John Patrick Milroy died Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at his home in Aurora. John was born July 21, 1949 in Aurora, the son of John Edward and Dorothy Hanson Milroy. John was preceded in death by his mother and father, and also his brother Mike.

John is survived by his wife Sandra, his son Daniel and daughter Amy, numerous nieces and nephews, cousins, and devoted friends.

John graduated from West Aurora High in 1967 and Northwestern University in 1971, where he was elected to the All-Big Ten baseball team. He served in the U.S. Army after graduating from college, receiving an honorable discharge in 1974. He completed his education with a J.D. from the University of Denver in 1977.

John began his legal career as a trial attorney in 1977 for the Chicago and North Western Railroad, defending the railroad in lawsuits from Circuit Court to the Illinois Supreme Court. He traveled to China and the Soviet Union as counsel to an advisory committee for the promotion of legal freedom. 

John worked at the North Western Railroad until 1990, shifting his career to private practice. He was admitted to the bar of the Illinois Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, and the Federal Court of Appeals. In his later years John counted his clients among his closest friends.

John was a man of the world, rapturously discussing literature, history, theology, and art. John practiced law as a synthesis of these disciplines and as a means to defend truth.

Services have been held.