ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Mourners plan to gather in suburban Chicago for the memorial service for an Illinois man who was killed with his son in Afghanistan last month.
A service for 56-year-old Gary Gabel of Palatine is planned Friday at the Orchard Evangelical Free Church in Arlington Heights. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports (https://bit.ly/1j7wdLy ) a funeral for Gabel’s 31-year-old son will be scheduled later.
Gary and John Gabel were killed April 24 when an Afghan police security guard opened fire as they entered the grounds of a hospital in Kabul. Dr. Jerry Umanos, a pediatrician from Chicago, also was killed.
John Gabel’s wife, Theresa, was wounded.
A memorial fund has been set up at American Chartered Bank in Palatine for the benefit of Theresa Gabel and the couple’s 1-year-old daughter, Laila.
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Information from: Daily Herald, https://www.dailyherald.com
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