Grace B. Beach, nee Hurley, age 93, Native of Dublin, Ireland; longtime resident of Elmhurst; former owner and operator of Grace's Bit of Ireland in Elmhurst and Cara House in Barrington; beloved wife of the late John R. "Jack"; loving mother of Anne Marie Piemonte, Denise (Tom Gangas) Beach, Mark (Terrell) Beach, Valerie (Tom Brown) Beach and the late Glenn (the late Karen Erjavic) Beach; proud grandmother of Patrick (Leslie Nadeau) and Alexandra Piemonte, Kelly Reynolds and Shannon (Rich) Lowry and great-grandmother of Ash Piemonte, Kylie and Tyler Lowry, Andrew, Abbie and Ava Bechaud, Michaela Skibicki, survived by Judith Burns, sister-in-law.
After the tragic death of her son, Glenn Beach, the Beach family was instrumental in securing the passage of legislation in Springfield to make stalking a criminal offense in Illinois. Making Illinois the second state in the nation, after California with this type of protection. This precedent setting legislation went on to save many lives ac

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