Obituaries
Palatine, Arlington Heights Death Notices: Week of June 18-25
Notices from Ahlgrim, Smith Corcoran, Glueckert, Lauterburg-Oehler and Shalom Memorial Park funeral homes.

Michael J. Copp, 60
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Born: June 21, 1957
Died: June 22, 2017
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Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 415 S. Buesching Road, Lake Zurich. Family and friends will meet for a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 28, at St. Francis de Sales Church, 33 S. Buesching Road, Lake Zurich. Interment will follow at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery, Palatine.
Frank A. Ball, 53, Palatine
Born: Dec. 9, 1963
Died: June 25, 2017
Memorial visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, July 1, at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. A memorial Mass will follow at 10 a.m. Inurnment will be at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.
Sheila M. Sammons, 83, Arlington Heights
Born: Feb. 22, 1934
Died: June 25, 2017
Memorial visitation will be from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday, July 1, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 2515 W. Palatine Road, Inverness. A memorial Mass will follow at 10 a.m. Interment will be private.
Born: Oct. 16, 1953
Died: June 24, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 30, at the funeral home. A funeral service will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday July 1, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home to Queen of All Saints Basillica for Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be at Maryhill Cemetery.
Judy Gruenke, 62
Born: Sept. 20, 1954
Died: June 23, 2017
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave. Chicago. A funeral service will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 28, at the funeral home to St. Mary of the Woods for Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be private.
Jose C. Diaz Jr., 79
Born: Oct. 27, 1937
Died: June 22, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, at Smith-Corcoran Chicago Chapel, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 29, 2017, at the chapel. Interment is private.
Walter Arthur Schuler Jr., 82, Arlington Heights
Born: Aug. 18, 1934
Died: June 23, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, at the Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, and from 10 a.m. Thursday, June 29, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 111 W. Olive, Arlington Heights, until the time of a funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Theresa Rose Balek-Roesner, 54, Arlington Heights
Born: Feb. 27, 1963
Died: June 21, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, at Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Prayers will be at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, June 28, at the funeral home, proceeding to St. James Catholic Church, 831 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, for Mass at 11:30 a.m. Committal following at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside.
Marvin John Griffin, 88, Arlington Heights
Born: April 5, 1929
Died: June 20, 2017
Funeral Services are private.
Wendy Schauer Landwehr, 63, Arlington Heights
Born: Aug. 11, 1953
Died: June 20, 2017
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, at Glueckert Funeral Home, Arlington Heights, and from noon Wednesday, June 28, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 111 W. Olive St., Arlington Heights, until the time of a memorial service at 1 p.m. Interment will be private.
Lauterburg-Oehler Funeral Home
Gabrielle E. Ives, 18, Arlington Heights
Born: Aug. 27, 1998
Died: June 21, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 26, at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Hwy., Arlington Heights, and from 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, at First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Street, Arlington Heights, until the time of a funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment will be private.
Harold Belkin, 96
Died: June 24, 2017
Chapel service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 29, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park.
Lillian Vettinson
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 14, at Shalom Memorial Park.
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