North Shore Death Notices: Aug. 28 To Sept. 4

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.

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

Fern Sher née Mayster, 93, Wilmette
Service Sept. 6

James H. Kruger, 87, Northbrook
Service Sept. 6

Rhonda Lerner, 68, Chicago
Service Sept. 6

Shirley Eckstein née Silverman, 97, San Diego
Service Sept. 7

Richard Pogue Reichstein, 73, Chicago
Service Sept. 7

Marc Levenstein, 88, Chicago
Service Sept. 8

Fern F. Steinfeld, 99, Highland Park

Paula A. Golden, 96, Chicago

Veniamin Bilis, 91, Skokie

Janet Whitman, 91, Highland Park

Donald P. Lutz, 88, Highland Park

Toby Lee Pogrund, 87, Lincolnwood

Efim Varshavsky, 86, Chicago

Howard Weltman, 85, Chicago

Eliezer "Elie" Geisler, 81, Deerfield

Alexander Volpe, 81, Glenview

Diane Marla Star, 66, Chicago

Arthur Rousseau, 65, Chicago

Robert Elliot "Bob" Frank, 52, Oakwood Hills

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Jens Andreas Milling, 72, Paradise Valley, Arizona
Service Sept. 10

Jeanne Marie Sullivan, 88, Chicago
Service Sept. 11

Carl Robert Burkard, 97, Skokie

Frank A. Ehmann, 89, Northfield

Robert William Strube, 81, Glenview

Donna Marie Doberstein née Lavorini, 79, Evanston

Daniel Emmett Dillon, 66, Glenview

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Joseph S. Zbilut, 42, Skokie
Visitation Sept. 7

Christopher M. Kozem, 48, Bensenville
Service Sept. 8

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

Robert Jones, 64, Evanston
Visitation Sept. 7, service Sept. 8

Helen Mae Mattison, 68, Evanston
Service Sept. 8

William Lee Jackson, 90, Evanston
Visitation Sept. 14, service Sept. 15

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Gayle Milton Webber, 92, Evanston

Timothy Frank Beckman, 40, Evanston

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

Richard Paul Hotton, 68,
Visitation Sept. 6, Service Sept. 7

Keith W. Newberry, 81, Northbrook

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

Richard Alan Hersh, 87, Chicago
Service Sept. 7

Michael L. Sherman, 70, Henderson, Nevada
Service Sept. 17

Maxine Bloom née Kwasman, 81, Northfield

Judith F. Eggener, 76, Boynton Beach, Florida

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

Nina Terekhova née Suhacheva, 89, Round Lake Beach
Service Sept. 7

Joyce S. Fowler, 100, Deerfield
Visitation Sept. 8, service Sept. 9

E. James Davis, 96, Highland Park
Service Sept. 14

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

Earl Norman Caldwell, 90, Highland Park
Service Sept. 8

Linda Della Sneed-Bell, 65, Chicago

Maria Guadalupe Cabral, 57, Round Lake Beach

Sunnylynn Bueche, 42, Round Lake Heights

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Marilyn Lillie Lovell, 93, Lake Forest
Service Sept. 8

Oliver M. Perschke, 90, Lake Bluff

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

Henry G. Schnobrich, 87, Lake Bluff
Service Sept. 9

Featured Obituary:

Donna Marie (Lavorini) Doberstein, 79, passed away peacefully at Three Crowns Park in Evanston on Sunday, August 20, 2023.

Donna was born to Italian parents in rural Geneva, Illinois. She grew up with her younger sister Stephanie, walking with friends to grade school and high school, and spending weekends surrounded by her many Italian cousins and aunts and uncles--shaping her early love for food, family, friends, and laughter. Donna attended college at Depauw University, majoring in French and spending her junior year in Geneva, Switzerland and Paris, France, sparking what would become a lifelong love of travel. She was a member of Tri-Delt sorority and the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. She also began several lifetime friendships from grade school through college.

After college, Donna excelled early in her career, starting as a research librarian at small market research company Elrick and Lavidge (E&L) in Chicago, and working her way up to Project Director in 4 years. Through a blind date setup by an E&L colleague, she met Paul--her loving husband of 55 years. Donna and Paul married in 1967, and soon welcomed their two children Monica and Craig. Donna put her career on hold to raise her children (in Glenview, Illinois), while staying very active in the community, including serving as president of the Wilmette School Board for two years and being heavily involved in the League of Women Voters. With Paul and the kids, Donna continued to travel, seeing much of the country, and establishing what would become a permanent attachment to the Caribbean. Donna also formed some of her closest friendships over her 20 years in the Glenview neighborhood.

As the kids grew more independent, Donna turned her attention back to her career goals, and within a few short years became co-founder and president of the successful and well-respected CDK Mortgage in Evanston, Illinois--one of the first of its kind in the industry. Over 20 years, CDK became a source of immense pride and joy for Donna – for its reputation, financial and professional success, and the fun and supportive atmosphere she strived to maintain among her predominantly female coworkers and friends. During this period Donna continued her School Board work, became the first female president of the Evanston Rotary club, and president of the Evanston Chamber of Commerce.

After their honeymoon in St. Thomas, and frequent family trips with the kids to the Caribbean, Donna and Paul eventually realized their dream of purchasing a vacation home on the island of Anguilla, which became the family’s home away from home for many years. Several family members were married on the island, and both of Donna’s grandchildren were born in the Caribbean. After 20 years running CDK, Donna retired with Paul to Anguilla half the year, spending extensive time with her adoring (and adored) grandchildren, making even more new friends, expanding her community involvement, and otherwise finding plenty of time for food, wine, laughter, and reading.

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