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Helen M. Soorus

FUNERAL HOME

Lauterburg - Oehler Funeral Home

2000 East Northwest Highway

Arlington Heights, Illinois

Helen Soorus Obituary

Helen M. Soorus of Arlington Heights Services for Helen M. Soorus (nee Gruber), 94, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 111 W. Olive, Arlington Heights, where she will lie in state from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services. Born Nov. 5, 1908, in Austria, she died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, at Northwest Community Healthcare in Arlington Heights. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Arlington Heights. A homemaker, Helen was the beloved wife of the late George Soorus; loving mother of Roland Soorus and Virginia Kelly; and fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. today, at the Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights. Memorials may be made to St. Peter Lutheran Church. Friends may visit www.dailyherald.com/obits to express condolences and sign the guest book. For funeral information, (847)253-5423.

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Published by Daily Herald from Jan. 2 to Jan. 3, 2003.

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Roland & Betty Schwind

January 3, 2003

Roland and Virginia, you have our deepest sympathies. I worked with your dad at Maine East High School at night. Again our condolences.

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