Cleolen Wilkes, age 75, of Oak Park, Illinois. Beloved lifelong companion and husband of Frances Hodges; loving father of Clelita (Thabo) Mathole, Tiara Hodges and Rodney Coopedge Wilkes; fond step-father of Cynthia Parker & Dwayne (Marge) Nichols; loving grandpa of Matthew, Abigail, Ethan, Ebony (Warren) McDuffie, Allison Brower, Dwayne Nichols Jr, Chloe (Anthony) Parker-Madia, Jonathan Nichols, Jaida (Jordan) Colclasure; fond sibling of Mary Thompson, Bennie Wilkes, Leonard Wilkes, Patricia Nelson, Mark Wilkes, Shirley (Geno) Tucker, Timothy Wilkes; devoted son of the late Smedia Wilkes Sr. and Mary Lee Reed Wilkes

Visitation Sunday 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. & Monday 11:00 a.m. until time of service 12 Noon at Hursen Funeral Home & Crematory, SW corner of Roosevelt & Mannheim Roads, Hillside/Westchester. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

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