Obituaries

North Shore Death Notices: Dec. 31 To Jan. 5

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

North Shore funeral homes published the death notices below between Dec. 31 and Jan. 5, 2024.
North Shore funeral homes published the death notices below between Dec. 31 and Jan. 5, 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.


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

Marianne Burdeen née Opperman, 91, Des Plaines
Longtime schoolteacher
Service Jan. 7

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Sara Beth Janz, 29, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Service Jan. 7

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Annette Gotteiner née Leibold, 90, Buffalo Grove
Service Jan. 8

Karen Scott, Deerfield
Service Jan. 9

Elissa “Liz” Bakall née Greenfield, 88, Lincolnwood
Retired Chicago educator
Service Jan. 10

Robin Lynn Pollack, 65, Port Melbourne, Australia
Attorney, novelist
Service Jan. 10

Rochelle S. Fisch née Pearlman, 90, Glencoe

Carolee A. Taxer née Singer, 90, Chicago

Gail Barbara Feingold, 72, Evanston

Martin Tanner, 67, Skokie

Eva Weinschneider née Kirschner, 58, Chicago


Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Maria Eleana Moscandrew, 51, Minneapolis
Gastroenterologist
Service Jan. 7

Diana Lambert née Shane, 94, Milwaukee

Brendan Cleary Fitzgerald, 41, Wilmette


Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Virginia May “Ginny” Becker née Steffes, 88, Wilmette
Retired nurse
Service Jan. 9

Raymond E. Peters, 68, Chicago
Service Jan. 18

Stanley Andrew "Stan" Spillar, 100, Skokie
WWII combat medic, dental technician

Robert H. Skoglund, 91, Lincolnwood
U.S. Army veteran

Arlene F. Muszynski née Smith, 73, Skokie

Uma Nataraj, 72, Skokie

Manisha Sitaram Patel, 53, Skokie


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

Ernest Fruehauf, 95, Deerfield
Service Jan. 17

Nathan Shapiro, 88, Highland Park
U.S. Army veteran

Ernest Nissen, 87, Chicago

Michael Charles Lichtenstein, 86, Lincolnwood
U.S. Army veteran, professor

Janet Greenfield Much, 86, Rancho Mirage, California


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

Irma L. Gronau, 87, Lake Geneva
Service Jan. 11

Hans A. Heitkotter, 85, Wheeling
Service Jan. 11

Meghan C. Swift, 39, Northbrook
Service Jan. 17

William “Bill” Graydon Trout, 86, Glenview

Anthony Peter DeNunzio, 83, Glenview


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

Vladimir Tulman, 57, Highland Park
Service Jan. 8

Allan Dwayne Fink, 82, Buffalo Grove
Service Jan. 17

Bayar Thimmapaya, 81, Lake Forest
Longtime Northwestern professor

Samuel "Sam" J. Manfredini, 74, Highland Park


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

Lore Habel née Mueller-Spaeth 92, Gurnee

Maria Barac, 87, Chicago

Peter Paul Petro, 84, Grayslake

Luis Vasquez, 64, Waukegan


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

Robert Emmett “Bob” Murphy, 79, Lake Forest
U.S. Navy Vietnam War veteran
Service Jan. 10

Florence Margaret “Peggy” McKinney, 73, Lake Forest
Service Jan. 11

Joan Mullen Schrimpf, 81, Lake Forest
Morton Grove schoolteacher


Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Robert S. "Bob: Seiler, 98, Lincolnshire
Service Jan. 9

Albert M. "Al" Vigiletti, 78, Lake Forest
U.S. Air Force Vietnam War veteran
Service Jan. 11

Mary Ellen Lavelle née Harnett, 93, Lake Bluff


Last week: North Shore Death Notices: Dec. 24 To Dec. 30

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