North Shore Death Notices: Dec. 4 To Dec. 10

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

Gloriajean Johnson, 90, Northbrook
Service Dec. 16

Michael Edward Burns, 73, Highland Park
Service Dec. 16

Joe O’Donnell, 54, Deerfield

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

James A. Buzard, 96, Lake Forest
Service Dec. 12

Wanda Palandech née Zabierek, 95, Lake Bluff

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

Edwin William John Keil, 97, Lake Forest

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

Phillip “Phil” C. Zagon, 89, Deerfield
Service Dec. 12

Eve Geller, 86, Niles
Service Dec. 12

Boris M. Rubinstein, 85, Mundelein
Service Dec. 12

Marion Ruth Siegel, 94, Wilmette
Service Dec. 13

Charlotte Resis, 98, Skokie

Lois Friedberg-Dobry, 98, Chicago

Daisy Zivin née Berliant, 98, Northbrook

Helen Applebaum née Zliser, 97, Mount Prospect

Arkadiy Oksengendler, 96, Chicago

Leonard A. Worsek, 93, Deerfield

Barbara S. Shapiro née Senn, 92, Skokie

Gerald Martin Rogers, 91, Northbrook

Stuart Levin, 88, Chicago

Susanne Rae Kraus Glink, 86, Chicago

Beryl "Gaggi" Ruth Balbirer, 84, Chicago

Shirley Alter Malka Franks, 82, Morton Grove

Sue Pinsky-Gardner née Rosenzweig, 81, Highland Park

Masudha Nazir Syed, 81, Chicago

Victor Wiesel, 75, Chicago

Mitchell David Willens, 65, Riverwoods

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Nancy J. Van Treeck, 89, Northbrook
Service Dec. 22

Helen Margaret Jascoviak, 103, Evanston

Liliana Ferretti née Pagano, 87, Northbrook

Ann M. Middleton née Monckton, 64, Glenview

Robert W. Sievers, 60, Alton

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Innoncia Metellus, 100, Skokie

Mary P. Russ née Gavin, 97, Skokie

Fredrick Keith Lefever, 86, Chicago

Jerome R. Oakes, 80, Lisle

Joseph S. "Joe" Moag, 59, Chicago

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

Fred Rothschild, 91, of Lincolnwood
Service Dec. 12

Robert G. Epsteen, 82, Chicago
Service Dec. 12

Phyllis Miriam Reifman née Katz, 101, Highland Park

Roslyn Seidenberg née Janis, 92, Northbrook

Ravil Safarbakov, 90, Buffalo Grove

Ben Bernat Stein, 84, Grayslake

James J. Chlipala, 67, Chicago

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

Louis J. Sassali, 76, Rockford

Senen Jaime V. Asuan, 66, Glenview

Featured Obituary:

Michael Edward Burns, 73 of Highland Park, IL passed away on December 5th, 2023. Michael was born on September 26,1950 in Hoosick Falls, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Burns.

Michael served with the United States Army from August 1970 to September 1992. He attended US Military Police school in Fort Gordon, Georgia, and Fort McClellan Alabama where he took criminal investigation courses and furthered his college education and graduated from Columbia College. Michael then furthered his career with the United States Army and was a Criminal Investigator, he started as Military Police and worked up to Asst. Special Agent and retired as Chief of Police for the remainder of his career.

Michael met his Wife Griselda while he was stationed in Panama and soon after were married. Michael and his family were stationed in West Germany where they enjoyed a lot of their time exploring the country. Michael then was stationed at Fort Sheridan Military Base where he retired. Michael loved the area and built their life in Highland Park. Michael enjoyed his career in the Army and loved to share his stories with his friends and family and even his granddaughter Olivia.

Michael was awarded the National Defense Service Medal (2nd award), Army Good Conduct Medal (3rd award) Army Commendation Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and Overseas Service Ribbon.

Michael is survived by his loving wife Griselda Burns and his daughter Jessica Smith, Timothy Smith (son-in-law), and granddaughter Olivia Smith.

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

Last week: North Shore Death Notices: Nov. 27 To Dec. 3