Margaret Sabo, a retired elementary and junior high school teacher, is married to William J. Sabo and has two adult children, John and Amanda. She earned a Bachelors of Science Degree at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Margaret is a recipient of the Will County Historical Society Colonel Fredrick Bartleson Award and the Lewis University Frank J. Lewis Philanthropist of the Year Award 2004. Her extensive contribution to the Homer community includes:
Past Member of Old Canal Days Committee; Preservation Foundation establishing the National Historic District in Lockport & worked to preserve the historic Illinois & Michigan Canal; American Association of University Women; Homer Township Preserve Homer Committee; Open Space Referendum Campaign Committee in Homer Township; Homer Township Open Space Acquisition Committee; Incorporation Committee for ?Homer Prairie? 1999-2000; and the Incorporation Committee for ?Homer Glen? 2000-2001.
Current member of the Will County Historical Society, past Will County Historical Society President, Will County Historical Society Chairman of the Board, Lockport Woman?s Club, Homer Township Land Stewardship Open Space Committee, Prairie Plant and Wild Flower Monitoring Program; associate board member of the Conservation Foundation; and member of the Forest Preserve of Will County Referendum Campaign Committee 2005.
Margaret has held the position of Village of Homer Glen Trustee since its incorporation in 2001. She was the Chairman of the Parks & Environment Committee and is the current Chairman of the Environment Committee; member of Green Communities Demonstration Program for Environmental Visioning, Chairman of the Storm Water Task Force, Chairman of the Geographic Instrument System (GIS) Task Force, Chairman of the Homer Glen Marsh on Long Run Creek Task Force, and Co-chairman of the Homer Township/Homer Glen Christopher Combs Memorial Skate Park Task Force.