North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 26 To Oct. 2

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

Mary T. Scopelliti, 63, Lake Forest
Visitation Oct. 7, service Oct. 8

Arlene Nannini, 90, Highwood
Service Oct. 12

John T. Couleur, 77, Deerfield
Visitation Oct. 21, service Oct. 22

Reiko Diane Kasemir, 77, Highland Park
Service Oct. 24

Betty M. Houston, 96, Deerfield

Marilyn Ruth Risdon née Edwards, 91, Highland Park

Michael Van de Kerckhove, 80, Lincolnshire

James A. Friberg, 78, Mundelein

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

Ana Reyes-Carrillo, 48, Mundelein
Visitation Oct. 4, service Oct. 5

Virginia Del Boccio née Campeglia, 98, Chicago
Service Oct. 15

Silvia Aguilar Ornelas, 48, Evanston

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Edward G. Hamming, 72, Lake Forest
Service Oct. 22

Kathleen Marie McKeon, 92, Lake Forest

Jane Lorenz née Benner, 89, Lake Forest

Janet McCue, 87, Lake Forest

Norma Mitchell Hoaglund, 80, Lake Forest

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

Earl L. Ruben, 87, Deerfield
Service Oct. 4

Carol Heller née Levi, 89, Olympia Fields
Service Oct. 7

Ralph L. Arnheim, 88, Highland Park
Service Oct. 16

Lillian G. Rubenstein née Greenberg, 98, Skokie

Zlota Burd, 93, Chicago

Arkadiy Rozenblyum, 93, Vernon Hills

Flora Lee Weiss née Rubenstein, 93, Chicago

Elaine Gray Loseff, 91, Wilmette

Peter S. Pick, 87, Skokie

Milton Smith, 87, Chicago

Richard Lawrence Marcus, 84, Northbrook

Charles G. Eastland, 81, Dixon

Ira Fistell, 81, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Terry Philips, 76, Chicago

Michael Rokhkind, 75, Fox Lake

Steven A. Turf, 74, Buffalo Grove

Lorraine Light, 71,

Sandra R. Bressler née Kessler, 69, Buffalo Grove

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Kenneth E. Paxson, 95, Evanston
Service Oct. 6

Mary Alice Houlihan née Loftus, 81, Wilmette
Visitation Oct. 6, service Oct. 7

Anthony Hardy, 59, Waukegan
Service Oct. 8

Loretta M. Frank, 95, Glenview
Service Oct. 13

Betty Fall née Caruso, 97, Glenview

Frederic Carl Lickerman, 93, Arlington Heights

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Bernard L. "Bernie" Bauer, 99, Des Plaines
Visitation Oct. 5, service Oct. 6

Vidya Dhar Kalra, 89, India
Service Oct. 6

Russell D. Jayme, 87, Skokie

Guillermo F. Martinez, 76, Chicago

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Kelly Lee Sill, 70, Evanston

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

Michael W. Kasper, 71, Glenview
Visitation Oct. 5, service Oct. 6

John H. Thissen, 84, Prospect Heights
Service Oct. 7

Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, 52, Northbrook
Service Oct. 8

John "Jack" Breden, 87, Prospect Heights

Suzan Renee Schweke, 69, Morton Grove

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

Vivien Wajtman, 88, Chicago
Service Oct. 4

Elena Dekhtiar, 86, Wheeling
Service Oct. 4

John S. Shapira, 85, Highland Park
Service Oct. 7

Valeriy S. Kogan, 87, Evanston
Service Oct. 12

Elaine Lang née Kaufman, 101, Chicago

Leonid Umansky, 96, Des Plaines

Annette Risberg Kleinman, 94, Highland Park

June E. Portner, 94, North Andover, Massachusetts

Edward E. Rothschild, 93, Deerfield

Ilia Geifman, 89, Glenview

Herbert "Herbie" Schneider, 88, Wilmette

Andrey Pilipchak, 53, Lincolnwood

Featured Obituary:

Norma Mitchell Hoaglund, caregiver and connector of people, passed away on September 25th, 2022.

Norma was a vibrant, energetic and loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend who spent her life helping people. When Norma walked into a party - which she loved to do - she often wondered how to sufficiently spend time with each and every guest, while her husband Bob sagely advised her to start saying her goodbyes to have any chance of eventually getting home. Norma’s big smile, southern accent (which grew stronger when she wanted something) and genuine interest in people placed her naturally at the center of the party or, indeed, anywhere she went.

Norma was born in 1941 in the small, southern town of Owensboro, Kentucky - daughter of John and Eileen Mitchell and sister of four rambunctious brothers: Pat, Steve, Larry and Billy. Even at an early age, Norma was the glue of her family and was deeply committed to connecting family members, bridging gaps when necessary and holding the family together regardless of where they lived. Like her brothers, Norma was committed to moving beyond Owensboro and went to St. Louis to study nursing and thereafter to the Chicago area to work and start her family.

Hard-working and naturally driven, Norma went on to obtain a master’s degree in nursing at Loyola University in Chicago while working full-time and raising two children, Bradford and Maura. Norma fiercely protected and cared for her children while providing them with a wonderful, loving home and childhood. Later, she would become a fun-loving and adventurous grandmother who was adored by her seven grandchildren. And while she would never for one moment consider herself a feminist, she demonstrated vision and determination in her career, rising from nurse to the role of President of Glenbrook Hospital - the only nurse in the Northshore system to ever be appointed a hospital President. While her nurse friends sometimes teased her that she had gone to the “dark side” of management, Norma saw this another opportunity to bind people together and she worked tirelessly to raise standards of care for both patients and staff.

In 1993, Norma married the love of her life, Bob Hoaglund, who perfectly balanced her and gave her so much happiness and joy during their time together. Under Bob’s tutelage, Norma quickly took on new sporting endeavors, excelling at golf, fishing and cave diving. While Bob worked on his (and her) swing, Norma mostly saw these sports as opportunities to meet, connect and socialize with friends at Knollwood, Mediterra and beyond. When she retired from Glenbrook in 1998, she remained actively involved in health care, helping to guide family and friends through the confusing and at times frightening health care system. During such times, she always recognized and empathized with the human condition and offered compassion and sage advice.

Send obituaries and images to your Patch to be included in future editions: Deerfield, Evanston, Glenview, Highland Park, Lake Bluff-Lake Forest, Niles-Morton Grove, Northbrook, Skokie, Winnetka-Glencoe-Northbrook, Wilmette-Kenilworth

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