A memorial service will be held at St. Mary Church, Sycamore, at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 24 to celebrate the life of John Rooney, celebrated painter and former faculty member at Northern Illinois University School of Art.
John was a member of the painting faculty at NIU from the mid-60s to the mid 1990s. He was a highly productive artist well known in the Chicago art community and a valued faculty member at NIU.
