Helen N. Krakowiak age 88 of Prospect Heights and Marco Island FL, passed away peacefully June 20, 2017.  Helen retired from Quaker Oats and was a long  time member of Prospect Heights Garden Club. She will be missed by her family, relatives and many friends. Beloved wife of Edward T. Krakowiak; loving mother of Thomas (Pam) Krakowiak, Melissa (Robert) Herrman,  Theodore Krakowiak, Melanie (Thomas) Harkins and Edward J. (Lisa) Krakowiak; cherished grandmother of Eric Krakowiak, Matthew (Cathlyn) Herrman, Daniel Herrman, Rebecca (Matthew) LeBlanc, Peter Herrman, Aimee, Kelly, Stephen and Kevin Harkins and  Nicole and Ryan Krakowiak; great grandmother of Clark LeBlanc; dear sister of the late Eugene Nelson; devoted daughter of the late Ira and Josephine Nelson.

Visitation Thursday June 22, 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Rd., (at Northwest Highway) Mt. Prospect, IL 60056.

Visitation Friday June 23, 9:30 a.m. until time of Funeral Mass 10:00 a.m. at St. Alphonsus Liguori Church, 411 N. Wheeling Rd., Prospect Heights, IL 60070.

Interment Memory Gardens Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to International Myeloma Foundation, 12650 Riverside Dr., Suite 206, North Hollywood, CA 91607 or Audubon Society, attention tribute gifts, 225 Varick St., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10014