North Shore Death Notices: Aug. 8 To Aug. 14

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

Carol H. Cohn née Halperin, 78, Skokie
Service Aug. 16

Yekaterina Turchinskaya, 73, Hoffman Estates
Service Aug. 16

Lawrence A. Abramovitz, 75, Chicago
Service Aug. 17

Jerry Starkman, 84, Skokie
Service Aug. 18

Edith Leib née Handler, 95, Chicago

Roger Edouard Salamon, 95, Lincolnwood

Jacob "Jack" Maryles, 93, Chicago

George Contarsy, 89, Las Vegas

Henriette Klawans, 88, Chicago

Mariya Volevich née Leikina, 83, Chicago

Joel G. Chefitz, 70, Skokie

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Stephanie Therese Fernholz née Osmanski, 69, Wilmette
Visitation Aug. 17, service Aug. 18

William James Yacullo, 84, Glenview
Visitation Aug. 18, service Aug. 19

William Jenison Larned, 80, Glencoe
Service Sept. 10

Archibald McClure, 99, Kenilworth

George M. McLeod, 92, Northfield

Benjamin "Ben" Elwood Keeler, 91, Glenview

Barbara Sweet Grimes, 79, Winnetka

Lawrence William Leck, 79, Glenview

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Michael A. Tannehill, 72, Chicago
Service Aug. 16

Suzana L. Sia née Lo, 81, Wheeling
Visitation Aug. 18, service Aug. 19

Edvin Matijevic, 32, Skokie

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Eugene Malone, 75, Chicago
Visitation Aug. 16, service Aug. 17

Jacqueline Barksdale Foster, 85, Evanston

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Dawn Marie Porter, 64, Northbrook

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

Bill Zamzow, 97, Glenview
Service Aug. 17

Carol J. Smott née Larsen, 84, Glenview
Service Aug. 19

Ronald V. Norene, 87, Glenview

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Marion M. Gerken née Kohl, 92, Glenview

Claudia Tado née Ruggiero, 83, Chicago

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

Gloria Goodman, 81, Niles
Service Aug. 16

Lillian Greenberg, 94, Orland Park

Suzanne Levine née Weil, 90, Winnetka

Beatrice Varon, 87, Antioch

Lana P. Bersh née Sohn, 82, Deerfield

Carole Hartman, 72, Chicago

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

Helen Kingery Grilli, 100, Northbrook
Visitation Aug. 17, service Aug. 18

George Tomaszewicz, 76

Katherine Elizabeth Anderson, 37,

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

Julia “Julie” Brugioni Warren, 86, Lake Forest
Visitation Aug. 16, service Aug. 17

Dorothy Smith Ruderman, 95, Chicago

Reynaldo Castro Familar, 81, San Bernardino

Tahir Shahu, 73, Glen Ellyn

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Dona Emerald Georgeson, 93, Lake Forest

Featured Obituary:

Bill Yacullo led his life based on very clear principles: Faith, Family and Community. Everything he did was grounded in these deeply held values and his legacy to all of us is built on them.

William James Yacullo died at home in Glenview, on August 8, 2022. Bill was born on April 6, 1938 to Joseph and Frances (Serritella) Yacullo. He was privileged to attend Wells High School, a diverse community where he built the foundation of his life-long focus on social justice and community service. He then attended DePaul University, where the Catholic education helped shape the values he carried forward throughout his life.

After graduation, he married his beloved wife Marie (Hemesath) and began an amazing life journey with her. The newlyweds were stationed at Ft. Riley in Manhattan, KS and after two years returned to Chicago as a family of four. While in Kansas, Bill began coaching a local Little League team, kicking off a lifelong passion combining his love of sports, talent development and community building.

The growing family moved to Glenview in 1965 and joined Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish. This community became central to his life - all five children attended OLPH school and he was active in the PTA, led the Mens Club, was a lector, served on the liturgy committee for over fifty years and started Sunday Mens basketball at OLPH. Bill was selected by the Archdiocese to develop the men’s ministry, coalescing men’s roles in the home, in the workplace, and in the community under a faith umbrella. He somehow also found time to earn his MBA at Northwestern in 1972.

Bill’s legacy of service to the parish and to Glenview is vast, but dearest to him was coaching three generations of youth in baseball, basketball, and football. He has coached decades of OLPH teams in basketball, coached Glenview Little League for twenty years and even dabbled in football. He volunteered to coach Glenbrook South and Regina basketball teams, winning a state championship and being named to the Illinois High School Basketball Hall of Fame. Coach Yacullo is loved by many and leaves an indelible mark on the community.

Bill started his career with Illinois Bell, where he discovered his passion and talent for people development and learned how to balance responsibilities to shareholders, employees, customers, and community in a professional setting. After two decades with Illinois Bell, Bill began his second career in executive search. His boundless energy and uncanny ability to connect with people were evident in his work. He never forgot a name or a life story, and was an expert at bringing people together from across his wide network. He spent countless hours providing career transition advice pro bono and his legacy is maintained by myriad people who he helped identify how to apply their talents in the workplace.

At the same time Bill ke his focus on community service and social equity, serving on numerous boards and Archdiocese task forces, including founding member and Chairman of the Business Executives for Economic Justice; boards of Elmhurst College, Mallinkrodt College and St Joseph Seminary; Catholic Charities and the Holy Name Society. He founded the First Friday Club at Old St. Pat’s Church, which focused on the intersection of work, faith and community, and was President of Pathways to Hope.

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