North Shore Death Notices: March 11 To March 18

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

Michael A. Reese, 81, Gilberts

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Kathleen "Kathy" Barnett, 76, Lake Forest

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

Marilyn Elizabeth Enz née Kuhlman, 87, Lake Forest
Service March 23

John David Sternberg, 75, Lake Forest

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

Arleen J. Krisberg, 88, Evanston
Service March 19

Dolores R. Jacobs née Vishny, 95, Northbrook

Marvin M. Gerstein, 94, Lincolnwood

Beverly Ruth Fleishman née Shapiro, 91, Kildeer

Sandra Ann Klibanow née Silver, 85, Evanston

Mikhail Veytsel, 82, Wilmette

Janet Kaufman Cordovi, 83, Northbrook

Shlomo D. Levine, 86, Evanston

Naum Denenberg, 77, Niles

Michael Lee Witzel, 77, Lincolnshire

Henry S. Bangser, 74, North Potomac, Maryland

Baruch Carroll, 74, Chicago

Jill A. Weil, 70, Chicago

Steve "Doc" Mendelson, 64, Northbrook

Alla Spivak née Ostromogilskaya, 62, Northbrook

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Richard Joseph “Dick” Kuklinski, 90, Lincolnwood
Service March 22

Donald Crane Trieschmann, 88, Winnetka
Service March 23

Donald Patrick Clay, 73, Deerfield
Service March 23

Basilio “Bill” R. Mañago, 96, Evanston
Service April 27

Eileen Fox née McCaffrey, 100, Wilmette

Ann Dorothy Thornton née Law, 91, Chicago

Jerome F. “Jerry” McDermott, 84, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Janet P. Fredericks née Gallagher, 80, Skokie

Thompson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Venita Warburton, 86, Gurnee
Visitation March 21, service March 22

Wilton Crosby Bennette, 74, Evanston
Visitation March 22, service March 23

Deric Michael Anthony Oliver, 41, Evanston
Service March 23

Suzanne Bernice Waddy, 72,
Service April 12

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

William Benjamin Woolf, 96, Evanston

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

Charlotte Gould, 97, Skokie

Marissa Manos née Liss, 81, Evanston

Gennady “Gene” Chizhevsky, 65, Northbrook

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

Floyd William “Bill” Butzloff, 95, Northbrook

Featured Obituary:

Rabbi Shlomo Levine passed away on Shabbat, March 16, 2024 at the age of 86 after a long illness. His parents were Benjamin and Lena Levine. Shlomo was born on March 1, 1938 in Brooklyn, NY where he spent his formative years and where he was actively involved with a committed group of Jewish teens in early 1950s New York. This teen group evolved over time, and eventually morphed into the United Synagogue Youth (USY). At age 15, he was the first representative of USY to attend the Youth Leaders Training Institute from Abroad (Machon LeMadrichei Chutz La-Aretz), spending a year living and studying in Israel. This experience shaped his commitment to the Jewish people and played a significant role in his subsequent decision to become a Rabbi. Prior to Shlomo's Rabbinic career and before he attended the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), Shlomo was a youth director at large congregations in Chicago and White Plains, NY. He spent his junior year, 1966-67, in Israel and was in Jerusalem with his first wife Ellen and two-year old daughter Devorah when the '67 war began. After sending his family home on the first flight out, Shlomo remained in Israel as a volunteer until the end of the war. He had the privilege of walking in rubble to the Kotel the day after it was liberated. After returning from Israel for his senior year at JTS, Shlomo, not yet ordained, was permitted to become the Assistant Rabbi to Dr. Joachim Prinz at Congregation B'nai Abraham in Newark, NJ. Dr. Prinz, the former Chief Liberal Rabbi of Berlin and a President of the World Jewish Congress, had a profound influence on Shlomo's professional life. After ordination, Rabbi Levine served four congregations during his career: in Hampton, VA; Chicago, IL; West Palm Beach, FL; and Knoxville, TN. During his seven-year tenure as Rabbi at Rodef Shalom in Hampton, Shlomo earned a doctorate in Educational Psychology at the College of William and Mary, and he then taught part time at Hampton University. During this period, Shlomo was also President of the Tidewater Board of Rabbis. Most of his career was spent in Chicago at Congregation Ezra-Habonim, and during the course of his tenure, he served briefly on the National Executive Council of the Rabbinical Assembly. Shlomo also rose to become the President of the Chicago Board of Rabbis. While in Chicago, he wrote two monographs, one about single parenting and the other about blended families; both of which were published by United Synagogue. Following retirement, Shlomo continued to lead a monthly service at the Lieberman Geriatric Center in Skokie, IL until 2018, and he studied Talmud weekly. You could often find Shlomo surrounded by stacks of periodicals, magazines, and newspapers that delved into a vast array of subjects, including Religion, Education, Psychology, Philosophy, and Politics. Shlomo and his wife Annabel, the love of his life, enjoyed 45 years of marriage and traveled the world together. Above all, nothing brought more joy to Shlomo than spending time with his family. He was a devoted husband, father, and Zeyde, and he cherished any opportunity to visit with his children and grandchildren. He had a generous heart and a warm smile.

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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