Brian Flannery's obituary , Passed away on June 15, 2025 in Glenview, Illinois
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Brian Flannery

March 8, 1954 - June 15, 2025 (71 years old)

Glenview, Illinois

Brian Flannery's obituary , Passed away on June 15, 2025 in Glenview, Illinois
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Brian Flannery

March 8, 1954 - June 15, 2025 (71 years old)

Glenview, Illinois

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We are sad to announce that, on June 15, 2025 we had to say goodbye to Brian Flannery of Glenview, Illinois. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Robert B. Flannery, Sr. and Joan Flannery; and his siblings, Robert B., Jr. Flannery (late Melanie) and Janet W. Flannery. He is survived by: his nieces and nephews, Robert B., III Flannery (Stacy), Maureen F. Crowe (Mike), Mary Meaghan Flannery, Michael P. Flannery, Thomas W. Flannery (Julia) and Joanie C. Kronebusch; and his great-nieces and great-nephews, Brooke, Kelly Flannery, Timmy, Michael, Kevin Crowe and Liam Flannery.

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#14 ....Shouldn't he be doing the Twist, the Jerk...?" "Bob, please don't get upset, Fix yourself a drink. Relax. I'll talk to Brian." "Joan, this is your fault. You and your belly dancing classes. You've got our son doing the Cha-Cha!!!" Many years later this conversation still brings a smile. And the hope that wherever Brian now is, he's smoking a Kool, dodging dodge balls. and doing the Cha-Cha atop Majestic Hill. Brian the Mystery Man. The secret Spectacular.”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#13 ...5 years or 60 more records, Joan! 1 record every month for the next 5 years, Joan! Joan?" "Bob, I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't buy records. Ask Brian, he's always getting stuff in the mail." "Brian? What does Brian want with Robert Goulet, Sergio Mendes, William Shatner...? Have you seen this list? There's a Cha-Cha record! Is Brian doing the Cha-Cha, Joan? Why is Brian doing the Cha-Cha? Are all his ten-year-old friends doing the Cha-Cha? It's the Sixties, Joan..”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#12 ...for a long weekend, I sat in Brian's room closely reviewing the "Dynamic Tension" program while he showered, having fulfilled his daily chore of cleaning the dog pen. From the foyer downstairs I could hear Uncle Bob's voice rising, a rare occurrence, sounding very perturbed, as he talked to Aunt Joan, Kool in-hand. "Joan, did you see this bill? From the Columbia Record Club. Get 12 free records. Did you read the details of this deal, Joan? You realize you've signed up for 5 years?....”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#11 ...touring White Way, the sign company his father had founded with a mythical bucket of tools and a ladder, I realized the error of my profession-identifying ways. I was in awe of the glass blowers and Uncle Bob. The President of a sign company that did "Spectaculars," he told me, and not "Standards." He did "Here-We-Are-Displays," in the several hundred thousand dollar class. A new middle-class art form. Something that lasts. Shipped off again, this time to the Flannery Hill Road home...”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#10 ...Fingers Bank. His personal wealth strategist. When a coin was placed on the coffin, a skeletal hand would raise up and drag the coin into the bank. Unfortunately, this skeletal hand, and its doubtful riches below, also dragged Brian into a rare outburst of his father's wrath. Initially, in my poorly informative years, I thought my Uncle Bob Flannery was a Funeral Director; it was somehow the result of him driving a big, long, black Lincoln Continental with a private phone. Later,....”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#9 ...Joy Buzzer, Snapping Gum, Hypno-Coin and X-Ray Specs (...'Brian's outdoor and in town again, so run, girls, run....'). I spent a lot of time studying the "Charles Atlas Fitness Program." Specifically, his "Dynamic Tension" program. Guaranteed to change anyone into a hulking strongman. Anyone who has spent too many nights watching "Science Fiction Theater" ('The Crawling Eyes') and eating innumerable Oreos with his cousin. Brian's prized gag was the Spooky Bank/Coffin Ban/Greedy...”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#8 .... by choking on a stolen Kool cigarette outside the Wrigley mansion, wondering if any chewed Juicy Fruit gum was hardening under the state-of-the-art furnishings. Mostly we were inside, within walls, doors, under cover, far from the Outward Bound crowd. We sat for hours among Brian's growing collection of mail-order novelties, gags, and gimmicks. Culled from the back pages of countless comic books. A treasure trove of 100 Soldiers Footlocker, Sea Monkeys, Whoopie Cushion, Atomic....”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#7 .... (next to tractor pulls, a favorite of my Aunt Joan's and Jackie O's), water ski shows, chocolate festivals, apple tastings. No zip-line canopy tours among the nearby thick tree forests. No scenic strolls along Snake Road. However, since Lake Geneva is the place for unforgettable memories, Brian and I did manage a few of our own. By getting lost in a corn maze, and capsizing a Sunfish, and struggling to pedal brother Bob's old Schwinn Stingray bike to the top of Majestic Hill and ....”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#6 Lake Geneva ... "It's Always Been the Place." The place where the summer is always greener. The place to break away from the day-to-day stress of House Walks and Wine Tasting in Winnetka. To forget what was so pressing about silent auctions. To explore the natural beauty of organic cheeses. For Brian it was the place where there was indeed something special in the air. Allergies. Consequently, a lot of time was spend indoors. For us there were no livestock exhibitions....”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#5 ....like Mary Poppins. Obviously, Brian was wise beyond his years. Or at least smart enough to keep his distance from his off the wall and out the window cousin Randall, which may be the reason why he 'is-a-puzzlement' to me, then and now. Another opportunity to unravel the mystery came when my parents took their oldest son on a college trip. In their parental absence I was shipped off to a one-week leisurely "stay-cation" at the Flannery home in Lake Geneva.”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#4 ....Golden Mean didn't really minimize the Mystery Man by even a single molecule. He seldom, if ever, was a wild and crazy kid caught up in adventurous hijinks, living his young life between Evel Knieval and Jackass. (The "Bonehead" stage, according to my father, of early child development.) In other words, unlike myself, Brian was the most unlikely to jump from a third floor window holding an open patio umbrella, expecting to descend slowly, serenely, and painlessly, to the ground....”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#3 ....the Jackie O of every season's inspired looks. Aunt Joan often sent Brian and myself on a Knight's Errand, with authorizing note in-hand, to White's Drug Store for "Mrs. Flannery's cigarettes"--- 3 cartons of Kools. Aunt Joan would reward our dubious noble deed by granting permission to purchase one candy bar. "Not the JUMBO size," she insisted. "That's way too much sugar. Too much sugar isn't good for anyone." Unlike tar and nicotine. Still 2 years of FH&C with Brian of the....”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#2 ...Gandhi's march to the sea to make salt and, of course, Brian's passing of the great testosterone test called: "Dodge Ball." Brian was never the first or the last one to be eliminated. He was always somewhere in the middle of this war of adolescent worlds. Avoiding extremes. Pursuing balance. Everything in moderation. He was the Benjamin Franklin of Dodge Ball. Brian may have learned some of this life of moderation from his mother, the always soft-spoken Joan Flannery....cont'd”

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June 27, 2025

Randall Curtis Wilson wrote a sympathy message

“#1 Brian Flannery was a witty, good-natured, unassuming, easygoing, casual, laid-back, moderately gregarious guy. And a Man of Mystery. My Conundrum Cousin. A riddle, wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma wrapped in an episode of "Leave It To Beaver." I went to school with Brian for 2 years at Faith, Hope & Charity. Individual milestones were made. Reminiscent of other historical moments producing memorable players. Like Lenin's arrival at the Finland Station and.... cont'd”

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