Webb, Maxine Helm

A Chicago West Side business pioneer passed peacefully at home on May 15, 2017 at the age of 91. Maxine operated one of Chicago’s first chicken and fish carry- out restaurants for more than 50 years at the corner of California and Madison. As a young woman, she D. J’d her own radio show featuring live broadcasts from one of her taverns. Over her career, she owned restaurants, bars and rental properties providing a safety net for her extended family and employment for many others.

She was active in civil rights and community organizations including Operation PUSH and the Midwest Community Council.

Maxine was born on a plantation in the Mississippi Delta near the legendary Blues Crossroads. She was raised in Clarksdale and Friars Point, Mississippi. She came to Chicago as part of the post World War II Great Migration and started her first business in her early 20’ s with her husband Lloyd Webb and mother Maggie Douglas Ivy. Both predeceased her.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Loisine Webb Brown and her friend and companion, Clyde Mangrum. She is survived by her son, Frederick Charles Webb ( Joyce Washington) and her daughter, Attorney Ralanda Webb ( Kimary Lee).

Visitation is Friday, May 19, 3: 00 p. m. to 8: 00 p. m. Services are Saturday, May 20, Wake at 10: 00 a. m., Funeral at 11: 00 a. m. at Wallace Broadview Funeral Home, 2020 West Roosevelt Road, Broadview Illinois.