A memorial service for Dawn Clark Netsch is planned for Saturday, April 13, 2 p.m. at Northwestern University’s Law School—Lake Shore Drive and Chicago Avenue.
Netsch—a former Illinois comptroller and state senator, the first woman to win the Democratic nomination for governor and a longtime LGBT ally—died March 5 at 86. First day coverage here: windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Dawn-Clark-Netsch-dies-at-86/41781.html.
Netsch had disclosed in January that she had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. In 2011, she talked with Windy City Times (windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Dawn-Clark-Netsch-Gay-ally-looks-back/34161.html).