Kenneth J. DeMoor, 67, beloved husband of Mari (nee Popp) unexpectedly passed away on May 3rd. Devoted father of Brian, Steven (Colleen) and Diana DeMoor. Best ball throwing buddy of Maci and Kya. Loving son of the late Frank and Dolores (nee Bluhm) DeMoor. Brother of Alice (the late Steve) Babione, Tom (Sharon) and Bob (Lori) DeMoor. Uncle to many loving nieces and nephews. And soon to be grandfather.
Ken will be remembered for his fun loving spirit, his love of sports especially when his children were playing, and TV. When at his Florida home, he could be found sitting on the beach, watching the boats in the inlet early in the morning coffee in hand, or fishing and golfing with the boys. He was a mentor to his co-workers and staunch supporter of all his children's activities. His over the top Christmas light display was always a spectacular sight for neighbors. Ken could be found most days sitting out front playing with Maci and chatting with Diana. He was a master overseer of Mari's gardening, Brian's home repair projects, Steven's picnics and Diana's daily dilemmas.
Ken was born in Salinas, California moving from Phoenix to Illinois to marry the love of his life, Mari, at the insistence of his father-in-law to be. He worked as plant manager for a precision medical tooling manufacturer. He recently retired to enjoy vacations in Florida and spending time with family and friends.
A Memorial Visitation will be held Sunday, May 9, 2021, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 5015 Lincoln Avenue, Lisle, Illinois 60532.
In consideration of the safety of our guests and associates, Blake-Lamb Funeral Home will adhere to the current gathering restrictions in the state of Illinois, which allow 50 or fewer guests at services. Proper social distancing must be practiced and all guests will be required to wear face masks at all times. Thank you for your cooperation.
A Memorial Mass will be held, Monday, May 10, 2021, 11:00 AM at St. Joan of Arc Church, 820 Division Street, Lisle, Illinois 60532.
Info. 630-964-9392 or www.blake-lambfuneralhome.com.
Dad – Ken loved Mari more than anything… that will never change…. Mari was above everything…. but a close second were his kids and the dogs. Wait!!! I think the kids and dogs came 3rd… 2nd would have been Ken’s Lazyboy chair!! Ken loved sitting downstairs all day in his favorite Lazyboy chair…. all the squeaking, the books holding it upright on the floor, and springs coming out of the fabric in the back did not bother him. He loved sneaking his peanut M&M’s after dinner while mom was walking the dog with Steve (thanks to Diana!). He loved his date nights at Drury Lane with Mari. Ken loved keeping his daily schedule the same…. phone calls with his two favorite girls, Mari at 12:00 then to Diana at 12:08. He loved going out to breakfast… 2 Eggs over easy, Hash Browns lightly done, Sausage and Toast… no matter how bad everyone else thought the breakfast was he would always say “That’s a good breakfast” …. everyone just nodded yes and Steve would always remind him that his was the most expensive because he needed to add meat. He loved driving Mari, and Maci, to the grocery store or wherever she needed to go (He really didn’t have anything else to do in retirement). He would help mom with yardwork…. OK if you know Ken you know that isn’t happening… what I meant by that is that he would stand behind and be the “supervisor”! Ken loved to joke with Mari all the time… he would whistle/breathe hard when walking in from outside… fake sleep in his chair when she would walk down the stairs… not to mention hide the credit card bill under a planter in the garage so she didn’t hound him about his trips to the gas station aka “taking Maci for a car ride”. Mari you didn’t know about this one…. this was a very important call dad made to Steve while in Florida when you kept asking if the credit card bill came in the mail every day 😊. Ken recently got a cell phone (about 5 years ago) and was not addicted to searching the internet on his phone all day and even sending emoji’s in some text messages. Ken had big fingers…. it would take him a good 5 minutes or so to reply to your text…. and don’t ask him to email you either (he would need Steve or Mari to do that). Ken also recently learned how to use a debit card…he would tell Diana how awesome and easy it is to buy things….Mari was not happy about this! Ken was never a big drinker, but he could always eat…. if you throw a plate of spaghetti in front of him he would have seconds for sure… and bread…. he could eat that all day long… with a lot of butter though. Ken even played jokes when going out to breakfast with Steve and Colleen who always made fun of his buttering of the bread…. he would grab a menu and block their views of his toast so he could load the butter on. Ken loved getting together in Steve’s backyard for the BQQ’s. While everyone else was just having a burger and chips, Ken had to have a double cheeseburger! He always liked to eat when it was Free as Steve would say. Ken loved watching Nascar, Golf, Tiger Woods, The Bears, Chocolate, and ICE CREAM! Ken for some reason always thought the best ice cream was in the middle of the container so he ate that and left the sides for Mari! If you know Ken, you know he loved Christmas Lights! Every year he would have to have the best house but what everyone doesn’t know is that Steve really did the icicle lights on the roof, Brian and Steve did the chimney and star, and Brian really handled a lot of the other lights…so technically we all contributed to the lights on the house, but we will let him take the credit! If his lights went out he would say “I wonder how that happened??” then would proceed to get mad, throw stuff, and make Brian fix them! And when it came to taking the lights down Ken usually made up some sort of “injury”. Ken had some habits that never changed….Spaghetti and Pizza (Dan’s Special or anything Brian would get)at least once a week, if the Bourne movies were ever on TV he watched them, loved diet crush (not Sunkist, “that stuff doesn’t taste the same”), always made sure his birds had fresh water, always rolled through stop signs and proceeded to call then “California Stops”, He pointed at everything when driving and starred down bad drivers, he would always try to guess Christmas presents (Always thought it was something good but turned out to be socks or jeans), always thought he was the best bags player, and last but not least he would eat Peanut Butter and Mayo sandwiches! Ken’s next joy in life was going to be his grandchild coming in November…. He was so excited… Now he won’t miss a thing…. He will see everything from above.
Diana - Ken’s Princess Diana and BFF. Ken always loved just sitting in the chairs on the driveway with Diana doing absolutely nothing for hours. They didn’t care that Steve or Brian or even Mari would tease them about doing “absolutely nothing” all day long. No matter the weather or time of day Ken would always walk Diana out when leaving and would always watch her drive away. When the weather turned warm he would send Diana a text with a picture of the driveway chairs saying, “Chairs are ready”. Ken loved to attend Diana’s volleyball games… “Get your head in the game” could be heard from the stands once in a while. What Ken didn’t know was that he was loud, and it was embarrassing (Even ask the boys). Ken and Diana would call each other “BFF” (in the Todd Chrisley voice, dragging out the last F). Ken always made Diana come over after work to “See the Dog” …. but I really think he wanted to see his little girl! Dad was very thankful Diana bought a dog named Maci… turned out to be his other BFF and technically “His Dog”. Diana and Ken loved their trips down to Florida…. both love baking in the hot Florida sun. Ken was always there for Diana…and Diana provided a long list to add so here it is: He would let Dian know when he was getting low on his juice aka mousse and she would have to go get him more, taught her how to drive in the snow and not stop at stop signs (and don’t forget the road rage), he always made sure when Diana was coming over to have the fireplace on for her, he was her Uber driver in the winter…no matter where she was, home or work, he would always come get her, he would eat her leftover pizza even though he said he wasn’t hungry but somehow finished the last two pieces, They would watch “Below Deck” together, he would always have Diana make diet coke runs to McDonalds because the diet soda always tastes better from the fountain, They both loved the movie Twister…He would always let Diana know when Twister or Wizard of Oz was on TV and could recite every word from twister, Ken always texted Diana to see where see was…12:15 on her off days and 5:50 on work days (EVERY DAY), was a “dance dad” and was always at Diana’s competitions, Ken was Diana’s ear for her long phone calls about work (He always gave the best advice and that’s where all of the kids get their amazing work ethic from). Ken loved making Diana looks for seats upgrades when going to Florida and making sure she had enough snacks for them packed for the plane! Diana loved free meal Fridays with mom and dad and would even pay sometimes…when going to Portillo’s Ken’s order was always the most!!! Ken also went with Diana to make the worst purchase of her life…the Pontiac G6…Ken always though he would go into the car dealerships and play hardball but Diana admits they got suckered on that one! Last but not least, Diana would always remind him that she was born on Father’s day in 1987 and all his cards would remind him that she was his best gift ever!!
Boys – The heirs to Ken’s throne. Groomed the boys from day one to be the best men they can and to always take care of family. Ken lived for his boys (even though they come after Diana). Ken coached the kids in baseball from little league all the way until high school where he turned into the loudest spectator Lisle baseball has even seen. Ken was tough on the boys with their sports, even making them cry! It was the tough love that Ken provided his sons that turned them into the men they are today… two of the best! Ken still loved hitting the golf course with his Kids…. even making Brian provide him with Titleist PROV1 Golf Balls while Steve and Brian took turns footing the bill (At least we got him out of the $10 riding cart and moved him to the $3 walking cart for “Exercise”). Ken raised two totally different/yet technically the same boys. Brian is the “fixer” of the house, can do everything kind of guy like Ken back in his prime. Ken would be the Quarterback for the boys front yard football games… he would whisper the plays or draw them on the ball…. usually it was “5 out, cut left”… unless Steve was calling the plays then it was “streak”. Brian has taken over all the house duties in recent years even researching how to grow grass in the backyard which him and Ken tried to do every year for who knows how long (But it still doesn’t grow). Brian inherited all of Ken’s money thoughts…. buy the most expensive car, rent a Cadillac when all you need is a standard size car, buy the biggest pizza when you only need a medium…. that is Brian’s/Ken’s thinking… go big or go home… oh and Diana’s thinking as well. Brian was dad’s main man now… standing in the garage all day smoking cigs and just talking, maybe they would even take a break to fix something for mom around the house! He would see Brian off to work in the morning and be ready for him to come back for dinner. Brian and Ken enjoyed their “fishing trips”. Steve on the other hand must have been adopted…. He is the total opposite of his Dad and Brother. The saver of the family, the finance guy, and the healthy guy. Steve loved playing golf with his Dad and Brother, even allowing his Dad a “Breakfast Mulligan” more than once in a round. But no matter what Steve had to win… that’s his mentality. Steve loved to give his dad a hard time about “doing nothing” all day but really could care less. His dad did all he needed to do to raise his boys to take care of themselves and now he was allowed a break! Steve loved going to the inlet with his Dad, even allowing him “one” Apple Fritter during their time in Florida. If you know Steve you know he loves food…. so much that Ken would have to drive down to Western Illinois to bring Steve extra food during college and drive him back for the weekend (Also, added money to the meal card when that hit zero). Brian and Steve will always do what their Dad taught them and that was to take care of Mom, Diana, and now Colleen no matter what. Even when teaching the boys those “manly things” early on in life he was ALWAYS a “Girl Dad”!!!!
Dogs – Dad’s retirement plan was definitely the dog. Maci was Ken’s other BFF. Maci would sit in the garage with Ken at 5AM until Mari woke up for the walk. Maci always ran down to Dad when she came inside the house. Maci loved jumping on Dad’s lap and sharing a Dorito or two now and again. Ken and Maci would meet up with Steve and Kya at the park to throw the frisbee. Even though Steve always complained about Maci not knowing how to retrieve the Frisbee correctly he really didn’t care. Maci went through many of Kya’s frisbee’s but what he didn’t know is that Steve has a stack of them in the garage. However, every time Maci broke once Steve would tell him he owed him $9. Maci followed Ken everywhere and Ken let Maci do whatever she wanted. Maci would sneak into Dad’s pockets to steal some of the treats he had hidden in there. He let Maci in the front seat for their “car rides” even with Mari complaining about the scratches on the car. Maci was Ken’s newest furry friend but there were many along the way…. Missy, Maggie, and Grandad to Kya. One of the best stories of Ken’s dog duties came way back with Missy. Missy was sprayed by a skunk when Dad took her out before work… so instead of fixing the situation Dad left the dog in the garage until Mari woke up… Mari would handle it was his thinking. Another story was Ken would throw the boys batting practice at the Meadows park and Missy would retrieve the baseballs…blood dripping down her face by the time we were done!
Florida – Ken’s second home. Nothing stopped Ken and one of the boys from being at the inlet at 6am every morning with a cup of coffee to watch the fisherman, boats, and sunrise. Then he grabbed the paper and read until the beach at 10:30. That’s where Ken really shined…. he took off his shirt with no shame (no abs there anymore). He would insist on carrying the cooler every time…. no matter what! He would sit in his beach chair all day long even falling asleep with his mouth open! He loved feeding the little white birds cheezeits or whatever snack it was for the day. He always needed to have his chair closest to the water for some reason…. even though he hasn’t ventured into the water for over 10 years. Oh, and don’t forget he always found “the best shell” while everyone else’s was “a dime a dozen”. Ken was totally fine just sitting on the porch reading all day… always a James Patterson book! Then came dinner time…. he loved going out to restaurants and ordering an “unsweetened” ice tea…. however once it arrived he proceeded to add 5 or 6 Sweet N Low’s. Can’t forget the airport adventures…. Ken would always take off every piece of clothes at the security line… for some reason he got very nervous 😊. Ken always needed to be 1st in line to board the plane when his group was called… he didn’t care who was in front of him… I think he was scared he would have to check his bag! And he would also fall asleep on the plan with his mouth open!
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