Joan, and children James Peter, Marianne (Dan) Metzig, Joan Colleen, and Robert John (Rhonda), as well as twelve grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a large extended family with whom he celebrated exuberantly and often. He was preceded in death by his parents John J. and Delia (Moore) Wrenn, brothers Leo and John, sister-in-law Pat, and cousins Tom and Anne, Gloria, and Sr. Anna Wrenn. The family would like to thank Peter’s caregivers, Larry, Larry, Kevin and particularly Lyn for their encouragement, care, and companionship over the past year. You made a real difference! Memorial contributions may be made to Misericordia (6300 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660 or misericordia.com). A private funeral Mass will take place at St. Giles Church on Saturday, March 13. A recording of the service will be available via video at youtu.be/1sqcd3o29cE. Interment will be at All Saints Cemetery, also private. A celebration of life will take place on September 12, 2021. Arrangements by Sciaraffa Funeral Directors.

Funeral Home

Salerno's Galewood Chapel

Phone: 773-889-1700
Address: 1857 N. Harlem Ave Chicago Illinois, 60707

Interment Details

Private