Obituaries

Services Set For Officer Killed In I-55 Crash

10-year Berwyn Police Department veteran Charles Schauer was killed in an early morning crash on Sunday.

Services for Officer Charles "Chuck" Schauer are Friday and Saturday.
Services for Officer Charles "Chuck" Schauer are Friday and Saturday. (Berwyn Police Department)

PLAINFIELD, IL — Berwyn police said services are set for Officer Charles "Chuck" Schauer, 33, of Glen Ellyn. Schauer was killed in the second of two early morning crashes on southbound I-55 north of Route 30 near Plainfield on Sunday.

Visitation for Schauer, a 10-year veteran of the Berwyn Police Department, is from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 1530 Jackson Ave. in River Forest.

A 10 a.m. funeral Mass is scheduled for Saturday, also at St. Vincent Ferrer Church.

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Interment will be at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside following the services.

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