North Shore Death Notices: July 18 To July 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

Ramona J. "Mo" Cimbalo, 94, Highland Park

Jeffrey Scott Seaberg, 65, Gurnee

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Jennifer Hefele Wald, 62, Lake Forest
Service July 26

Ruth A. Edelman née Robertson, 89, Lake Forest
Visitation July 27, service July 28

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

Joseph W. Milite, 93, Lake Forest

Hugh Conrad “Babe” Triplett, 91, Lake Bluff

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

Jonathan Vernon Higgins, 64, Evanston
Service July 31

Louis Atlas, 78, Skokie

Aaron Lewit, 69, Highland Park

Mark Edward Mann, 66, Chicago

Chaim Gershon Freid, 7, Chicago

Murray Schultz, 64, Saint Charles

Sarah Schwartz, 91, Highland Park

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Edwin Hamilton Callison, 67, Chicago
Service July 28

Barbara "Bobbie" Orrick Merritt, 97, Lincolnshire
Service July 28

Richard “Dick” Rinella, 83, Kenilworth
Service Aug. 24

Lise Farokhyans, 98, Skokie

Colleen Campbell née Rettig, 96, Glenview

Stephen J. Testa, 95, Wilmette

Pauline M. Horner, 92, Evanston

Mary Lou Sheehan née Bush, 92, Wilmette

Patricia Yates Sullivan Nugent, 90, Northfield

Edward August Quattrocki, 90, Evanston

Reynaldo J. Martinez, 74, Niles

Julie H. Goslin, 66

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Steven Thompson, 45, Skokie
Service July 27

Dennis William Christopher, 81, Rolling Meadows

George William Streske, 77, Chicago

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Betty Jean "BJ" Jones Blake, 83, Evanston

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Augustine N. Alonzo, 80, Skokie

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

Diane Mulderink née Podraza, 87, Glenview
Service July 30

Edwin N. Edwards, 90, Glenview

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Margaret M. Thuerk née McElrone, 103, Morton Grove

Edilberto C. "Ed" Ramos, 80, Morton Grove

Virginia "Ginny" Fontana née Betz, 79, Morton Grove

Linda DeSent née Gill, 72, Glenview

Sean Timothy Carberry, 31, Chicago

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

Norman Radloff, 100, Lincoln, Nebraska

Service July 26

Marvin J. Katz, 90, Glencoe
Service July 26

Morton Coburn, 100, Chicago

Aleksandr Polskiy, 95, Wheeling

Harriet J. Sagalow, 75, Palm Springs, California

Beth Ann Hirschfield, 66, Chicago

Featured Obituary:

Barbara was a devoted mother, loving grandmother and great-grandmother, and faithful sister and friend. She died at the age of 97 on July 20th at Sedgebrook's Radford Green in Lincolnshire, IL. Funeral Mass will be at Sacred Heart Church in Winnetka, IL on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation is prior to Mass beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Barbara was born on March 10, 1925, to John and Elizabeth (Stubbs) Orrick in Kansas City, Missouri. The oldest of 11 children, Barbara is preceded in death by her parents John (1968) and Elizabeth (2002), her sisters Betty Benigno (2016), Mary Clemmer (2010), Janet Covan (2018), and her brothers John (2009), James (2016), and Paul (2016).

Bobbie is survived by the most precious people in her life ... her only child and daughter Sandra Lyons and son-in-law John Lyons, her grandsons Jason Lyons (Melissa), Jeremy Lyons, and Justin Lyons,, her great-grandchildren Madeleine, Annabelle, Lilianne, Miles, Marley, Micky, and McKinley, her brothers Michael Orrick of Overland Park, KS. and Patrick Orrick (Jan Marie) of Bella Vista, AR., and sisters Katherine Purinton and Nancy Hall of Kansas City, KS; as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Bobbie was a proud resident of the Kansas City, MO area most of her life. She graduated from Southeast High School, Kansas City, MO in 1942 and was proud to serve in the U.S. Navy WAVES during WWII from November 1943 to July, 1946 where she obtained the rank of Chief Yeoman. She was proud of her service, and always wore her Naval uniform to Veteran Day ceremonies. She was employed as a real estate professional and oversaw commercial property management and mortgage originations during her long career, until her retirement in 1997 from Fishman & Company, Olathe, KS. She was a member of local, state, and national real estate boards, Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Olathe, and Friends of Art at Nelson Gallery. She accomplished a major goal, when she received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Avila College. Kansas City, MO in 1984.

Bobbie moved to Lincolnshire, IL in 2008 to be close to her daughter and family. She became active in the Sedge brook Community and was a member of the Line Dancing ensemble and the Old Vets Club. She enjoyed her nightly dinners with friends, walks, and exercise classes each morning. In 2014, Bobbie participated in an "Honor Flight" trip with her daughter. She was quoted as saying, "We're a rare breed these days. All WWII vets are, especially women."

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