With deep sorrow our loving mother has joined her beloved husband in eternal life on February 28, 2022.

Mary Lou O'Connell (nee Kearns) age 93 of Des Plaines, Illinois passed away on February 28, 2022 in Barrington, Illinois. She was born on September 21, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois to her parents Harry and Mary (nee Mulcahy) Kearns. Beloved wife of the late William J. Loving mother of Kathleen (the late Joseph) Serritella, William M. (Carolyn) O'Connell, Patricia (Gregory) Alberts, Kim (David) Walkup, Thomas (Terri) O'Connell, and James O'Connell. Cherished grandmother of Angela, Kimberly, Rita, Elizabeth and Ryan. Proud great grandmother of Hailey, Chase, Kaden, Noah, Skye, Fable and the late Mason. Dear sister of Harry Kearns, Tom Kearns and Ann Schuh (the late Rudolph). Visitation for Mary Lou will be taking place on Friday, March 4, 2022 beginning at 9:00 a.m. until time of service at 11:00 a.m. at G.L. Hills Funeral Home, 745 Graceland Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60016. Interment will be in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois 60016. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to The Alzheimers Association https://act.alz.org or The American Heart Association http://www.heart.org/ For information please call the funeral home at (847) 699-9003 or glhillsfuneralhome.com