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Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services Obituaries

Local obituaries for Lake Zurich and Palatine, IL areas

Javier G. Contreras

Javier G. Contreras

Mar 9, 2022

Visitation for Javier G. Contreras, 69, of Melrose Park formerly of Chicago, IL will be held Sunday, March 13, 2022, from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine.  The Funeral Service will begin Monday, March 14, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. also at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, Palatine.  The Interment will follow...

Jack M. Schuett

Jack M. Schuett

Mar 4, 2022

Funeral Services and Inurnment for Jack Martin Schuett, 70, of Woodridge, IL, will be held Monday, March 14, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. at Ridgewood Cemetery, 9900 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Des Plaines.

On the evening of Friday March 4th 2022, at home with his family gathered close, Jack passed away.  It was about two years after his battle with cancer had begun.

Jack...

Harriet B. Vrasic

Harriet B. Vrasic

Mar 1, 2022

A Memorial Visitation for Harriet B. Vrasic, 95 ½ , of Arlington Heights and Inverness, will be held Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. until the time of the Memorial Service at 4:00 p.m. at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, Palatine, IL.

Harriet was born June 28, 1926 in Chicago and passed away March 1, 2022 in Arlington Heights.

Harriet was...

Jeffrey J. Horvath

Jeffrey J. Horvath

Feb 28, 2022

Visitation for Jeff J. Horvath will be held in the Gathering Area at St. Christopher Church, 20141 Detroit Road, Rocky River, OH on Monday, March 7, 2022, from 10:00a.m. until the time of the Funeral Mass at 11:00a.m. Mass may be viewed by clicking: Funeral Mass for Mr. Horvath.

Jeff passed away peacefully at home in Palatine, IL.  Beloved son, born...

Marilynn S. Kinsella

Marilynn S. Kinsella

Feb 28, 2022

Visitation for Marilynn S. Kinsella (nee Schmitt), 92, of Palatine, will be held Friday, March 4, 2022 at All Saints Lutheran Church, 630 S. Quentin Road, Palatine, Illinois 60067 from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the Funeral Service at 10:00 a.m. Interment will be private family at Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago.

Marilynn was born November 10, 1929 in Chicago, and...

Gloria L. Raley

Gloria L. Raley

Feb 26, 2022

Visitation for Gloria L. Raley, 97, of Arlington Heights, will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2022 from 9:00a.m. until the time of the Funeral Service at 11:00a.m. at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine. The Interment will follow at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Cemetery, Palatine. The Funeral Service may be viewed by clicking on:...

Carol L. Stultz

Carol L. Stultz

Feb 24, 2022

A Memorial Visitation for Carol L. Stultz, 87, of Palatine, will be held Thursday, March 3, 2022 from 10:00 AM until the time of the Memorial Service at 11:00 AM, at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services located at 201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine. The Interment will be held privately on Friday, March 4, 2022 in Polo, Illinois.

Carol Lavonne Shipman was...

Wayne H. Schroeder

Wayne H. Schroeder

Feb 23, 2022

Visitation for Wayne H. Schroeder, 86, of Palatine, will be held on Sunday, February 27, 2022 from 3:00p.m. until 8:00p.m. at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home,201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, February 28, 2022 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 200 N. Plum Grove Road, Palatine. Visitation will begin at 10:00a.m. until the time of the...

Alfred J. Hemauer

Alfred J. Hemauer

Feb 23, 2022

Visitation for Alfred J. Hemauer, 100, of Palatine, since 1962, will be held Monday, February 28, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the Funeral Service at 12:00 p.m. at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine. The Funeral Service may be viewed by clicking: Mr. Alfred J. Hemauer’s Funeral Service. A private family Entombment will...

James E. Szyszka

James E. Szyszka

Feb 22, 2022

Visitation for James E. Szyszka, 77, of Palatine, will be held Sunday, February 27, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine.   The family Interment will private.

It’s huge and wonderful to have an honest man you can trust to show up for you.  He was always there in good times...

Frederick J. Jewell

Frederick J. Jewell

Feb 22, 2022

Memorial Visitation for Frederick John Jewell, 78, will be held Saturday, May 28, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the Memorial Service at 11:00 a.m. at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine.  An Inurnment will follow at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery, Palatine. To view the streamed Funeral Service, click here: Mr. Jewell’s Funeral...

Gabriela J. Jakszuk

Gabriela J. Jakszuk

Feb 18, 2022

Visitation for Gabriela J. Jakszuk, 60, of Lake Zurich since 2000, will be held Tuesday, February 22, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. until the time of Prayers at 11:00 a.m. at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 415 S. Buesching Road, Lake Zurich. A Funeral Mass will be said at 11:30 a.m. at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 33 S. Buesching...

Les A. Witrzek

Les A. Witrzek

Feb 14, 2022

Visitation for Les A. Witrzek, 68, of Hoffman Estates, IL, will be from 12 Noon until the time of the Funeral Service at 1:00 PM on Friday, February 18, 2022 at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Hwy., Palatine, IL.  The Interment will follow at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Cemetery, Palatine.

Les was born on April 18, 1953...

Roland W. Gustafson

Roland W. Gustafson

Feb 13, 2022

A Memorial Visitation for Roland W. Gustafson, 88, of Palatine, will be held Saturday, March 5, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine.  The Interment will be private.

He was born in Rockford, Illinois and attended Rockford East High School.  Roland worked for Illinois Bell Telephone for 20 years and...

Lucy T. Mcnally

Lucy T. Mcnally

Feb 11, 2022

Visitation for Lucy Theresa McNally, 90, of Wheeling, will be held from 9:00 am until the time of the Funeral Mass at 10:00 am on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Church, 1201 E. Anderson Drive, Palatine. The Interment will follow at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Cemetery, Palatine.

Lucy passed away peacefully on February 11, 2022....

Waldon O. (Wally) Degner

Waldon O. (Wally) Degner

Feb 10, 2022

Visitation for Waldon Orion (Wally) Degner, of Palatine, 85, will be from 4:00p.m. until 7:00p.m. on Monday, February 14, 2022 at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Hwy., Palatine.  Visitation will continue at the Funeral Home on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 from 10:00 AM until the time of the Funeral Service at 11:00 AM.  The Interment will follow...

Steven E. Wanderski, Jr.

Steven E. Wanderski, Jr.

Feb 8, 2022

Services for Steven E. Wanderski, Jr., 95, of Lake Zurich, formerly of Lauderhill, FL will take place in Florida.  The Interment at Our Lady of Heaven Cemetery in North Lauderdale, FL.

He was born on December 13, 1926 in Chicago, IL and passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 in Lake Zurich.

Steven was an Army Veteran.

Maureen E. Degen

Maureen E. Degen

Feb 8, 2022

Visitation for Maureen Ellen Degen (nee Mulligan), 71, of Lake Zurich, will be held from 9:30a.m. until the time of the Funeral Mass at 11:00a.m. on Monday, February 14, 2022 at St. Francis de Sales Church, 33 S. Buesching Road, Lake Zurich.  The Interment will take place at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery in Palatine.

She was born on February 25,...

Bart F. Sitzberger

Bart F. Sitzberger

Feb 8, 2022

Visitation for Bart F. Sitzberger, 54, of Fort Myers, FL, formerly of Buffalo Grove, IL, will be from 12 Noon until the time of the Funeral Service at 4:00 PM on Sunday, February 20, 2022 at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 415 S. Buesching Road, Lake Zurich, IL.  The Funeral Service will also be streamed live; you may join by...

Gerald M. Balmes

Gerald M. Balmes

Feb 8, 2022

Visitation for Gerald (Jerry) Balmes, will be held at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home 415 S. Buesching Rd, Lake Zurich, on Monday, February 14, 2022 from 5:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. Funeral Services will begin with a Funeral Mass being said at 9:30a.m. Tuesday, February 15, 2022 also at the funeral home and proceed to Saint Peter Cemetery, 27551 Volo Village Road,...