Melissa O'Connor

Melissa Anne O’Connor, 21 of Cary was born November 24, 1991 in Peoria, Illinois and passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington following a brief illness.

Melissa had a passion for volleyball. She was a member of the Sky High Volleyball team in junior high school and at Marian Central Catholic High School.
She was overjoyed to become a mother and was most at peace with her daughter in the short time they spent together. ShilaRae will always have her mother looking over her.

Melissa is survived by her parents, Matthew and Diane O’Connor; fiancé Pablo Arreola; infant daughter ShilaRae Elise O’Connor-Arreola; siblings, Beth, Sayde, Erik, Jordan, and Angelina O’Connor; grandparents, Darlene O’Connor and Frederick and Geraldine Kierl; God-parents Mark O’Connor and Dana Goehring; and many cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends.

Melissa is also survived by the Arreola family, who loved her deeply.

She was preceded in death by her grandfather John O’Connor and cousin Adam Kierl.

Visitation will be 3-8pm Sunday, March 24 at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave, (Route 176) Crystal Lake. The funeral service will begin at 11am Monday, March 25 at the funeral home. Following the service, burial will take place in Windridge Memorial Park, Cary.

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