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

Dwight C. Adams, 74, Palatine
Born: May 27, 1943
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Died: Dec. 13, 2017
A celebration of life will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 5, at Ditka’s Trackside, 2000 W. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights. All are welcome to attend.
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Born: March 30, 1957
Died: Dec. 18, 2017
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave. Funeral will be from 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, from the funeral home to St. Cornelius for Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be private.
Ella Onelia Vazquez, 6 months
Born: June 6, 2017
Died: Dec. 14, 2017
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home. A celebration Mass will be at 7 p.m. that evening at Old St. Mary’s Church, 1500 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Interment will be at All Saints Cemetery.
Anton Mueller, 81
Born: Jan. 31, 1936
Died: Dec. 13, 2017
Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 2515 W. Palatine Road, Inverness. A funeral Mass will follow at 10:30 a.m. Entombment will be at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.
Mary Helen Peterson, 73, Arlington Heights
Born: June 7, 1944
Died: Dec. 15, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Additional visitation will be at 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 22, until a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery in Palatine.
Marion Niemeyer, 92
Born: Oct. 14, 1925
Died: Dec. 15, 2017
Visitation will be from noon until the time of a funeral service at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 111 W. Olive St., Arlington Heights. Interment will be at Memory Gardens, Arlington Heights.
Kevin James Houlihan, 36, Palatine
Born: Nov. 3, 1981
Died: Dec. 16, 2017
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at the Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Prayers at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at the funeral home to St. James Catholic Church, 831 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, for Mass at noon. Interment will be at All Saints Cemetery.
Lauterburg-Oehler Funeral Home
Born: March 1, 1923
Died: Dec. 14, 2017
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Hwy., Arlington Heights. In state Thursday, Dec. 21, from 9 a.m. 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.
Melinda Carole Kahn (nee Schakner), 76
Chapel service will be at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will be at Shalom Memorial Park.
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