North Shore Death Notices: Dec. 25 To Dec. 31

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

Carole Wexler née Friedman, 95, Chicago
Service Jan. 4

Frances Spiegel née Green, 96, Chicago

Herbert Bronstein, 93, Evanston

Kenneth H. Simpson, 93, Wilmette

Edward Arthur Berman, 89, Glencoe

Ann J. “Judy” Marcus née Augustus, 84, Glencoe

Ardis Joyce Beckman, 83, Chicago

Charles William Klopsch, 82, Skokie

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

James F. “Jim” Larson, 77, Glenview
Service Jan. 5

Elaine Caraher née Smith, 93, Glenview

Marjorie Sinek Gaile, 91, Wilmette

Gregory John Genco, 85, Long Island, New York

Rhoda Reiss Dales, 83, Glenview

Patricia Anne Fitzpatrick née Cassidy, 80, Wilmette

Jon William Meyer, 79, Winnetka

Carol Jean Nichols née Bock, 77, Mountain Home, Arkansas

Jeffrey Estabrooke, 76, Northfield

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Jakob Preisig, 87, Lincolnwood
Service Jan. 6

Nikolaus J. Stollmayer, 68, Waukegan

Alexander R. "Alex" Zachow, 50, Niles

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

Shirley Slavick née Shiner, 104, Chicago

Mikhail Feldman, 103, Wheeling

Walter Pancoe, 100, Wilmington, North Carolina

Francine Blau née Weiner, 97, St. Louis, Missouri

Genya Giverts, 97, Vernon Hills

Hope R. Hirschman, 92, Wilmette

Joseph A. Appel, 87, Wheeling

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Alicia Elizalde, 79, Morton Grove

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

William Charles Mueller, 94, Northbrook
Service Jan. 4

Jeffrey Scott Casteel, 61, Zion
Service Jan. 5

Olaf Nerlsen Bakken, 88, Northbrook
Service Jan. 6

Anton S. Jariabka, 99, Northbrook
Jan. 13

Margret "Marge" Fairhead Stanton, 96, Des Plaines
Service Jan. 13

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

Christine “Chris” Booth of Riverwoods

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

John Picchietti, 93, Highwood

Harold Roy King, 77, Round Lake

Featured Obituary:

Rabbi Herbert Bronstein, a native of Cincinnati Ohio, served for over a quarter of the century as Senior Rabbi and later as Senior Scholar at North Congregation Israel of Glencoe, Il. He was known for his erudition, work with youth, warm pastoral style, and abiding love of Jewish liturgy, ritual, and study. His rabbinate combined congregational leadership alongside scholarly achievements and active participation in American public life, especially as an advocate for many social justice efforts in the greater Chicago community. He is a former president of the Chicago Board of Rabbis.

He was a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, receiving his BA in 1952 and MA in 1954. After attending the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, he was ordained rabbi in 1957. Scholarship was a lifelong endeavor. He engaged in many years of graduate study in History of Religions at the University of Chicago and at Oxford University. He was named a Life Member of the Visiting Committee of the University of Chicago Divinity School. A prolific writer, Rabbi Bronstein contributed to journals as wide-ranging as the Journal of Religion, the American Jewish Archives, the Journal of Reform Judaism and the Shakespeare Quarterly. He is best known for editing the 1974 Reform movement Passover Haggadah, which was translated into many languages. Rabbi Bronstein served as Chair of the Central Conference of American Rabbi’s (CCAR) Liturgy Committee and was also a member of the Executive Board. A renowned teacher, he was a lecturer at numerous colleges and universities, and at the Wexner Heritage Foundation. He served as an adjunct professor of World Religions at Lake Forest College for more than a decade.

Prior to his many years in the Chicago area, Rabbi Bronstein served for 15 years at Temple Brith Kodesh in Rochester, New York. Beyond the synagogue, his involvement in the Rochester community included service on the board of the Jewish Community Relations Council, as a civilian member of the Police Advisory Board and on the Metropolitan Housing Committee of Rochester.

A life-long activist for civil rights, anti-war efforts, and American democracy, Rabbi Bronstein was also deeply involved in furthering interfaith relations. He served on the Boards of the Chicago Council of Religious Leaders and the Parliament of World Religions, also pioneering and fostering Jewish -Muslim dialogue.

Rabbi Bronstein was a great lover of the arts and humanities, especially music, literature, and all things Shakespeare. He revered the natural world and was an avid skier.

Obituaries and images may be submitted to your Patch for publication: Deerfield, Evanston, Glenview, Highland Park, Lake Bluff-Lake Forest, Niles-Morton Grove, Northbrook, Skokie, Winnetka-Glencoe-Northfield, Wilmette-Kenilworth

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