Merle L. Shrake; loving husband of Alice Mae, nee Baylie, for 62 years; beloved father of Kathleen M., Keith M. (Michaline) Shrake, Nancy Ann Horn, and Kenneth D. Shrake; best papa ever to Michael, Keith Shrake, Susan Mpistolarides, Jennifer Voith, Annie and Jeff Horn, Diane, Jim and Ken Reiss; proud great- grandfather of Mikaela, Ava, and Nikolas; fond father-in-law of Wendy Shrake. Visitation Monday, 3 to 9 p.m. at Oehler Funeral Home, 2099 Miner Street, Des Plaines, where services will be held Tuesday, 11 a.m. Interment Irving Park Cemetery. Memorial gifts to American Cancer Society appreciated.
