Max C. Mielecki, 81 of Park Ridge, at rest Dec. 26, 2012. Executive Vice-president of Marketing Communications, W.W. Grainger, retiring in 1994. Beloved husband of the late Patricia; dear father of Jeanine, John (Trish), Vincent, Mary Joy (Jim) Allain, Judith (Philip) Jacques, and the late David; loving grandfather of Natalie and Max Mielecki, Kelly, Kristi, and Ryan Allain and Antoinette Jacques; brother of the late Olga Zake. Parishioner of Mary, Seat of Wisdom Church, member of Park Ridge Senior Center, Park Ridge Players, Park Ridge Garden Club.

Visitation Friday 3 to 9 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home, 820 Talcott Road, Park Ridge.

Funeral Saturday 9 a.m. from the funeral home to Mary, Seat of Wisdom Church. Mass 10 a.m. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

Memorials to American Heart Association preferred.