Emil Blaha

EMIL W. BLAHA OF BARTLETT WAS BORN JANUARY 29, 1926 IN CHICAGO, DEVOTED SON OF THE LATE EMIL J. AND SOPHIE nee FAITLE. BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE LATE MARGARET nee ALTERGOTT WHO PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER OF 2005. LOVING FATHER OF WILLIAM (GAIL) OF ST. CHARLES, GAIL (STEVEN) FREI OF BARTLETT AND GARY OF ADDISON. CHERISHED GRANDFATHER OF SHERRI (BRIAN) DEUTSCHLE, CRAIG ADAM, PATRICK (JULIA) AND SARAH BLAHA. CARING GREAT GRANDFAHTER OF ALEK BLAHA, ASHLEY AND HALEY DEUTSCHLE. VISITATION WILL BE TUESDAY 3:00 - 7:00 P.M. AT THE CLARE OAKS CHAPEL 825 CARILLON DR. BARTLETT. CREMATION WILL BE PRIVATE AT THE COUNTRYSIDE FUNERAL CREMATORY. EMIL GRADUATED FROM LANE TECH HIGH SCHOOL AND IMMEDIATELY JOINED THE U.S. MARINE CORPS; SERVING AS A SERGEANT IN THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGN IN OKINAWA FROM 1944 - 1946. HE WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE HEART. SHORTLY AFTER HIS RETURN, HE MARRIED HIS SWEETHEART, MARGARET AND MOVED TO DES PLAINES IN 1952. HE WORKED AT INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER AS A DRAFTSMAN. HE ENJOYED GOLF, BOWLING AND SOFTBALL AND WAS AN USHER AT IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN DES PLAINES UNTIL HE MOVED TO BARTLETT IN EARLY 2008. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS PO BOX 4002018 DES MOINES, IA. 50340-2018 OR FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY 925 BUSSE RD. ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL. 60007 WOULD BE APPRECIATED. (630)289-7575 OR WWW.COUNTRYSIDEFUNERALHOMES.COM