Obituaries
Palatine, Arlington Heights Death Notices: Week of Sept. 12-18
Notices from Ahlgrim, Smith Corcoran, Glueckert, Lauterburg-Oehler and Shalom Memorial Park funeral homes.

Mary L. Smerdon (nee Esterly), 83
Born: Feb. 3, 1933
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Died: Sept. 14, 2016
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, until the time of the service at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Arlington Heights.
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Karl A. Krause, 73, formerly of Palatine
Born: Jan. 22, 1943
Died: Sept. 15, 2016
Services will be Friday, Sept. 23, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 1190 N. Hicks Road, Palatine. A celebration of his life will begin with a visitation from 9 a.m. until a memorial service at 11 a.m. A fellowship lunch will follow.
Angela M. McDowell (nee Kaftan ), 69
Born: March 12, 1947
Died: Sept. 17, 2016
Visitation will be 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21. A funeral will be 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, from the funeral home to St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church for a Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be at St. Adalbert Cemetery.
Born: Oct. 7, 1943
Died: Sept. 17, 2016
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2. A funeral service will be 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the funeral home's chapel.
Raymond R. Sagan, 89
Born: Nov. 15, 1926
Died: Sept. 14, 2016
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19. Friends and family will meet Tuesday, Sept. 20, at St. Matthew Church, 1001 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg, for visitation from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow at All Saints Cemetery.
RoseMarie Elizabeth Freeman, 85, Arlington Heights
Born: Oct. 23, 1930
Died: Sept. 17, 2016
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 20, and from 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, until the time of a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at All Saints Cemetery.
Joyce F. Van den Avont, 72, Arlington Heights
Born: Aug. 10, 1944
Died: Sept. 16, 2016
Visitation will be Saturday, Sept. 24, from 9 a.m. until the time of prayers at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, proceeding to St. James Catholic Church, 831 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, for a Mass at 11:30 a.m. Interment will be at All Saints Mausoleum at a later date.
John D. Nelligan, 80
Born: Sept. 10, 1936
Died: Sept. 12, 2016
Memorial visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23. Prayers will be 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the funeral home before proceeding to Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, 440 S. Mitchell, Arlington Heights, for an 11 a.m. funeral Mass. Interment is private.
Lauterburg-Oehler Funeral Home
No new notices.
Died: Sept. 17, 2016
A graveside service will be at noon Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Shalom Memorial Park, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights.
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