Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd.
1520 N. Arlington Heights Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(847) 253-0168
LOCAL GRIEF SUPPORT & SELF HELP GROUPS
Local Support Groups
The need and timing for attending a support varies widely from individual to individual. We have listed some local support groups that may help you through some difficult times. If individual counseling is more your preference, contact us and we may be able to assist in matching you with a professional.
General
Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care Bereavement Services
444 N. Northwest Hwy, Park Ridge, IL 60068
Adult Loss of Parent Groups, Widow Support Services, Good Mourning for Children, Teens, Young adults and their families coping with grief in the holidays workshop
Information (847) 692-8884
The Wheeling Pavilion Senior Center
Depression Support Group: Freedom, Forgiveness & Fellowship
Meetings: 2nd Friday at 1:00 PM
Information: Jan Christiansen (847) 459-2670
Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Illinois
847-381-5599
Grief to Hope meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Arlington Heights Senior Center
Catholic Charities
N.W. Suburban Office, 1717 Rand Road, Des Plaines, Illinois
L.O.S.S. (Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide)
Information: (312) 655-7283
Loss of a Child
Compassionate Friends
National nonprofit, self-help support organization offering friendship & understanding to families grieving the death of a child of any age or any cause.
Information: (877) 969-0010, www.compassionatefriends.org
Holy Family Parish
2515 Palatine Road, Inverness, IL 60067
Grieving Parents
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday Monthly
Information: Dawn, Director of Pastoral Care, (847) 359-0042
Northwest Community Hospital
800 West Central Road, Arlington Hts., IL
Northwest Suburban Pregnancy & Infant Loss support group
Meetings: 2nd Monday Monthly at 7-8pm.
Information: Pam (847) 618-5220
St. Edna
Catholic Church
2525 N. Arlington Hts. Rd., Arlington Heights, IL 60004.
Pieta: support group for mothers who have lost a son or daughter.
Meets 3rd Tuesday of each month
Information: Margaret Moser (847) 398-3362 X318
St. Frances de Sales
135 South Buesching Road, Lake Zurich, IL 60047
Forever in Our Hearts (Parents who have lost a child at any age and due
to any circumstances)
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday Monthly, 7:30 p.m.
Information: Linda Engle (847) 438-6622
Widows and Widowers
Northwest Community Healthcare Center
800 West Central Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Begin Again
Meetings: 1st, 3rd, & 5th Friday’s Monthly 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Information: Mary Obey (847) 358-5863
Widows and Widowers Harvest Bible Chapel
800 Rohlwing Road, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Information: Carl Massa (847) 398-7005
Holy Family Parish
2515 Palatine Road, Inverness, IL 60067
To Be Joyful Again
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Thursday Monthly
Information: Dawn, Director of Pastoral Care, (847) 359-0042
Our Lady of the Wayside
W.O.W. (Widows of Wayside) A social group consisting of Widows
Information: Muriel Banack (847) 577-9220
St. Edna Catholic Church
Mourning Circle: support group for younger widows and widowers, 65 years
and younger
Mourning Light: senior grief support group for 65 years and older
Information: Margaret Moser (847) 398-3362 X318
St. Raymond de Penafort
301 South I-Oka, Mt. Prospect, IL 60056
New Day, Meetings 4th Thursday Monthly, 2:00 PM
Emmaus Walk – an eight week facilitated grief support group for adults,
mourning the loss of a loved one.
Information: Sr. Valerie Kulbacki Director of Care Ministries (847)
253-8600 ext. 143. Also provides individual grief counseling