Obituaries

North Shore Death Notices: Jan. 5 To Jan. 12

Recent obituaries and upcoming services on Chicago's North Shore.

North Shore funeral homes published the death notices below between Jan. 6 and Jan. 12, 2024.
North Shore funeral homes published the death notices below between Jan. 6 and Jan. 12, 2024. (Patch)

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 and notices of upcoming services below.


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

Joan I. Wittenberg, 96, Northbrook
Service Jan. 25

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Maureen Alice Powell née McGraw, 88, Highland Park

Louis James Babbini, 86, Highland Park
Auto Body North Shore operator

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Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Paulette Mildred Talbot, 80, Lake Forest
Service Jan. 25


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

Adele Goldstein née Ebner, 101, Evanston
Service Jan. 14

Maya Raginskaya, 81, Skokie
Service Jan. 14

Joann Rae Dardick, 72, Evanston
Special education teacher
Service Jan. 14

Melissa Saris, 45, Evanston
Service Jan. 14

Thomas Franklin McCracken, 87, Chicago
Service Jan. 15

Steven Steinfeld, 79, Chicago
Service Jan. 19

Hans Isaac Bensinger, 96, Louisville, Kentucky
Holocaust survivor

Frieda Markoff née Horvitz, 96, Morton Grove

Kenneth H. Kaiz, 85, Morton Grove

Richard Levinson, 85, Buffalo Grove

Michele Glass, 78, Highland Park
Longtime nurse


Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Walter E. Chorlé, 98, Chicago
Service Jan. 15

Guy H. Downer, 100, Wilmette
WWII U.S. Navy veteran, Bennison's Bakery owner
Service Jan. 16

Sheila Ward, 88, Northbrook
Service Jan. 16

Carolyn Louise Keefe, 84, Northbrook
Service Jan. 16

Mary C. Theisen née Crowley, 78, Glenview
Service Jan. 16

Joseph Douglas Wheeler, 35, Chicago
Service Jan. 18

Michael A. "Mike" Hanlon, 85, Glenview
Service Feb. 1

Carl "Ric" Peterson, 92, Wilmette

Patricia M. Wyse, 92, Wilmette

Fawzia Hanna Batti, 83, Glenview
First woman president of Condell medical staff


Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Jacqueline R. “Jackie” Miller née Haase, 101, Chicago

Joann Nordhaus née Fischer, 95, Skokie

Diane J. Viglione née Wirth, 81, Elgin


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

Marcia Frank, 95, Chicago
Uniforms To You founder
Service Jan. 14

Barbara Gwendolyn Brown, 93, Houston
Service Jan. 14

Barbara E. Schwimmer née Grund, 100, Chicago

Esta Greenberg Star, 95, Evanston

Daniel Levin, 94, Winnetka
The Habitat Company founder

Edward Goldberg, 85, Glencoe
Holocaust survivor, The Needle's Excellency founder


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

David W. Grainger, 97, Lake Forest
W.W. Grainger senior chairman

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