North Shore Death Notices: May 22 To May 28

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

Nancy M. Benedict, 76, Lincolnshire
Service June 3

Howard M. Lehman, 96, Deerfield

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

J. Melfort Campbell, 98, Lake Forest

Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Verkler, 68, Lake Forest

Kathleen McNamara-Skinner, 54, Lake Forest

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

Alan Edward Lerner, 86, Lake Forest
Service June 18

Zachary Thompson Porter, 20, Lake Bluff

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

Ida Bernardi, 90, Lake Forest
Service May 31

Gershon Alcantara, 48, Grayslake
Visitation June 1, service June 2

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

Frederick Michael Skeer, 94, Chicago
Service July 9

Yelizaveta Gershoyg, 98, Glenview

Revekka Sorokina, 98, Northbrook

Jules Kintz, 93, Boynton Beach

Mikhail Tsoglin, 88, Chicago

Marvin H. "Marv" Barkin, 85, Deerfield

Jordan Malvin Abowitz, 81, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

Arlene "Grami" Kabb née Pluda, 77, Buffalo Grove

Alexander Weiss, 72, Evanston

Janet Lee Arnopolin, 71, Phoenix

Andrew Ryan "Andy" Siegel, 48, Palatine

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Jennifer Burlini DeVine, 54, Glenview
Service June 2

Jorge Edgar Tamayo Cordero, 88, Skokie

Paul A. Lussier, 66, Chicago

Susan Martinsen, 62, Maple Grove, Minnesota

Christopher John King, 57, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Robert Lee Swartz, 78, Skokie
Service May 31

Neil John King, 93, Santa Fe

Ilie Bistriceanu, 88, Chicago

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

Rodrick Wright, 52, Evanston

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Doreen Ann Schillaci, 64, Evanston

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Gerald L. Wallenberg, 85, Morton Grove
Service May 31

Dorothy A. Krzysko née Skiera, 102, Morton Grove
Service June 1

Jean Waugh Keay née Latz, 90, Glenview

Piedad M. Torres, 85, Skokie

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

George C. Karkazis, 83, Wilmette
Service May 31

Randy Marshall Brown, 67, Glenview
Service June 3

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

Bernice Lee née Steinberg, 109, Glenview
Service May 31

Howard Eisen, 91, Chicago

Sheldon Lavin, 90, Highland Park

Michael "Mike" Muller, 89, Highland Park

Featured Obituary:

It is with heavy hearts and immense gratitude for God’s gift of our extraordinary father — J. Melfort Campbell — that we respectfully share his peaceful passing on May 22, 2023 at the age of 98. Our beloved father earned his angel’s wings for his daily commitment to exemplary life choices — faith, family, kindness, humility, selflessness, loyalty, stoicism, character, and integrity.

Our adored father was born on April 18, 1925 in Stirling, Scotland. The only son of Captain James Haldane Adair Campbell of Scotland and Princess Catherine Galitzine of Russia.

Throughout his formative years, starting at the age of 8 years old, he attended an English boarding school, Radley College in Oxfordshire. Following, he attended Trinity College, Oxford University where he received a Master’s-equivalent degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. His love of language, history, and geography led him to a thirty-five year career at Allstate Insurance Company of Northbrook. IL. As President of Allstate International, he traveled the world, opening several global offices including in Mexico, Switzerland, and Japan. After an early retirement, Melfort worked for the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Before leaving the country he loved for the United States, he served in the British Royal Navy during WWII, entering at the tender age of 17. As a young and brave naval officer, his boat was torpedoed and partially sunk off the coast of Wales. He landed back in England on survivor’s leave; and attended ‘A Survivors’ Ball’ where he met the King of England and danced with his daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth II.

Upon arrival in the U.S., he worked for a year at the famed Scribner’s Bookstore on 5th Avenue in New York City. As fate would have it, Melfort would visit his aunt, Aleka Romanoff Armour, and his uncle, Nicholas Galitizine, in a small midwestern suburb of Chicago –Lake Forest, IL. While visiting, he met his beloved wife of 56 years, Barbara Hubbard Campbell, who lived next door to his Uncle Nick Galitzine. He would marry, raise three children, and live the rest of his life there. To honor and share his love for both of his countries, he wrote his life story Red, White & Blue: The Colors of My Countries.

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