North Shore Death Notices: Dec. 18 To Dec. 24

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

John Delos McCraren, 88, Highland Park
Service Dec. 29

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

David Bruce Gayles, 66, Chicago
Service Dec. 29

Paul David Sherwood, 76, Des Plaines
Service Jan. 3

Alberto Santo Ugolini, 77, Highwood

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

Arkady Arensky, 89, Northbrook
Service Dec. 26

Rhoda Mae Glasser Zdeblick née Sandler, 90, Evanston
Service Dec. 27

Melinda Segal née Mellman, 44, Deerfield
Service Dec. 27

Judith Mildred Epstein, 92, Highland Park

Hyma Joy Horwitz, 91, Skokie

Gerry J. Rosenberg, 85, Lincolnwood

Danielle Elovzin née Star, 82, Arlington Heights

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Virginia Bailie née Ambuehl, 99, Orland Park
Service Dec. 27

Barbara A. Lund née Brennan, 91, Winnetka
Service Dec. 28

James Y. Chu, 96, Wilmette
Service Dec. 30

Anna Mae Regina Petrusky née Smith, 84, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Aurora Joanie Salwasser née Romero, 94, Chicago

Darthy Gallimore Duignan, 92, Niles

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

George Bernard Pullman, 84, Mundelein
Service Dec. 28

Mark Berman, 66, Skokie
Service Dec. 29

Carole F. Liebson, 86, Wilmette

Samuel Zakutinsky, 85, Deerfield

Deana C. Greenblatt, 75, Chicago

Marianne R. Hartzmark, 67, Chicago

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

Ellen R. Gomez, 105, Chicago
Visitation Dec. 26, service Dec. 27

Mattie B. Bass, 89, Evanston
Visitation Dec. 28, service Dec. 29

Janie M. Johnson, 84, Niles

Rashaun Anthony Perry, 31, Chicago

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

Casimir “Cas” C. Mroz, 91, Glenview
Service Dec. 27

Faiq Jaber Albazzaz, 84, Des Plaines

Wayne Crosby Close, 70, Northbrook

Featured Obituary:

Dr. Faiq Jaber Albazzaz passed away on December 17, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Faiq was the husband of Thuraia; devoted father of Alexandra, Michael, Brian, and Samara; grandfather to Christopher, Eva, and Bella; and a kind uncle to many.

Faiq was born in Baghdad, Iraq and attended the University of Baghdad College of Medicine. He immigrated to the United States in 1966 to pursue his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Mississippi. He completed his fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine at Harvard in 1971. Faiq spent the majority of his illustrious career as a Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and held the esteemed position of Chief of Pulmonary Medicine for over three decades at the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His true passion was research and discovery, as exemplified through his numerous scientific publications in the field of pulmonary physiology. Even after retiring as a Professor Emeritus in 2005, Faiq’s devotion to medicine persisted. He continued his work as a pulmonologist well after his retirement from academic medicine and spent one month providing medical care to tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda.

Though he came to the United States as a young adult, Faiq never lost his attachment to and love for Iraq. He was heavily involved in the Chicagoland Iraqi community, organizing an association to foster connections and continue cultural traditions among Iraqi-Americans. He aided countless new immigrants gain their footing when first arriving to the U.S. and was seen as a mentor in the community.

Faiq was an avid reader with a sharp, inquisitive mind and a deep understanding of history and politics. He was endlessly curious about the world and never lost his wonder at nature, physics, and science. Faiq loved exploration and travel, taking yearly trips to a multitude of countries across the globe.

Above all Faiq was gentle, humble, kind, funny, and strong. He made an impact on many through his compassion and wit. He will be dearly missed.

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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