North Shore Death Notices: Feb. 5 To Feb. 11

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

Lois M. Steans née Morrison, 90, Lake Forest

Maria Concetta DeRose, 88, Highland Park

Maurice "Maury" Moriarty, 74, Deerfield

Laura Diamond, 65, Northbrook

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

Jerry L. Zino, 91, Romeoville

Maria Leon Garcia, 73, Romeoville

Shelia Marilyn Ballog, 64, Morton Grove

Spencer Parry, 57, Northbrook

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Alain Wood Prince, 89, Lake Forest
Service Feb. 23

Jeannine St. Bernard Giesen, 94, Lake Forest
Service June 7

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

Donna G. Moore, 76, Lake Forest
Service April 26

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

Stanley Talesnick, 96, Indianapolis

Marilyn G. Birz née Grossman, 87, Skokie

Yuri Ravkin, 85, Skokie

Roger Louis Berman, 82, Evanston

Sheila Novak Anderson, 81, Lincolnshire

Gerald Howard Harris, 78, Chicago, Illinois

Susan J. Katz née Levin, 77, Chicago

Julianne Feldmar, 76, Chicago

Martin Yale Joseph, 76, Niles

Barrie Mark Yacher, 76, Chicago

Andrea F. Upin Deutch, 73, Skokie

Robert S. Engel, 73, Chandler, Arizona

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Thomas Henry Payne, 78, Evanston
Visitation Feb. 18, service Feb. 19

Claire Sagurton McGuire, 70, Northfield
Service Feb. 23

Emil “Coach” Capitani, 82, Wilmette
Service Feb. 24

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Ingrid M. Redford née Stollmayer, 67, Skokie
Visitation Feb. 14, service Feb. 15

Patricia J. Mitchell née Behles, 87, Chicago

Marjorie Koeper Pearl, 85, Barrington

Alejandro Aya Gonzalez, 81, Des Plaines

Teresita V. Lozada née Villacastin, 70, Northbrook

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Randall Scott Laue, 69, Evanston

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

Harvey Sherwin Tenenblatt, 87, Zephyrhills, Florida
Service Feb. 13

Eleanor Shaevsky Parker, 86, Lincolnwood
Service Feb. 13

Judith Cowen Stern, 100, Chicago

Theodore Balsam, 92, Evanston

David Fretzin, 89, Northbrook

Pelageya Yankelevna Blindes, 84, Wauconda

Barbara N. Passman née Nussbaum, 78,

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

Helen W. Minichelli née Hutula, 85, Glenview
Service Feb. 24

Jack Thomas Savanna, 2, Glencoe

Featured Obituary:

Emil “Coach” Capitani, age 82, passed away peacefully on February 1, 2024, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Beloved husband of Diane nee Novak; loving father of Jennifer Capitani and Julie (Jason) Eisenhut; dearest Grampy of Kelsey and Matt Eisenhut; brother of the late Donna Smith and Joseph Capitani; uncle to many special nieces and nephews.

Emil grew up on a farm in a small town southwest of Chicago called Hennepin. His father wanted him to be the first one in the family to go to college and not be a farmer, so he used to give him all the messy farming tasks. He hated those tasks and spent every free minute playing basketball. He became so good that he jumped straight to the varsity team upon entering high school and helped his hometown win many championships.

After high school, Emil went to Western Illinois University where he graduated with a degree in mathematics education. He and Diane began dating at this time and were together ever since. They even just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in August. After graduating college, Emil secured his first teaching job as junior high math teacher at the former Locust Junior High School. It was during this time that Emil earned his Master's Degree in Mathematics Education. After a few years, he moved on to teach math and coach basketball at Niles East High School. After it closed, he was transferred to Niles West High school for many years. Some of his greatest memories were coaching his wonderful basketball players and keeping in touch with them over the years. It truly meant the world to him.

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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