Born Nov. 7, 1921, in Chicago, Illinois, Lorraine died peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at Lutheran General Hospital at 1:12 a.m. Lorraine had battled dementia for many years before GOD Called Her Home.

Lorraine grew up in Wilmette, Illinois and graduated from New Trier High School in 1939. She also took classes in accounting at Northwestern University.

Lorraine was a bookkeeper for many years at the Chapman and Cutler Law Firm, in Chicago well as at NBC, Beatrice Foods and the Northern Trust Bank. When NBC's Chicago accounting operations were transferred to New York, she spent 6 months in New York City training their new staff. She left her career in 1960 to raise a family.

Lorraine was the treasurer for many organizations over the years including the Daughters of the American Revolution, Twenty-first Star Chapter, the Maine South Mothers and the Merrill School PTA. She also assisted her husband Russ in his many years of service to the developmentally disabled while she herself served as the treasurer of the Lincoln State School Parent Association.

Lorraine was the wife of Russell E. Fierce Jr., whom she married on April 8, 1950; and the daughter of Samuel E. and Ada Lindblad Beecher of Wilmette, Illinois. She was the Mother of Russell B. Fierce (Alice deceased) of Hoffman Estates, IL, Christopher S. Fierce of Park Ridge, IL and Gayle L. Fierce of Des Plaines, IL. She was also the sister of Eleanor B. Meyer (Herb, deceased) of Marietta GA, and Virginia Beecher who died as an infant.

Lorraine was part of the Beecher family which included Lyman Beecher a Presbyterian minister and co-founder of the American Temperance Society; Henry Ward Beecher a Congregational minister and abolitionist and Harriet Beecher Stowe an abolitionist and author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" a depiction of life for African Americans under slavery; which energized anti-slavery forces. She was also the niece of the late E. Grace Beecher of Evanston, IL the Vice President of Insurance for Baird & Warner.

The visitation for Lorraine Beecher Fierce will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday October 10, 2014 and from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m on Saturday, October 11, 2014 followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. at Nelson Funeral Home 820 W. Talcott Rd (at Cumberland) Park Ridge, IL 60068. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL. In lieu of flowers, Memorials to: Avenues to Independence, 515 Busse Hwy., Park Ridge, IL 60068 www.avenuestoindependence.org, the organization where Christopher lives.