Carol Anne Owen
Of Arlington Heights

Carol Anne Owen was born on April 21, 1955 in Chicago to Eugene F. and Lucille A. (nee Ballan) Hanson. She passed away on June 19, 2008 in Skokie after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer.

Since 1998, Carol has been a LD/BD classroom teacher for Community Consolidated School District 15. She earned recognition as a National Board Certified Teacher. Prior experiences include her work as a Chicago area field-based coordinator and a Student Teaching Supervisor for Illinois State University and her work as a classroom teacher for special needs children in Illinois schools in Pekin, Peoria and Lincoln.

Carol is survived by her husband of 29 years, Robbin; her children, Shannon of Chicago, Dane of Hanover, NH and Brandon of Arlington Heights; her mother, Lucille Hanson of Norridge; her sisters, Catherine (John) Marchak of Des Plaines, Donna (Jim) Connelly of Park Ridge and Mary (Steve) Danikowski of Palm Harbor, FL; her brothers, Tom (Leigh Ann) Hanson of Bartlett and Dennis (Sherry) Hanson of Tinley Park.

She was preceded in death by her father, Eugene Hanson.

Visitation from 3:00 PM until 8:00 PM Sunday, June 22, 2008 at the Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Rd., (4 blocks south of Palatine Rd.) Arlington Heights. Prayers 10:45 AM Monday, June 23, 2008, at the Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., to St. James Church, 831 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights for Mass at 11:30 AM. Interment St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.


In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to Illinois State University for the Carol Owen Memorial Special Education Teachers Scholarship Fund. Make checks payable to the ISU Foundation – Special Education - Campus Box 8000, Normal, IL 61790-8000 with a memo note in memory of Carol Owen.