Obituaries
Palatine, Arlington Heights Death Notices: Week of April 18-24
Notices from Ahlgrim, Smith Corcoran, Glueckert, Lauterburg-Oehler and Shalom Memorial Park funeral homes.

Michael R. Bond, 29
Born: July 10, 1987
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Died: April 22, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 415 S. Buesching Road, Lake Zurich. A prayer service officiated by Father Ryan will begin at 7 p.m.
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Mollie M. Rice, 86
Born: Dec. 5, 1930
Died: April 9, 2017
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, until the time of the funeral Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church, 120 N. Ela St., Barrington. Interment will follow in St. Luke’s Cemetery, Itasca.
John T. Heuser Jr., 69, Arlington Heights
Born: Dec. 4, 1947
Died: April 19, 2017
Services and interment are pending.
Philip F. Maher, 76
Born: June 16, 1940
Died: April 24, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 30. Funeral service will be 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 1, from Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave, Chicago, to Queen of All Saints Basilica for Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be at All Saints Cemetery.
Lisa Jo Karavos, 51
Born: Nov. 5, 1965
Died: April 23, 2017
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Saturday, April 29, until the time of the funeral service at 1 p.m. at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 185 E. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Interment will be private.
Marian C. Palcheck (nee Geraci), 84, Palatine
Born: July 16, 1932
Died: April 23, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 28, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 185 E. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Family and friends will meet from 9 a.m. Saturday, April 29, at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, for visitation until the time of a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be at All Saints Cemetery.
Florence "Barbara" O'Grady (nee Majka), 85
Born: Aug. 7, 1931
Died: April 21, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 27. Funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday April 28, from Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago, to Queen of All Saints Basilica for Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be at All Saints Cemetery.
James E. Pulizzi, 60
Born: Feb. 8, 1957
Died: April 18, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 28, at Smith-Corcoran Chapel, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago.
Died: April 20, 2017
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, at Smith-Corcoran Chapel, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago, until the time of a funeral service at 11 a.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Greek, 1401 Wagner Road, Glenview. Interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery, 2905 Thatcher Road, River Grove.
Died: April 13, 2017
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, at St. Andrew Greek Orthodoz Church, 5649 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, until the time of the funeral service at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery, 2905 Thatcher Road, River Grove.
Died: April 19, 2017
Visitation will be at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, April 29, at St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church, 5649 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, until the time of a funeral service at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery, 2905 Thatcher Road, River Grove
David R. Anderson, 73, Arlington Heights
Born: Jan. 24, 1944
Died: April 24, 2017
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 29, at Kingswood United Methodist, 401 W. Dundee Road, Buffalo Grove. Interment at 9:30 a.m. at Union Ridge Cemetery, 6700 W. Higgins Ave., Chicago.
Jay J. Scherer, 85, Arlington Heights
Born: April 7,1932
Died: April 25, 2017
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Monday, May 1, until the 10 a.m. funeral Mass at St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church, 3535 Thornwood Ave., Glenview. Interment will be at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
Stefania Lokaj, 94, Mount Prospect
Born: Dec. 4, 1922
Died: April 24, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at Glueckert Funeral Home Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road (4 blocks south of Palatine Road), Arlington Heights, and from 9 a.m. Friday, April 28, until the time of Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Cecilia Church, 700 S. Meier Road, Mount Prospect. Interment will be at Maryhill Cemetery.
Helen Wittern, Arlington Heights
Died: April 21, 2017
A memorial service will be held in her hometown of Indianola, Iowa, later this summer.
Lauterburg-Oehler Funeral Home
Born: Aug. 26, 1943
Died: April 23, 2017
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Friday, April 28, until the time of prayers at 12:15 p.m. at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Hwy., Arlington Heights, and proceed to St. James Catholic Church, 831 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, for funeral Mass at 1 p.m. Interment is private.
Manuel J. Andino, 93
Born: Sept. 1, 1923
Died: April 21, 2017
Funeral arrangements are pending and under the direction of Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, Arlington Heights.
Donald Moore, 74
Born: Aug. 14, 1942
Died: April 3, 2017
Funeral arrangements are pending and under the direction of Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, Arlington Heights.
Born: June 16, 1943
Died: April 17, 2017
Funeral services and interment are private.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 5, at Shalom Memorial Park.
Hilda Demsch (nee Ellenstein), 90
Died: April 25, 2017
A chapel service will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights.
Sandra F. Berman (nee Rosenblatt), 81
Died: April 21, 2017
A chapel service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 27, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park
Died: April 25, 2017
A chapel service will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at Shalom Chapel. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park, Arlington Heights.
Died: April 23, 2017
A chapel service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, April 28, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park.
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