North Shore Death Notice: April 15 To April 21

The following death notices were added to funeral homes serving the North Shore area in the past week. Those homes have provided obituaries for some of those that have passed away recently. Patch offers condolences to their loved ones, links to their obituaries and notices of upcoming services below.

Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home, 1787 Deerfield Road in Highland Park

Marianne H. Engelking, 86, Burlington, Wisconsin
Service May 5

Mary Sue Thompson Mathis, 96, Deerfield

June A. Schmidt, 95, Wilmette

Fred Soderberg, 94, Highland Park

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Barbara J. Tray, 87, Lake Forest

Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Home, 1407 N. Western Ave. in Lake Forest

Suzanne “Sue” Karen Filek Henderson, 88, Lake Bluff

Thomas M. Burda, 81, Lake Forest

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie and 195 N. Buffalo Grove Road in Buffalo Grove

Lawrence B. Metrick, 94, Lake Bluff

Beverly Binstein née Shapiro, 91, Skokie

Bobbe Wolf, 89, Chicago

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Patrick Joseph McTigue, 86, Winnetka
Visitation April 25, service April 26

Kathleen Anne Waple née Reichert, 77, Glenview

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Marion Nazar née Esmail, 93, Wilmette

Thompson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Mary T. Wooden, 88, Evanston
Visitation April 24, service April 25

Carolyn A. Wharton, 74, North Chicago
Service April 27

Doreen Elvira Gill, 77, Des Plaines
Visitation May 9, service May 10

Andy Clarence North, 43, Chicago

Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Blvd. in Wilmette

Priscilla Wish née Newman, 102, Lincolnwood

Warner Alan Rosenthal, 93, Highland Park

Garrett "Gary" Unger Cohn, 86, Northbrook

Laurina Thulke, 76, North Riverside

N. H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home, 1240 Waukegan Road in Glenview

Esther Grace Winn, 97, Northbrook
Service April 26

Sheila Jane Gerity, 77, Des Plaines
Service April 27

Leonard F. Waldman, 95, Glenview
Visitation April 29, service April 30

Patricia Jean Bougan, 69, Des Plaines

Featured Obituary:

Suzanne “Sue” Karen Filek Henderson, age 88, of Lake Bluff / Lake Forest, IL passed away peacefully on April 13, 2024 surrounded by family and friends.

Sue was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, the oldest child of Dr. Allan and Meta (Johnson) Filek. Suzanne and her late husband Philip of 55 years, took tremendous joy in raising their children, participating in the grandchildren’s events and overly committing to community involvement. She enjoyed traveling the world, exploring museums and taking her children on long road trips to countless National Parks.

After graduating from West High School in Madison, Wisconsin she started her freshman year at the University of Arkansas and subsequently completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of Wisconsin. She pledged to Kappa Kappa Gamma and participated in all the activities that Madison had to offer. She loved waterskiing and skating on the lake in the winter. Upon graduating, she moved to Chicago to work at Time, Inc. and lived at the Eleanor Club, which was a dormitory for women in the 1960’s where she developed lifelong friendships. Eventually marrying Philip, whom she’d known since grade school, she started her family and they danced through life together. Phil’s career led them to Park Forest, Geneva, Illinois, Richardson, Texas and her last move to Lake Bluff, Illinois where she and Phil lived for 45 years. In retirement, they spent the Chicago winters in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii watching the sunsets, exploring the Big Island and enjoying the lack of snow shoveling.

Sue was an avid tennis player and enjoyed playing against her sons until they could outrun her. It was at this point she took up golf, which she enjoyed through retirement at Knollwood Country Club having been a member for forty-five years. Prior to Knollwood, Phil and Sue were members of Geneva Country Club, Bent Tree and Canyon Creek clubs. She was a dedicated volunteer who served as a Republican Committee Poling Coordinator for numerous elections. She tirelessly supported Lake Forest High School, having sat on several committees as a liaison between parents and teachers and eventually completed two terms as a school board member. Sue described her years on the board as her “dream job” and distinguished herself as an effective advocate for the teachers and students. She served as a docent for countless fund-raisers, belonged to Questors (antique group), LIFE (Women’s financial group) and a PEO member. Sue and Phil were long time members of Connoisseurs International, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Throughout her life Sue was a collector of friendships. She invested in relationships and along each stop of her wonderful journey, added a variety of people to her never-ending Christmas card recipient list. Sue was a force in life with boundless energy that she directed towards helping others. In short, Sue was a thoughtful and selfless giver.

Obituaries and images may be submitted to your Patch for publication: Deerfield, Evanston, Glenview, Highland Park, Lake Bluff-Lake Forest, Niles-Morton Grove, Northbrook, Skokie, Winnetka-Glencoe-Northfield, Wilmette-Kenilworth

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