Obituaries
Palatine, Arlington Heights Death Notices: Week of July 31-Aug. 7
Notices from Ahlgrim, Smith Corcoran, Glueckert, Lauterburg-Oehler and Shalom Memorial Park funeral homes.

Grace V. Rocco, 95, Palatine
Born: July 5, 1921
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Died: Aug. 4, 2016
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. Funeral services will begin with prayers at 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, also at the funeral home, proceeding to St. Colette Catholic Church, 3900 S. Meadow Dr., Rolling Meadows, for the funeral Mass at 10 a.m The interment will follow at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery in Palatine.
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Stanley J. Rzasa, 67
Born: Nov. 15, 1948
Died: Aug. 2, 2016
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. Family and friends will meet Wednesday, Aug. 10, at St. Francis de Sales Church, 33 S. Buesching Road, Lake Zurich, for a visitation from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. A private interment at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, with full military honors, will follow.
Elizabeth “Betty” Jane Taglieri, 87
Born: Sept. 23, 1928
Died: Aug. 2, 2016
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8. A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Lake Zurich, with Father David Ryan officiating.
Died: Aug. 2, 2016
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, at St. John the Baptist GO Church, 2350 E. Dempster, DesPlaines. Interment will be at Ridgewood Cemetery, 9900 N. Milwaukee Ave., DesPlaines.
Nancy K Hrajnoha, 100
Born: July 19, 1916
Died: Aug. 6, 2016
A memorial visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14. Family and friends will meet at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15, for a memorial service at Bohemian National Cemetery, 5255 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago.
Alice M. Maresh, 93
Born: Sept. 17, 1922
Died: Aug. 6, 2016
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, until the time of Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Hilary Catholic Church, 5600 N. Fairfield Ave., Chicago. Interment will be at St. Adalbert Cemetery
George J. Kukula, 73
Born: Dec. 19, 1942
Died: Aug. 5, 2016
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. A funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, from the funeral home to Our Lady of Mercy for Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be at St. Casimir Cemetery.
Born: April 27, 1958
Died: July 30, 2016
Visitation will be from 4 t0 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. A funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, from the funeral home to St. Theresa Catholic Church for Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.
Florence M. Kowalski, 83, of Arlington Heights
Born: Dec. 16, 1932
Died: Aug. 6, 2016
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the funeral home, and from 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, until the time of prayers at 8:45 a.m., proceeding to Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, 440 S. Mitchell, Arlington Heights, for a funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. Entombment will be at All Saints Mausoleum.
Leland R. Senne, 87
Born: July 14, 1929
Died: Aug. 1, 2016
A celebration of life will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Chandlers Golf Club, 401 N. Roselle Road, Schaumburg.
Born: March 27, 1945
Died: Aug. 3, 2016
Services are pending.
Died: July 28, 2016
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights.
Barbara Blankstein
A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Shalom Memorial Park.
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