Christine Dal Cerro Benzaquen

Christine Dal Cerro Benzaquen formerly of Palatine A memorial Mass for Christine Dal Cerro Benzaquen, 35, of Fallbrook, Calif., will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Church (corner of Anderson and Williams Drive), Palatine. Father Lawrence Malcom will officiate. Born Aug. 10, 1967, in Chicago, she died Monday, April 21, 2003, at her parent's home in California, from complications resulting from a January car accident. Inurnment was in Eternal Hills Cemetery, Oceanside, Calif. Christine graduated from Palatine High School in 1985 and she was currently employed by Medical Data Concepts, Inc, in Palatine. She is survived by her husband of two years, Michael Benzaquen of Fallbrook; daughter, Nicole Anastasia Benzaquen; parents, Frances Ann and Gino Dal Cerro; sisters and brothers-in-law, Cheryle and Philip McGuire of Mundelein, Karen and Harold Crowe of Ingleside and Gina Dal Cerro of Des Plaines; brother and sister-in-law, Richard Dal Cerro and Patricia Gyves of Vista, Calif.; She also is survived by nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and both grandmothers. Christine was preceded in death by her brother, Michael Francis Dal Cerro in 1996. Memorial donations, made to the Nicole A. Benzaquen Fund, c/o Union Bank of California, 2733 Vista Way, Oceanside, CA 92054, would be greatly appreciated. Friends may visit www.dailyherald.com/obits to express condolences and sign the guest book.