Obituary: Rosa Bacher
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Rosa Bacher, Doctor of Optometry, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at the age of 83.
Visitation was at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, with a funeral Mass following at 3 p.m. at Addolorata Villa, 555 Old McHenry Road, Wheeling, Ill. 60090. Interment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at Town of Maine Cemetery, Park Ridge, Ill. 60068.
She is survived by four daughters, Rosanna (Henry "Bud") Voss of Quincy, Mary (Tom) Cardwell of Hanover Park, Elizabeth (Tom) Thompsen of Tipp City, Ohio and Ellen Bacher and her two children; one son, Joseph (Teri) Bacher Jr. of Harrisburg; 11 grandchildren, Sgt. David Cardwell (and his girlfriend Aryn Flesch), Barbara Cardwell, Christopher Cardwell (and his fiancée Jessica Davis) all of Hanover Park, Nathan Voss (and his girlfriend Teri Griggs and her daughter Jordan Griggs), Henry "Hank" Voss (and his fiancée Lauren Hartley), Rebecca Voss all of Quincy, Erin Bacher (and her fiancé Cyle Murdoch) of Harrisburg, Katie Thompsen and Kristina Thompsen of Tipp City, Ohio; and two great-grandchildren Aiden and Angela Cardwell of Hanover Park.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Joseph Bacher; and two brothers, Anton and Siegfried Wieshuber.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or Mississippi Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America or a charity of the donor's choice.
Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Home, 847-823-5122 and online guestbook www.nelsonfunerals.com