Helena Matlag

Of Prospect Heights

Helena Matlag was born March 30, 1953 in Slopnice, Poland to Jakub and Maria (nee Pachowicz) Kwiatkowski. She died April 18, 2018 at Presence Resurrection Hospital in Chicago.

She loved working with children as a Kindergarten Teacher at Bright Horizons in Deerfield.

Helena is survived by her husband Julian Matlag; her sons Sylwester (Anna) Matlag and Grzegorz (Katarzyna) Matlag; her grandchildren Natalia, Patryk, Izabela and Marta; her siblings Janina, Maria, Bronislawa, Stanislaw, Jozefa, Boguslawa and by many nieces and nephews.

Helena is preceded in death by her sister Hanna and by her parents.

Visitation Friday, April 20, 2018 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, (4 blocks south of Palatine Road) Arlington Heights and Saturday, April 21, 2018 at St. Thomas Becket Catholic Church, 1321 N. Burning Bush Lane, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 from 9:00 AM until time of mass at 10:00 AM. Interment All Saints Catholic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478 Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or https://donate.cancer.org/index Funeral information and condolences www.GlueckertFH.com or (847) 253-0168.