Family Of Slain Wheaton Woman Raising Funds

An online fundraiser for Erin C. McGuire Leinweber has raised nearly $10,000 in the past week. The 58-year-old Wheaton grandmother was found murdered in her home on the evening of Feb. 4. Her ex-husband, Lee Leinweber, has been accused of murdering her, and his bond has been set at $2 million.

Services for Leinweber were scheduled for tobe held on Saturday at the Williams-Kampp Funeral Home and at St. Michael Church, both in Wheaton.

According to her obituary, Leinweber was the "beloved mother of Brehan (Andrew) Holoka, Chaz (Elizabeth) Kuhn and Jason Leinweber; loving grandmother of Billy, Carleigh, Mikey and expecting another; dear sister of Ig (Jan) McGuire, Don (Maureen) McGuire, Michael McGuire and James McGuire; proud aunt of many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents Ignatius and Marian McGuire."

According to My Suburban Life, the fundraiser is meant to pat for the funeral and other expenses.

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