Tiffani Lynn Braun Melgar

Tiffani Lynn Braun MelgarOf Round LakeTiffani Lynn Braun Melgar was born on July 26, 1978 in Park Ridge to David and Suzanne (nee Kuffel) Braun. She died February 20, 2016 in Maywood.Tiffani was a member of St. Mary Parish in Buffalo Grove. She graduated from The Illinois Institute of Art in Schaumburg with an associates degree in computer animation.She was a very beautiful and talented mother, artist, wife, daughter and granddaughter. She could paint and draw with limitless beauty, expression and detail.. She has passed that talent on to her dearly beloved daughter Emelyn. Tiffani was also a licensed nail technician, a skill she acquired in high school., as well as an administrative assistant when she met Ernie. As an avid singer, she sang with the blues band called "Charlie Sugar!". Tiffani spent a lot of time with her grandmother Joan Kufflel in Buffalo Grove, when she wasn't working or spending the time with her husband and dearly, beloved daughter Emelyn.Tiffani is survived by her spouse Ernie Melgar; daughter, Emelyn Rose; loving mother, Suzanne Braun, father, David Eugene (Jackie) Braun (from Wisconsin), beloved maternal grandma, Joan Kuffel, loyal and endearing brother, Timothy Braun; Aunty Jane (David) Lloyd; cousins, Johanna (Omar) Garcia, David (Trisha) Lloyd. and Nathan Kuffel, second cousin Layla Garcia.; many more maternal and paternal aunts, uncles, and cousins.She was preceded in death by grandfathers, Eugene Kuffel and Paul Braun; grandmother, Carol Braun; great-grandmother Elizabeth "Babe" Robers; and uncle, LeRoy Kuffel.Visitation Sunday, February 28, 2016 from 12:00 pm until the 5:30 pm Funeral Service at Glueckert Funeral Home Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004. Interment is private.Funeral Information and condolences can be given at www.GlueckertFH.com or (847) 253-0168.