Funeral Services Set for Boy, 10, Killed in I-94 Crash

Photo credit: Reeve Mathew obituary

Funeral services have been set for the 10-year-old Gurnee boy who was killed over the weekend in a crash on I-94 while traveling with six others on their way to a church retreat in Wisconsin.

A funeral for Reeve Mathew will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary’s Knanaya Jacobite Church, 1217 North Ave. in Waukegan. A visitation will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Marsh Funeral Home, 305 N. Cemetery Road in Gurnee.

Mathew was killed after he and another child, 11, were ejected from a car that was northbound on I-94 near Gurnee Saturday morning, ABC 7 Chicago reports. Neither children were wearing their seat belts.

“Reeve was a God-fearing child,” Deacon Jake Jacob, St. Mary’s Knanaya Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church, told ABC 7 Chicago. “He was only 10-years-old and actually, next week, he was planning to be an altar boy in the church, so he was planning for that and he was very active in the church.”

Silvia Jacob, 50, of Green Oaks, was driving the Lincoln Navigator, which struck a median wall and crossed all four lanes of traffic before coming to rest on the right shoulder of the roadway, according to a Illinois State Police press release.

The 11-year-old, who is from Des Plaines, was listed in serious condition following the crash.

There were five other occupants in the car. Two of the adults were taken to Vista Hospital in serious condition. The rest of the occupants were taken to Condell Medical Center.

The passengers in the vehicle included: Cherian Jacob, 54, of Green Oaks; Mercy Skaria, 69, of Des Plaines; a 24-year-old Gurnee woman (whose name is not known) and an 11-year-old child from Des Plaines.