Political Quotes

“Wade Nelson was a friend who began his professional life as a journalist and served at many levels in public service. He was regarded as an honest professional in all of his life's work, a father and husband truly dedicated to his family, and a joy to count as a friend. His colleague and friend, Bob Secter, wrote a remembrance, which I include with this statement. It was given to those of us in attendance at Wade's memorial service at the Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL, on October 7, 2017. The speakers at the service included his wife, Ellen Warren, a respected journalist in her own right, and his sons, Ted and Emmett. They each shared touching stories of Wade as a husband and father. Rick Kogan emceed the celebration with his own signature style and Wade's friends Bern Colleran, Terry Kelleher, Hanke Gratteau, and musician Jon Webber each added great memories to the service. As Bob Secter wrote: Back in the rambunctious days of Chicago newspapers, Wade Nelson worked for the legendary columnist Mike Royko who sent his ``legman'' to check out a tip that Cook County judges were issued cushier toilet paper than that stocked in public restrooms. The easy part for Nelson was grabbing samples from public toilets in the Loop courthouse, now known as the Daley Center. Obtaining tissue from a judge's inner sanctum was trickier.…”