North Shore Death Notices: July 11 To July 23

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

Sally Kay DeMaria née Osborn, 90, Drummond Island, Michigan

Charles "Chuck" Schramm, 89, Highland Park

Viola Vivian Whitney née Grubb, 87, Highland Park

Jean R. Schwarz, 86, Deerfield

Jeffrey P. McNair, 45, Deerfield

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

Frank L. Pasquesi, 91, Highwood

Beatrice Lenzini, 90, Highwood

Katherine "Kathy" Coleman née Carlson, 81, Grayslake

Susan Sellheim Beanblossom, 80, Lake Forest

James Michael Andress, 79, Lake Forest

Diane Louise Ringmeier, 63, Glen Ellyn

Judith "Judy" Marie Jones née Baum, 62, Round Lake Beach

David Brian Irving, 61, Maywood

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

Elizabeth “Betsy” Winslow Wagner, 80, Glen Arbor, Michigan
Service Sept. 15

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

Cecile Doris Kraus, 93, Glenview
Service Aug. 2

Cecelia Coleman, 98, Northbrook

Regina Meerbaum née Pacht, 96, Morton Grove

Judith A. Stein née Zuckerman, 96, Northbrook

Martin Lubowich, 95, Skokie

Benjamin Rogow, 94, Chicago

Renee C. Lepp, 91, Chicago

Geraldine "Geri" Stillerman née Spevock, 91, Lincolnwood

Jack L. Levin, 90, Niles

Fern E. Grauer née Telechansky, 88, Deerfield

Richard Louis Nachman, 87, Evanston

Jerold A. Hecktman, 86, Skokie

Avram R. Kraft, 85, Boca Raton, Florida

Harriet Schoenwald née Green, 85, Northbrook

Fern Lu Migdal née Bender, 84, Highland Park

Raisa Rudina, 83, Mount Prospect

Larry Joel Powitz, 82, Arlington Heights

James Block Zagel, 82, Chicago

Harriet R. Choice, 81, Chicago

Steven J. Turner, 76, Chicago

Jan S. Rothschild, 75, Vernon Hills

Iosif Rybin, 74, Wheeling

Emily Kathryn Vogel, 70, Chicago

Edward Shamsi, 67, Huntsville, Alabama

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Janice Shugg Bruce, 102, Glenview

Caryl Foley Fitzgerald, 101, Glenview

Bonnie I. Young, 95, Glenview

Lois Ghiselli née Lindeman, 94, Evanston

Berg Sakalian, 91, Morton Grove

Jacqueline O. Moeykens, 88, Fox Lake

Graciano Fontillas, 86, Hoffman Estates

Richard T. Leung, 84, Skokie

Tatiana Savelieva, 81, Skokie

Jacqueline June Axe née Beisler, 80, Evanston

Richard R. Smigiel, 76, Chicago

Jean Antoine, 73, Skokie

Jeffrey Michael Teske, 67, Wilmette

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Alcira M. Smith née Vargas, 91, Skokie
Service July 27

Peter Athol Jenson, 57, Winnetka
Service July 29

Hilario T. Gegantenio, 92, Skokie

Victoria Ramon née Plaza, 92, Skokie

Richard J. Figurelli, 85, Skokie

George R. Pfaff, 84, Glenview

Susan M. Gassen née Holmes, 74, Mt. Prospect

Maryann Yukawa, 66, Niles

Saul A. Perez, 36, Chicago

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Toshiko Mitsui, 98, Morton Grove
Service July 30

Connie Marie Doll née Hoffman, 67, Morton Grove

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

Joseph V. DiCarlo, 69, Chicago
Visitation July 25, service July 26

Teresa McNamara, 92, Northfield
Service July 26

Robert A. Thake, 55, Glenview
Service July 29

Robert Stanley Johnson, 97, Glenview

Janice Hopkins Wangman, 92, Northbrook

Deloris Ann Volkman née Bray, 90, Prospect Heights

Patricia F. Condon née Sprafka, 89, Glenview

Richard Lee Manning, 80, Glenview

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

Arnold Rozenfeld, 99, Skokie

Richard M. Barancik, 98, Chicago

Nina Kuznetsova, 97, Buffalo Grove

Mikhail Yelin, 97, Chicago

Herbert "Herb" A. Heller, 92, Chicago

Frieda Briskin Kohn, 92, Buffalo Grove

Marilyn Palay née Netzky, 92, Northbrook

Raisa Volchek, 86, Niles

Felix Mikhailov, 66, Mundelein

Featured Obituary:

We regret to announce the passing of Charles (Chuck) Schramm, 89, of Highland Park. Chuck passed away early Wednesday morning, surrounded by family, following a long and valiant battle with cancer.

Chuck was born and raised in Highland Park, Illinois and spent his life in service to the community as teacher, coach and leader of countless camps and park district programs. A life-long journey producing an amazing anthology of stories and personal relationships which we continue to laugh and marvel over.

While Chuck perfected many moves on the basketball court on his way to becoming a collegiate All-American at Western Illinois University, he would be the first to confirm that his best move occurred in English class when he asked to borrow a pencil from the pretty girl who sat at the adjacent desk. The girl was Marcia Lynn Orr from Springfield, IL. Ultimately the shy boy from Highland Park managed the courage to ask Marcia on a date. After two weeks they were engaged, and married in just two months. The beginning of a love story that has no end. Chuck and Marcia criss-crossed the country in a string of basketball-related adventures, among them being drafted by the Boston Celtics and a National Industrial Basketball League Championship with the Wichita Vickers in 1958, after which they returned to Highland Park to raise their family.

Chuck believed in the virtues of sport and what could be gained through teamwork, self confidence, positivity and, of course, fun. His life and career spanned a multitude of organizations and generations across the community. He started his teaching career at Edgewood Junior High before transferring to Highland Park High School (HPHS) where he later became the head basketball coach - a position he held for 11 years. During summers, Chuck would start Sunshine Valley Day Camp and Highland Park Sports Camp. He was also a fixture on the local baseball diamond working for the Park District of Highland Park (PDHP) coaching kids and dragging the many infields in use around town. Later he would also coach at College of Lake County. Chuck concluded his coaching career surrounded by many of the children of his high school students in the ‘Little Dribblers‘ and ‘Jammers’ programs he championed at the PDHP, and at Schramm's Gym, a creation of his own where he endeavored to share the game he loved with his young grandchildren and their friends for whom he cheered through their final high school days.

Capping off 52 years of coaching basketball, baseball, softball and golf at HPHS, in recent years Chuck could be found on the golf course. He shared his wisdom of the game coaching the Boys JV team until 2018, and served as the starter at the Deerpath Golf Course into 2023. Despite his personal health challenges, he was always ready with a smile, a joke, a tip and words of encouragement.

Send obituaries and images to your Patch to be included in future editions: Deerfield, Evanston, Glenview, Highland Park, Lake Bluff-Lake Forest, Niles-Morton Grove, Northbrook, Skokie, Winnetka-Glencoe-Northbrook, Wilmette-Kenilworth

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