Obituaries
Arlington Heights, Palatine Death Notices: Week Of Jan. 15
Notices from Ahlgrim, Smith Corcoran, Glueckert, Lauterburg-Oehler and Shalom Memorial Park funeral homes.

Roy G. Neilson, 88, Palatine
Born: Feb. 22, 1929
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Died: Jan. 13, 2018
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, until the time of the 10 a.m. funeral service at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 200 N. Plum Grove Road, Palatine. Interment will follow at Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst.
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Died: Jan. 15, 2018
Visitation will be from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago, followed by a Mass at 10 a.m. at Queen of All Saints Basilica. Interment will be at St. Boniface Cemetery.
Born: July 3, 1925
Died: January 13, 2018
A Mass and burial with his family was held privately.
Died: Jan. 9, 2018
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, until an 11 a.m. memorial service at St. John United Church of Christ, 1475 W Algonquin Road, Palatine.
Harry M. Hansen, Jr., 86
Born: Dec. 23, 1931
Died: Jan. 12, 2018
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, until the funeral service at 11 a.m. at Smith-Corcoran Chapel, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Internment will be at Ridgewood Cemetery, 9900 N. Milwaukee Ave., Des Plaines.
Sharon Maloney, 74, Palatine
Born: Oct. 3, 1943
Died: Jan. 15, 2018
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 185 E. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19, from the funeral home to St. Theresa Church for Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.
Harry J. Skintges, 77
Born: Feb. 20, 1940
Died: Jan. 14, 2018
Family and friends will meet at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 893 Church Road, Elmhurst, for visitation at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment will be at Arlington Cemetery.
Born: May 3, 1924
Died: Jan. 12, 2018
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, at Smith-Corcoran Chapel, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, at St. Hilary Church, 5601 N. California Blvd., Chicago. Interment will be at Maryhill Cemetery, 8600 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles.
Born: June 1, 1925
Died: Dec. 12, 2017
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago; A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Jan. 19, at St. Mary of the Woods, 7033 N. Moselle Ave., Chicago, with interment immediately following at St. Adalbert Cemetery Chapel, 6800 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles.
Born: June 29, 1931
Died: Jan. 9, 2018
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, at Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.
Peter A. Ruddy, 22
Born: Nov. 14, 1995
Died: Jan. 13, 2018
Visitation Sunday, January 21, 2018 from 2:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Glueckert Funeral Home Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road (4 blocks south of Palatine Road), Arlington Heights, IL 60004. Prayers 9:15 am Monday, January 22, 2018 at the funeral home proceeding to St. James Catholic Church, 831 North Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 for a 10:00 am Funeral Mass. Interment will be at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery in Palatine.
Ernst "Jants" Jaanson, 93, Arlington Heights
Born: July 16, 1924
Died: Dec. 29, 2017
Memorial visitation will be from 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, until the time of an 11 a.m. memorial service at Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights.
Born: Aug. 19, 1940
Died: Jan. 11, 2018
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 20, at Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Inurnment will be held privately at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
Born: Nov. 28, 1931
Died: Jan. 11, 2018
Visitation with family will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. On Friday, Jan. 19, visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. at The Orchard, 1330 N. Douglas Ave., Arlington Heights. A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Friday will be followed by a lunch.
Born: July 4, 1941
Died: Jan. 12, 2018
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, until the 7 p.m. funeral service at Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. A service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, at Wilson's Mills Baptist Church, 652 Swift Creek Road, Smithfield, North Carolina, followed by interment at Neuse Memory Gardens in Smithfield and a repast at the church.
John Norman Pedersen, 93, Arlington Heights
Born: March 31, 1924
Died: Jan. 13, 2018
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, with a Time For Sharing Of Memories at 7 p.m. at Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights.
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Christopher R. Cimarusti, 28, Arlington Heights
Born: Feb. 23, 1989
Died: Jan. 15, 2018
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19, until the time of the funeral Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Raymond de Penafort Church, Elmhurst Road and Lincoln Streets, Mount Prospect. Interment will be private.
Born: March 15, 1923
Died: Jan. 5, 2018
Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Hwy., Arlington Heights, where a funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22. Interment will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Born: Sept. 6, 1934
Died: Jan. 15, 2018
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at St. Colette Church, 3900 Meadow Drive, Rolling Meadows, until the time of the funeral Mass at 12:30 p.m. Interment will be in St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.
Born: Dec. 23, 1959
Died: Jan. 14, 2018
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Hwy., Arlington Heights. Family and friends will gather from 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, until the time of prayers at 10:15 a.m. and proceed to Orchard Evangelical Free Church, 1330 N. Douglas Ave., Arlington Heights, for a funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment will be in All Saints Cemetery.
Lorraine N. Vana, 90
Born: Aug. 3, 1927
Died: Jan. 13, 2018
Visitation will be from 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, until the time of the funeral service at 3:30 p.m. at Lutheran Home, 800 W. Oakton St., Arlington Heights. Private family interment.
Died: Jan. 15, 2018
Chapel service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park.
Jon R. Friedman, 56
Died: Jan. 15, 2018
Chapel service will be at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park.
Died: Jan. 14, 2018
Chapel service will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park.
Died: Jan. 15, 2018
Chapel service will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park.
A graveside service at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Shalom Memorial Park.
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