St. Charles Township leader, role model dies.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April, 2005 | by Kunz, Tona

Byline: Tona Kunz Daily Herald Staff Writer When people mention Walter Sava, one phrase always comes up: role model. Everyone who knew him seemed to learn something about living a better life from the longtime St. Charles native who died Tuesday at age 75 surrounded by family in his home.

For his neighbors, he showed how to balance a career and a life of public service with his role as a loving father, husband and friend. He was the man who offered to help others fix their homes and lent neighborhood children his ear when no one else would. For his fellow Republicans he set an example of how to build consensus and work as a peacemaker rather than a glory hound in his three decades as a St. Charles Township precinct committeeman and one-time vice...