Ossie Goff Ballew was a crossing guard for the Chicago Public Schools for 33 years on the corner of Western and Sunnyside near Welles Park and the Queen of Angels school.

Honorary Ossie Ballew WAY

West Sunnyside Avenue between North Artesian Avenue and North Claremont Avenue

Approved: March 2024

Ward: 47
Alderman: Matthew Martin
Neighborhood: Ravenswood

b. March 26, 1951 in Pikeville, Kentucky
d. November 15, 2023. Age 72, in Chicago

near
Her post as Crossing Guard

Source

20247867, 8941A

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/chicago-il/ossie-ballew-11543081