North Shore Death Notices: Oct. 17 To Oct. 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

Penelope Clara Stryszowski, 2, Northbrook
Service Oct. 25

Mary Ann Parker, 89, Northbrook
Service Oct. 29

Donovan E. Gordon, 88, Highland Park
Service Nov. 5

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

Eric Casique Torres, 14, Prospect Heights
Service Oct. 25

Loda “GG” Florence Leatherman née Brown, 97, Genoa City, Wisconsin
Visitation Oct. 25, service Oct. 27

Salvador Elias Ramirez, 55, Round Lake Park,
Visitation Oct. 28, service Oct. 29

Barbara Ann Lewis, 67, Chicago
Service Oct. 29

Joan Margaret Loizzo, 94, Highland Park

Gerald Edward Ostick, 84, Long Grove

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

Marvin Miller, 87, Northbrook
Service Oct. 25

Samantha Nicole Wildeboer, 28, Glenview
Service Oct. 25

Adele S. Freed, 97, Frankfort
Service Oct. 26

Claire B. Previn, 88, Mundelein
Service Oct. 26

Bernard David Kerman, 79, South Barrington
Service Oct. 26

Ruth Gotthelf née Hyams, 92, Palatine

Meri Rapoport, 91, Chicago

Roberta “Bobbie” Silverman née Berlin, 91, Lincolnwood

Alice Stone née Halprin, 90, Des Plaines

Ilya Gutis, 86, Palatine

Bella Sverdlov née Rotshteyn, 81, Wilmette

Alyce Newman née Berger, 78, Chicago

Amy Byer, 76, Crystal Lake

Anita R. Varon, 76, Chicago

David Maman, 70, Hollywood, Florida

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

James Robert Hodur, 87, Skokie
Service Oct. 29

Daniel G. Murphy, 79, St. Charles
Service Oct. 29

Joan O’Connor Bright, 89, Wheeling
Service Nov. 2

Louise E. Tonnard née VanMensbrugge, 99, Glenview

Erma Catherine Williamson née Stevens, 95, Evanston

Sheri Scott, 67, Glenview

Ronald Patrick McPhilliamy, 61, Glenview

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Maria M. Ortiz, 96, Chicago

Ethel D. Migra, 92, Evanston

Mary Kolber, 82, Skokie

Susan Kathryn Fortmann, 70, Bartlett

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Isaac Watson, 73, Evanston
Visitation Oct. 27, service Oct. 28

Annie Avington, 79, Evanston
Visitation Oct. 28, service Oct. 29

Sam D. Houston, 49, Chicago

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

Penelope Neilson née Savoy, 97, Evanston
Service Oct. 25

Ondina Rodriguez, 103, Northfield
Service Nov. 5

Gordon Carlson, 92, Northbrook

Jack Krause, 92, Chicago

Janet Brame neé Cassibry, 91, Glenview

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

Wan Sang Chung, 89, Wilmette

Fanya Gindush, 85, Skokie

Robert I. Ury, 84, Northbrook

Irina Stonov née Kopiyka, 54, Glencoe

Harvey Jordan, 77, Highland Park

Jerold M. Korr, 77, Las Vegas

Featured Obituary:

Ethel D. Migra, Ph.D., age 92, was a dedicated educator devoted to progressive ideas about education and humanistic values. She viewed teaching as a natural partnership with curiosity and life-long learning.

After raising her three daughters, she completed her Ph.D. at Kent State University in her 40s. She was appointed Supervisor of Elementary Education for Warren Public Schools in the late 1970s. Dr. Migra’s plan for desegregation and a social studies curriculum drew criticism from the local Board of Education, resulting in a contract dispute that eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court. In his summary of the case, University of Missouri researcher, Dr. David Achtenberg, said about Ethel Migra, “She was a hero. She deserved better.”

Dr. Migra joined National Louis University (formerly National College of Education) in 1980 as Professor of Teacher Education. As Dean, she developed field-based graduate teacher education programs in Chicago, Florida, Germany, England and Italy.

After retirement in 1994, she continued as Adjunct Professor of Teacher Education at the Graduate School, St. Xavier University, until she was 81 years old.

Ethel was a life-long journal keeper and voracious reader. She was enthralled by politics and current events and read everything from The New Yorker and The Sun to People Magazine. She had a life-long dedication to progressive politics and had frequent, passionate talks with family and friends about the state of the world.

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