Ingrid Charlotte Standish (nee Jueschke), 90, of Lanark, IL passed away on September 14th at FHN Hospital in Freeport, IL. She was known for her sparkling wit and adventurous spirit, and for her intellectual curiosity.  An avid reader of fiction, history, theology and biographies, Ingrid amassed an extensive library that spanned the entire third floor of her Victorian-era home.  For nearly 30 years she and her husband, Norman, owned a bed and breakfast in Lanark.  They travelled extensively, particularly enjoying trips to England and the Isle of Man to connect with Norman's heritage.  Ingrid was a self-taught genealogical expert who volunteered her services over the years to many people seeking to document their own connections to pilgrim Mayflower ancestors.  Volunteering was a core tenet of Ingrid's life philosophy.

Ingrid was born in Milwaukee, WI in November of 1934 to Ferdinand and Charlotte Jueschke, the third of their seven children.  She always described herself as the troublemaker in her family: she was the girl who climbed trees long past a socially dignified age, who could never manage to keep her clothes clean, and who cajoled her siblings into joining her escapades! She attended Milwaukee public schools, and briefly attended Marquette University while earning tuition money to transfer to Brigham Young University in Utah.  There, Ingrid studied Nursing until she changed her major to Psychology. During these years, Ingrid corresponded in letters with Norman Standish, after having first met on a blind date.  Norman had graduated from Beloit college and was in the graduate school of chemistry at Purdue University when he was drafted into the army. Posted to Japan for two years, Norman was honorably discharged in 1955 and Ingrid and Norman married in August of 1956 in Milwaukee.

The newlyweds moved to West Lafayette, IN, living in married student housing while Norman earned his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Organic Chemistry at Purdue. In 1957, the couple's daughter Robin was born. Ingrid worked at the university's Horticultural Department library and typed student/professors' papers to add to the family income.  She also assisted Norman at times in his laboratory work.  By 1960, when son Christopher was born, they lived in the Cleveland, OH area and Norman worked for Standard Oil. Daughter Hilary was born in 1963.  Soon after, the couple bought their first home, in Shaker Heights, OH.  Six months later, a Standard Oil job relocation saw the family move to Amherst, MA.  In 1967, when work required relocating back to Ohio, Ingrid and Norman purchased another home in Shaker Heights. They continued to live there until 1984, when Norman's company transferred him to Dallas, TX. In 1989, yet another relocation took the couple back to Cleveland, where they settled in Solon. They resided there until 2000, and which point they moved permanently to Lanark, IL in order to operate their bed and breakfast themselves.  Located in the home formerly belonging to Norman's parents, Standish House bed and breakfast was a labor of love for the couple.  Many years prior, initially while still living in Dallas, they extensively renovated the house as an inn, purchased antiques from England, and had an interior decorator from Natchez, MS design the drapes, linens, and bed canopies.

Ingrid found ways to get involved in community and church activities no matter where she lived.  While in Massachusetts, she volunteered at the Clark School for the Deaf and was active in the League of Women Voters.  She conducted United Nations surveys, and was a member of the Council of Foreign Affairs of Western, MA developing her in-depth knowledge of communist China.  She was active in ecumenical church programs and workshops. In Dallas, she started up the Foyer Program at Saint Luke's church. She wrote several church play productions, and presented poetry and historical/travel slide shows at various locations, including the Dallas Arts Festival.  In Cleveland, where Ingrid and Norman lived the longest before their move to Illinois, Ingrid helped organize Case Western Reserve University's (CWRU)  gigantic annual book sale.  She volunteered with the deaf in Cleveland's Hough neighborhood.  She was proud of her civil rights commission work where she served with the civil rights icon Otis Moss, Jr. At Christ Episcopal church, Ingrid wore many hats.  She donated time to work in the church office, and for twenty years was a lay reader and chalice bearer.  She also recruited and trained other people in these roles.  Ingrid was a publicity person for the Episcopal Church Women's Board of the Ohio Diocese, and a representative for the Ohio Diocese's Campus Ministries Board.  As part of the church's outreach efforts, Ingrid conducted morning prayer services at Cleveland area senior centers, nursing homes, and psychiatric hospitals.  This entailed a full spectrum of service planning, including writing homilies.  In Lanark, She and Norman contributed to the renovation of Lanark's Heritage Center, and purchased sets of dinner ware for them.  For many years, they hosted a First Thanksgiving Dinner event at the Heritage Center.  Ingrid continued as a lay reader, at Grace Episcopal Church in Freeport, for as long as she was able.  She annually donated to the Lanark High School student scholarship fund and Timberlake Playhouse, among other local and national charitable organizations.

Ingrid always kept her mind active.  She took courses in political science, art, and history at John Carroll University and at CWRU while living in Ohio.  She served as a Class Coordinator for CWRU's Association of Continuing Education, attending and arranging many literature courses.  Ingrid chaired the Adult Education Committee of Christ Church.  When the Standish's moved to Lanark, Ingrid was in her third year of Seminary school at the University of the South (based in Sewanee, TN).  Throughout her life Ingrid read books voraciously and subscribed to several newspapers.  She did daily puzzles, such as crosswords and cryptograms, in ink!

Ingrid leaves to mourn and cherish her memory her daughter Robin Standish-Hicks, son-in-law Jim (North Aurora, IL) son Chris Standish (Lanark, IL), and daughter Hilary Standish (Bryan, TX).  She is survived by sister Judy Ayotte (Albany, OR), brother Arthur Jueschke (Provo, UT), sister June Germanis and brother-in-law John (Shorewood, WI), and sister Dale Matthies (Grafton, WI), as well as many nieces, nephews and their children.

Ingrid was pre-deceased by: her parents Ferdinand and Charlotte Jueschke, her parents-in-law Fred and Carrie Standish, her husband Norman, her sister-in-law Marienne Standish (Geneva, OH), her sister Dorothea Neilson (Salt Lake City, UT), her brother Alex Jueschke (Holiday, UT) and their spouses, and by her brother-in-law Mike Matthies (Grafton, WI).

A celebration of life will be held in Ingrid's honor at Grace Episcopal Church, at 11:00 AM on Saturday October 11th, 2025, presided over by the honorable Father Brian Prall.  The church is located at 10 South Cherry Avenue in Freeport, IL and all are welcome. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Grace Episcopal Church Memorial fund, ECW (Episcopal Church Women), Forever Friends animal shelter of Freeport, the ACLU, or the organization of your choice.