Memorial gathering Saturday Feb. 20 from 2:00 PM until Services 3:30 PM at Friedrichs Funeral Home

No Services are planned Interment Irving Park Cemetery

Joseph P. Kerr, 90, passed peacefully February 1st with his daughter by his side. Dear husband of the late Mary P. (Harmon) Kerr, loving father of Mary (Jack) O’Toole and the late Joan (Kevin) Kelly. Cherished Papa of Kate, Margaret, and Shannon Kelly, Jack (Lynne) O’Toole and Cindy (Rodney) Thompson. Adoring great-grandfather to Lauren, Gabrielle, […]

Charlotte S Grunlund, 97, formerly of Park Ridge, passed away peacefully Friday, January 29.  Charlotte was the beloved wife of the late Victor E. Grunlund.  Loving mother of Karen Beth (John W) Finlayson, Gary (Kathy) Grunlund.  Cherished grandmother Jason and Sara Grunlund.  Charlotte was preceded in death by her parents Herman and Lillian Straus and […]

Stefan Galauner 83, of Mount Prospect died peacefully in his home surrounded by his loving family on Friday, January 29, 2016. Stefan Galauner was born in Yugoslavia. His family immigrated to Austria when Stefan was 13 years old. Strong ties to the German community of the Danube Swabians continued throughout his life. Along with his […]

Erna E. Dowdell-West nee Bergner, 85, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 23, 2016.  She was the loving wife of the late Daniel Dowdell and the late Arthur West.  Beloved mother of the late Susan Dowdell.  Cherished grandmother of Ryan (Deborah) Loughren, Colleen (Daniel) Loughren Mancill.  Dearest Sister of Gilbert (Irene) Bergner, William (Juliet) Bergner, Mary […]

Marian Ostrowski  Beloved wife of the late Edwin Ostrowski. Loving mother of Eileen (Don) St.Clair, Maynard (Carol) Ostrowski and Andrew Ostrowski. Cherished grandmother of Mark St.Clair, Laura St, Clair, Danielle (Antwan) Candler; Jillian (Jim) Jacobsen, Nicholas Ostrowski, Margaret Ostrowski and Andrew Ostrowski. Dear great grandmother of Evan Jacobsen. Preceded in death by her parents Nick […]

Joanna Ehorn nee Webb  Beloved wife of the late Gerald Ehorn. Loving mother of Andrew (Amanda Beemer) Marquardt. Cherished daughter of the late Veatress I. Webb. Devoted sister of the late Barbara Ann Rudisill, the late William Rudisill, John Rudisill and her twin sister Johnna Odisho. Loving aunt of many nieces and nephews. Born December […]

Edward Carl Grahn, 79, of Arlington Heights. Beloved husband of 52 years of the late Beverly, loving father of Jennifer Grahn, Christina Grahn, and Edward (Michelle) Grahn; dear grandfather of Jack and Matthew Holecek and Ashley and Laura Grahn; brother of Janet Anderson. He is predeceased by his loving parents Ingve and Edna Grahn. Edward […]

Barbara Liakakos passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family on January 13, 2016.  Born in Germany in 1947 to John and Eva (Winter) Tyminski, the family moved to Chicago where Barbara would eventually earn a Bachelor of Arts in the Teaching of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago (1969) and where she […]