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He was a faithful follower of the Sikh religion with affiliations at Wheaton Gurdwara, ILSCC. He would volunteer seva at Palatine Gurdwara, SRS Chicago and other areas. Always offering seva in the kitchen and langar after the divan finished for cleanup, joining for food drives, parades, and projects. His love, service and kindness were shown through his work, family, and sharing in his faith community. His smile and warm heart will be missed by so many after taking his final walk on this earth. May he always be looking over us. His smile may have faded, but his memories made will never be forgotten.
He was survived by his father and mother, stepfather Ray Quiroz, brother Kirk Leindecker, stepsisters Julie Jachec and Leslie Chenoweth, paternal aunt/uncle Gordon and Lorraine Leindecker, maternal aunts/uncles Dale Boehm, Jr, Harry and Valerie Lowell, niece Amanda Vanderwerf, numerous cousins, and countless friends. Beloved cousin who was always like a sister Carrie Lowell.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Albert, Sr and Gertrude Leindecker, maternal grandparents Dale and Anne Boehm, paternal aunt/uncle Albert, Jr and Barbara Leindecker.
The visitation service will be held on Saturday, October 15th, from 1:00pm to 6:00pm at Ahlgrim & Sons Funeral and Cremation Services at 330 W. Golf Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60195-3608.
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Sanat Ranganathan
October 7, 2023
One year on, you may be gone but you will never be forgotten. You're always in our hearts; an inspiration to all. May your soul rest in peace!
Sanat Ranganathan
October 19, 2022
A true humanitarian and a friend. God rest his soul. We miss you Erik!
Brighid Rose
October 18, 2022
I always saw Erik doing service in the kitchen at the Science of Spirituality Meditation Center. He is a big inspiration to me. I remember having met him there many years ago - maybe 15 or 20. At that time he seemed to be still figuring things out. But then seeing him in later years, he seemed to have figured it out - that the most important thing is service to others and putting in time for spiritual practices. I will hold his memory in my heart and mind of what making the most of this life looks like. Sending love to his family.
Amardev Singh
October 15, 2022
Eric's passing away is great loss to community. He was hard worker and dedicated Sikh. May Waheguru ji bless his soul. My condolences and sympathy with the family.
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Harvinder Singh
October 15, 2022
He was a good person
Always do the seva in SRS Gurudwara Shaib in palatine
Waheguru bless his departure soul
He is in haven with waheguru ji
I saw him many time Gurudwara Shaib in palatine
Harsimran Singh
October 14, 2022
We are very sad by Eric´s untimely demise. May Waheguru Ji give him peace. We will miss seeing him at the Wheaton Gurudwara. Our condolences to his family. May Baba Ji give them strength in this time of sorrow.
Harsimran Singh and family
Lilly Kaur
October 14, 2022
A great loss to the community.... to humanity. Eric was a true living example of a Sikh. You will be very much missed in the Gurudwaras. May your soul Rest In Peace and praying to Waheguru to help us lead our life in Seva and Simran, just as you did.
Tanvir Kaur
October 14, 2022
My condolences to Erik´s family and friends. May you be blessed with strength during this time. Erik or Kharak Singh and I have had many conversations from which I learnt a great deal about the religion, selflessness, kindness and life in general. Such an amazing and deep soul that I had the privilege of knowing. God bless
Karamjeet Singh
October 14, 2022
I am sad to see him go so early in age.Very agile and hardworking in performing Seva/service at our Palatine Gurdwara. He was among First five Sikhs to be at the launch of Chicago Mayor Laurie´s Sikh Awareness month this last April´22. We´ll miss him. God Bless his soul.
Randall Gurvitz
October 14, 2022
My condolences to you. I enjoyed working with Erik on several occasions. He is a great guy. He will truly be missed.
Dan Edge
October 14, 2022
Erik and I grew up together, we both went to James B. Conant H.S. (1992). Thinking back he was a great friend and artist. Unfortunately we drifted away from each other after graduation. My fondest memory of Erik was our "B" team touchdown play. We both played football freshman and sophomore year at Conant. Erik was our quarterback and I played runningback. We had a really talented team but we didn´t play much, we were the "second stringers". But we did finally have our night of glory under the big lights. We must of been ahead by quite a bit, so coach told Leindecker to get his offense ready to take the field and close out the game. We were all nervous and excited but Erik was cool and calm and kept us in line. We ran a fake hand-off and screen pass, for some reason everything went right on that play. We all did our jobs, I made the catch and scampered 40 yards for the touchdown! That single moment was a highlight for many of us "second stringers" and Erik orchestrated the whole thing. It was a magically night that I, and I am sure others, have carried in our memories. You know who you are.
Then fast forward to the 21st century. My wife runs a charitable organization and one day she mentioned the name Erik Leindecker?! Could it be the same Erik? It sure was. Erik contacted my wife to help with some neglected dogs he saw on a job site. Erik mentioned to my wife that he and I went to H.S. together and said, "Ask your husband if he still remembers the screen pass?" He held onto that memory too. We both had a good laugh. Unfortunately I never go the chance to meet the man that he became but him reaching out to help neglected animals and reading about his dedication to community and serving others tells me exactly who he was. Compassion like this is rare and something to acknowledge when it comes around. You will be missed Erik. R.I.P.
Tejveer singh
October 14, 2022
May God bless departed soul of Erik Singh Rest In Peace. He was one of finest person and human being I came across while volunteering. It was a shock to hear his untimely demise.
Jairam Singh
October 14, 2022
May Waheguru bless departed soul
You will be missed Kharak Singh (Eric Leindecker)
Prempal Singh
October 13, 2022
I had pleasure of knowing Eric over the years. Always willing to help where he can and how-so-ever he could. Never saw him just gossiping or wandering around. Always serious, and doing some work/Seva.
It was my fortunate day on 9/10/2022 Saturday, I saw him at Wheaton Gurdwara, and when I came to SRS Palatine that evening, he was there in the kitchen helping. We had a friendly exchange. Thereafter I requested him to talk with a youth who needed some direction. Eric spent about half an hour with this youth and later on talked to me about it at a high level.
A very gentlemanly person. Our society needed his kind of personality. Left too soon. Will miss you brother.
Satinder Singh
October 13, 2022
I watched him doing the seva , cleaning shoes, cleaning windows, blinders and washing dishes and serving langar.we all need to learn from him how to be dedicated stay kool and calm. RIP Eric, you will be greatly missed
Dara Singh
October 13, 2022
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow. His presence definitely will be missed in Gurudwara Palatine Sahib.
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