Obituaries
Palatine, Arlington Heights Death Notices: Week of May 8-14
Notices from Ahlgrim, Smith Corcoran, Glueckert, Lauterburg-Oehler and Shalom Memorial Park funeral homes.

Ronald Michael Kovalenko, 73, Lake Zurich
Born: July 30, 1942
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Died: May 14, 2016
A memorial visitation will be from 1 p.m. Friday, May 20, until a memorial Mass at 2:00PM at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 33 S. Buesching Road, Lake Zurich.
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Adam Jamal Grainawi, 24, Palatine
Born: Nov. 24, 1991
Died: May 13, 2016
A visitation will be from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. A celebration of life service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 19, also at the funeral home. An interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Arlington Heights.
Born: Jan. 16, 1942
Died: May 16, 2016
A visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 19. A funeral service will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 20, at Holy Family Church, 2515 W. Palatine Road, Inverness. Interment will be at St. Michael the Archangel, 1185 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine.
Born: Sept. 2, 1927
Died: May 15, 2016
A visitation will be from 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 18. A funeral will be at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, from Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home to Holy Family Catholic Church, 2515 W. Palatine Road, Inverness, for a Mass at 11 a.m. Interment will be at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.
Wendel Abt, 89, Chicago
Born: Aug. 24, 1926
Died: May 13, 2016
A wake and prayer will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday May 19. A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday May 20, at the funeral home. Interment will be at St. Luke Cemetery.
Died: May 12, 2016
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, until a 10:30 a.m. at Ascension of Our Lord, 1207 Riverwoods Road, Lincolnshire.
Lucina “Van” VanderHeiden Gallagher, 96, formerly of Evanston
Born: Nov. 15, 1919
Died: May 11, 2016
A visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, at St. Athanasius Church, 1615 Lincoln St., Evanston.
Harry J. O’Kane, 88, Arlington Heights
Born: Jan. 11, 1928
Died: May 15, 2016
A memorial gathering will be from 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 20, until a 10:30 a.m. memorial Mass at Holy Family Catholic Church, 2515 W. Palatine Road, Inverness.
Eugene H. Baker, 84, Arlington Heights
Born: May 29, 1931
Died: May 14, 2016
A memorial visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 19, at Our Saviours Lutheran Church, 1234 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights.
David Elliott Walsh, 27, Buffalo Grove
Born: Feb. 16, 1989
Died: May 12, 2016
A visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 19, at the funeral home. Interment will be at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery in Palatine.
Joseph Nudo, 72
Born: Aug. 20, 1943
Died: May 13, 2016
A visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, and from 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, until a 10 a.m. at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at All Saints Cemetery.
Penelope “Penny” Carson, 57, Woodstock
Born: May 10, 1959
Died: May 11, 2016
A visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 17. Prayers will be at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, a the funeral home. A Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, to St. James Catholic Church, 831 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights.
Gail Eleanor Bernadette Massingale Hercule, 68
Born: May 21, 1947
Died: May 4, 2016
A memorial service will be at 11:30 a.m. May 21, with the Repast to follow at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 1012 E 47th St., Chicago. Doors of the church will open for arrivals at 11 a.m.
Died: May 13, 2016
A chapel service will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park.
Died: May 16, 2016
A graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17.
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