North Shore Death Notices: July 4 To July 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

Robert G. Fiocchi, 89, Lake Forest
Service July 15

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

Josephine Marian Galassini, 95, Highwood
July 16

Garry “Big Daddy” Galassini, 66, Zion
Service July 16

Mason Louis Two Crow, 38, Chicago
Service July 16

Gerardo Rascon, 78, Chicago

Scott R. Goldstein, 57, Antioch

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Barbara Keilwitz Sheppard, 74, Lake Forest
Service July 14

Katherine “Kathy” Fiechtl McCombs, 72, Lake Forest
Service July 23

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

Ronald Gold, 80, Glenview
Service July 13

Arline Edelstein, 87, West Palm Beach, Florida
Service July 14

Arlene Levin, 93, Northbrook

Shaney Lee Goldstein, 91, Chicago

Elaine Stolper, 87, Chicago

Leah Kranczer, 86, West Palm Beach, Florida

Donald Statland, 84, Glencoe

Boris Vildaver, 71, Long Grove

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

John W. O’Brien, 68, Winnetka
Visitation July 13, service July 14

George A. Dadian, 97, South Barrington
Visitation July 14, service July 15

Raymond Roland Pesavento, 73, Glencoe

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Josephine F. Pompilio, 100, Skokie
Service July 13

Brian J. Glynn, 76, Glenview
Service July 15

Ronald A. Ammon, 89, Skokie
Service July 16

Julian L. “Duke” Fritts, 75, Glenview

Mary Jane L. Blumenfeld née Butzen, 74, Glenview

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Carl Parker, 57, Skokie
Visitation July 14, service July 15

Vinettie Adkins, 101, Evanston

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Samuel "Sam" George Goss, 62, Evanston

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

Marianne O’Reilly Collins, 75, Lincolnshire
Service July 15

Alma Joel Labunski, 88, Morton Grove
Service July 23

Cheng-Jen Cho, 81, Vernon Hills
Service July 30

Julia Jewell, 103, Glenview

Dorothy J. Rodgers Bieniek, 98, Glenview

Thomas J. Przybylski, 80, Northbrook

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Bertha Shadeed, 92, Glenview

Robert Fredrick Nix, 81, Chicago

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

Irina McCarthy, 35, Highland Park
Service July 12

Sandra Hiermann, 83, Niles
Service July 14

Jay D. Chazen, 37, Evanston
Service July 14

Carol Xenia Melnick née Brenner, 91, Northbrook

Michael “Mike” Glass, 74, Chicago

Featured Obituary:

Josephine Marian Galassini, age 95 of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin formerly of Highwood, Illinois passed away on Friday, July 1, 2022 in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. She was born April 2, 1927 in Highwood, Illinois to the union of Guido and Marianina (Manfredo) Serafini.

Raised in Highwood she attended St. James School, graduated from Highland Park High School and received a bachelors degree from Webster University for Girls, Webster Grove, Missouri. Josephine had a long teaching career, teaching 5th and 6th grades at Neal Jr. High School, North Chicago, Illinois for over 20 years.

Upon her retirement she taught at the School of Language in Highland Park, Illinois to mostly Japanese business men wanting to perfect the English language. Josephine was a member of the Sacred Heart Guild of St. James Church, the former Italian Women's Prosperity Club, Highland Park Women's Club, Modenesa Society, VFW Post 1865 Ladies Auxillary, Kenosha, WI. the Greater Federation of Women's Clubs, the Illinois Italian/American Society of Illinois, Ravinia Festival Board and the Highwood Public Library Board. Josephine received the Highwood Humanitarian of the Year in 1993. Active in the Vicariat II in the greater Chicagoland area and taught CCD at St. James School, Highwood and St. Therese Church in Pleasant Prairie, WI.

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Last week: North Shore Death Notices: June 27 to July 3