North Shore Death Notice: April 3 To April 8

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

Patrick Harvey Canary, 89, Deerfield
Service April 10

Joseph Joseph Batchelor, 97, Chicago
Service April 13

Nicolo L. Belmonti, 25, New Jersey

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood and 11 West Belvidere Road in Grayslake

Kaitlyn Marie Pellettiere Krastev, 26, Libertyville
Service April 13

Ramon L. Ruona, 88, Northbrook

Larry Barton, 75, Beach Park

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Basil Borders, 87, Lake Forest
Service May 21

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

Charles S. Waggoner, 93, Lake Forest
Service April 13

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

Florence V. Burgher née Vihon, 97, Buffalo Grove
Service April 10

Bernard Allen Weisberger, 101, Lincolnwood
Service April 11

Daniel Benatar, 55, Chicago
Service April 11

Selma Biller née Lazerson, 96, Palm Harbor, Florida
Service April 12

Olga Levitin, 58, Chicago
Service April 14

Gertrude Kaufman née Roffe, 98, Genoa City

Arthur Ira Brown, 90, Chicago

Martin M. Buck, 85, Chicago

Janis K. Joel, 80, Lincolnwood

Sofiya Elterman, 77, Glenview

Miriam W. Romirowsky, 77, Chicago

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

John Morton Hammond, 82, Morton Grove
Service April 10

John Robert “Bob” Stoll, 73, Kenilworth
Service April 27

Thomas Alexander Hopp, 90, Lincolnwood

Dorothy Ruth Alexander, 89, Wilmette

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Julia E. Kobylski née Pasowicz, 104, Skokie
Service April 10

Gregory M. “ Greg” Kwiecinski, 69, Niles
Service April 15

Virginia R. Stafford, 90, Chicago

Gary H. Mueller, 75, Minooka

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

Martha Ann Johnson, 92, Evanston
Visitation April 11, service April 12

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Thomas Milton Cullen, 59, Morton Grove

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

Jerold Norton Graff, 93, Evanston
Service April 11

Deborah L. Faiman-Meyerson, 71, Henderson, Nevada
Service April 12

Madelon Fross, 78, Chicago

Geoffrey Wayne Grosz, 71, Aurora

Julie Joy Riedl, 52, Grayslake

Eileen Rose Ehrlich, 33, Skokie

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

Margaret Rella Dwyer, 87, Northbrook
Service April 18

George L. Messenger, 91, Northbrook

Featured Obituary:

Charles S. Waggoner II, who went by his preferred name “Chuck”, passed away peacefully on March 27, 2024, in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Chuck, born on September 24,1930, grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, the oldest of 5 siblings and was born to Dr. C. Stanley and Iliah (McQuade) Waggoner. Chuck, an eternal optimist, enjoyed life’s simple pleasures and lived a full life as a self-starter, friend, brother, father and grandfather.

A proud alumnus of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity, Chuck earned his Bachelor in Business Administration (1954), a Master in International Business Administration (1954) and a Juris Doctorate (1957). He is an emeritus member of the Michigan, New York and U.S. Virgin Island Bar Associations. While he started his law career in New York City, Chuck moved to St. Thomas USVI in 1962 with his wife Hilda. He started a saloon named Trader Dan’s near the US Navy base and opened his law practice in the office above the bar. An avid boater, he was a charter member of the St. Thomas Yacht Club which has continued to grow and thrive. Seizing on the growing tourism opportunity in the islands, he partnered in the development, management and ownership of the Bolongo Bay Beach Resort and after the birth of his daughter Lisa, was a Board Chair for the USVI Montessori School.

Chuck lived in St. Thomas for over 55 years. After surviving two catastrophic category 5 hurricanes (Irma and Maria) that hit two weeks apart in 2017, at the age of 87, Chuck remained on the island for another 6 months, before finally deciding to move off island and be closer to family.

Chuck was a passionate story teller, mentor and counselor. He loved life. Indeed, his motto was “life is short, eat dessert first”. He loved spending a day on his boat with friends at Leinster Bay, St. John. He loved a good chocolate, cigar and glass of bourbon. He was a voracious reader and a tireless fan of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and toe-tapping big band swing. He will be remembered as adventurous, can-do, fun-loving, and principled.erished road trips with his family, creating lasting memories and exploring the world with the ones he loved most.

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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