Prior events:
Sept. 15, 2007 Prose In the Park, Taylorville, IL
Two workshops: New writers--a.m.,
Advanced writers--p.m.
More info: Prose In the Park

Oct. 6-7, 2007 Midwest Literary Festival, Aurora, IL
Workshop and book-signing
All are welcome: Midwest Literary Festival

June 13, 2007, 6-8 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Local Author Night
Schaumburg, IL


June 9-10, 2007, 10 a.m.
Printer's Row Book Fair
Chicago Writer's Association booth

Annual events: Dates & locations vary:

Holiday Help Program
Downers Grove Public Library Downers Grove, IL

Celebration of Lights Program
Oehler Funeral Home, Des Plaines, IL


For times or admission questions, or if you missed an event and wish to arrange a presentation in your home or organization, please
contact Marguerite O'Connor.


As a bereavement educator and author, I help people discover healthy ways to cope with grief.  I share what bereaved and dying people have taught me, in addition to what  I have learned personally and professionally. 

Marguerite O'Connor

How does a bereavement educator help?

Marguerite O'Connor is a bereavement educator. She has been a licensed funeral director since 1983, became certified as a death educator, and then earned a master's  degree in adult education from National Louis University.  Marguerite has taught at Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Sociology, Psychology and Communications.

Marguerite has a distributorship for educational materials written by Dr. Alan Wolfelt, Director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition in  Colorado.

Marguerite is a member of several professional associations including the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC),  American Association of University Women, National & Illinois Funeral Directors Association, Toastmasters, and the Glenview Chamber of Commerce.

She is past president of the Glenview Area Branch of AAUW, has served as a board member on the Funeral Directors Services Association from 1999-2001, and as President of Toastmasters in Mt. Prospect, Illinois from 1998-2000.

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