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

Born: Oct. 26, 1955
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Died: Jan. 5, 2018
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Funeral Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 15, also at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Ridgewood Cemetery, Des Plaines.
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Herman Philippe, 91, formerly of Palatine
Born: Feb. 10, 1926
Died: Jan. 4, 2018
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, until the time of the funeral service at noon at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Arlington Heights.
Died: Jan. 3, 2018
Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10, at the at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 185 E. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Friends and family are to meet inside the front gate of All Saints Mausoleum, 700 N. River Road, Des Plaines, at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, for a funeral service.
Randy A. Cruz, 55
Born: March 31, 1962
Died: Jan. 8, 2018
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Funeral will be at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, from the funeral home to St. Gertrude Church for Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be at Maryhill Cemetery.
Born: April 22, 1931
Died: January 5, 2018
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10, with a memorial service at 7 p.m. at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave, Chicago.
Daniel A. Wiatr, 64
Born: June 30, 1953
Died: Jan. 7, 2018
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 185 E. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Family and friends will meet Thursday, January 11, 2018 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 2515 W. Palatine Road, Inverness for visitation from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. A funeral Mass will follow at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be private.
Isabelle R. Duerr (nee Muto), 93
Born: Sept. 28, 1924
Died: Jan. 7, 2018
Memorial visitation will be from 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, until the time of a funeral service at 11 a.m. at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home 185 E. Northwest Hwy. Palatine. Interment will be private at Fort Sheridan Post Cemetery.
Lorraine E. Kleinhammer, 100, Arlington Heights
Born: March 25, 1917
Died: Jan. 4, 2018
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at Ridgewood Cemetery, 9900 N. Milwaukee Ave., Des Plaines.
Elaine J. McGovern, 78, Arlington Heights
Born: Dec. 3, 1939
Died: Jan. 4, 2018
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at the Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, and from 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 15, at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, until the time of Mass at 10 a.m. Interment is private.
Evelyn H. Worm, 80, Arlington Heights
Born: Jan. 31, 1937
Died: Jan. 4, 2018
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, and from 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Road, until the time of Mass at 10 a.m. Interment is at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.
Born: Sept. 3, 1923
Died: Jan. 8, 2018
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, until the time of Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, 700 S. Meier Road, Mount Prospect. Interment is at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
Dorothy Mae VanBuren (nee Williamson), 94
Born: July 10, 1923
Died: Jan. 2, 2018
Memorial visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, until the 10:30 a.m. memorial service at the Wittenberg Commons Meeting Room A at Luther Village, 1250 Village Dr., Arlington Heights. Interment is private.
Laura L. Shotsberger, 74, Arlington Heights
Born: May 12, 1943
Died: Jan. 6, 2018
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, until the time of Mass at 10 a.m. Interment is at Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Lauterburg-Oehler Funeral Home
Pamela J. Bauers, 67
Born: July 16, 1950
Died: Jan. 3, 2018
Arrangements are pending.
Norman V. Smith, 88, Arlington Heights
Born: March 5, 1929
Died: Jan. 5, 2018
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Hwy., Arlington Heights. Prayers will be at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, and proceed to St. James Church, 831 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, for a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Josephine B. Zima, 94, Arlington Heights
Born: March 4, 1923
Died: Jan. 7, 2018
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, until the time of the funeral Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Alphonsus Liguori Church, 411 N. Wheeling Road, Prospect Heights. Interment will be in Maryhill Cemetery.
Born: Aug. 7, 1958
Died: Jan. 5, 2018
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, until the time of a memorial service at 3 p.m. at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Hwy., Arlington Heights. Interment will be private.
Died: Jan. 5, 2018
Chapel service will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment is at Shalom Memorial Park.
Died: Jan. 6, 2018
Synagogue service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Am Yisrael, 4 Happ Road, Northfield. Interment will follow at Shalom Memorial Park, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights.
Died: Dec. 26, 2017
A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Randhill Park Cemetery, Arlington Heights.
Died: Jan. 2, 2018
Chapel service will be 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park.
Died: Jan. 6, 2018
Synagogue service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Am Shalom, 840 Vernon Ave., Glencoe. Interment will follow at Shalom Memorial Park, 1700 W Rand Road, Arlington Heights.
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