2025 Friend of the festival •
Jeffery Wig
Jeffery Wig has had family in Sycamore for over 100 years. He was born at the Sycamore Hospital (the now closed Kindred Hospital) attended Southeast School, Sycamore Jr. High (as it was known back then), and graduated Sycamore HS in 1990. After HS, he was in the Illinois National Guard and attended Illinois State University, graduating in 1995. He is married with two daughters, all of whom also grew up in Sycamore and attended Sycamore schools.
He was hired by the Sycamore Police Department, where he worked for 24 years, serving in many roles, including detective, sergeant, detective sergeant and deputy chief. He was the first SHS alumni to become a school resource officer, a role he had from 2003 until 2007. He retired as a Deputy Chief of Police in March, 2025.
“Among my duties as Deputy Chief was being in charge of planning special events, including the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival. Being a hometown ‘kid,’ it was a great honor to be involved in the planning of Pumpkin Fest.”
