Elizabeth BakazanMrs. Elizabeth R. (Oma) Bakazan, 78, nee Knopff, of 717 N. Patton Ave., Arlington Heights, died yesterday morning in Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, after a lingering illness. She was born Oct. 5, 1894, in Germany.Visitation is today in Lauterburg and Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Hwy., Arlington Heights, from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 10 p.m.Funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow in St. James Catholic Church, 841 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights. Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines.Preceded in death by her husband, Frank, survivors include a son, Wilhelm Herold of Germany; a daughter, Mrs. Rosel Schamne of Arlington Heights; three step-sons. Anthony Bakazan of California, Nickoles Bakazan of Milwaukee and John Bakazan of Des Plaines; two step-daughters, Theresa Bakazan of Chicago and Mrs. Pauline Devers of Des Plaines; five grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Noth of Chicago.