Obituaries

North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 17 To Sept. 23

Recent obituaries and upcoming services on Chicago's North Shore.

North Shore funeral homes published the death notices below between Sept. 17 to Sept. 23, 2024.
North Shore funeral homes published the death notices below between Sept. 17 to Sept. 23, 2024. (Patch)

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 and notices of upcoming services below.


Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home, 1787 Deerfield Road in Highland Park

Alice M. Zarek née Depke, 100, Northbrook
Bookkeeper, volunteer
Service Oct. 5

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Lorraine Osimowicz DeMars, 82, Highland Park
Longtime teacher
Service Sept. 28


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

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Humberto Rodriguez, 92, Lakemoor
U.S. Marine veteran
Service Sept. 27

Barbara Jean Heistad née Ames, Vernon Hills
Service Oct. 7


Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Mary Newell Duffy, 81, Lake Forest
Service Sept. 30


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

Joseph A. Kritzman, 92, Morton Grove
Service Sept. 24

Linda Faith Goldstein née Shapiro, 82, Highland Park
Service Sept. 24

Elaine Greenberg Rubin, 93, Erie, Pennsylvania
Service Sept. 25

Marica Goldberg née Hacker, 92, Skokie
Service Sept. 25

Glen R. Bernfield, 89, Highland Park
Service Sept. 25

Maya Friedler, 96, Glencoe

Richard M. Lichtenstein, 89, Skokie
Jazz pianist

Iris "Rusty" Krause, 86, Northbrook
Artist, businesswoman

Marliss Levin née Alexander, 85, Northbrook


Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Edmund James Wilson, 84,
Longtime Northwestern business school dean
Service Sept. 24

William Charles "Bill" Doll, 76, Northfield
Longtime Joseph Sears teacher, youth football coach
Visitation Sept. 26, service Sept. 28

Sylvia A. Berger, 86, Wilmette
Directed District 39 special education
Service Sept. 30

Michael John O’Rourke, 73, Chicago
Visitation Oct. 4, service Oct. 5

Cushman "Cush" Bissell, 92, Glenview

Louis Joseph “Lou” Renner, 89, Glenview
U.S. Army veteran


Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Helen Ann Lyon née Jendryk, 95, Skokie
Avid bowler

Marianne Hester, 83, Skokie
Avid tennis player

Cynthia Marie Solis, 44, Chicago


Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Mary Ellen Olcott, 91, Glenview


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

Dorothy Barbara English Shaffer, 91, Skokie


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

Bette A. McCarthy née Witcher, 82, Glenview
Service Sept. 24

Monique Woël née Morin, 94, Glenview
High school teacher, nonprofit board member
Visitation Sept. 27, service Sept. 28

Gloria Joyce Mackley, 92, Northbrook
Longtime elementary school teacher
Service Sept. 30

William “Bill” Theodore Soder, 85, Glenview
Minor leaguer baseball player turned OCR pioneer
Service Oct. 5

Barbara "Bobby" Hurd Marquardt, 79, of Glenview
Service Oct. 6


Last week: North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 9 To Sept. 16

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