North Shore Death Notices: Dec. 5 To Dec. 11

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

Bob Brower, 95, Evanston
Service Dec. 13

Linda S. Marshak, 67, Northbrook
Service Dec. 13

Goldie Brandhandler née Dolnick, 104, Evanston
Service Dec. 14

Vera Rubin née Dean, 92, Chicago
Service Dec. 14

Ron Spielman, 74, Chicago
Service Dec. 14

Charles M. Damore, 87, Scottsdale, Arizona

Burton Chudacoff, 92, Highland Park

Ilene E. Kramer née Engel, 92, Northfield

Albert Madansky, 88, Chicago

Carolyn Goodman, Highland Park

Richard Ewan Blakley, 69, Northbrook

Stanislav Karnaukh, 44, Deerfield

Vitaly Bogomolny, 37, Buffalo Grove

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Thomas “Tom” Bennett McNeill, 88, Winnetka
Service Dec. 16

William “Bill” Herbert Johnson, 83, Skokie

Judith Ann Schumann, 80, Wilmette

Lorraine McNall, 76, Glenview

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Teresita A. Lontok, 79, Skokie
Service Dec. 14

Louise M. Hrynkow née Mangelsdorff, 103, Skokie

Thomas J. Kenning, 70, Skokie

James R. Williams, 68, Skokie

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Erica Erf Vakil, 67, Glenview

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

Everett L. Dean, 95, Glenview
Service Dec. 15

Zdzislaw Kaz Pilarski, 78, Northbrook
Service Dec. 16

Theresa "Terry" Losch née Sapienza, 71, Northbrook
Service Dec. 17

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Theresa Heart née Bellina, 102, Palatine

June Grusin née Morley, 85, Elk Grove Village

Martin G. Cox, 69, Skokie

Rolando A. Ranola, 65, Morton Grove

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

Thelma Rochman née Geifman, 99, Chicago

Franklyn M. Shapira, 96, Skokie

Stanley Robert Weinberger, 92, Glencoe

Burton M. Alper, 89, Lincolnshire

Michael Shapiro, 86, Chicago

Faina Pasman, 76, Skokie

Marina Oystacher, 67, Glenview

Michael E. Sonnenfeld, 65, Chicago

Ardis Sophian née Bakal, 64, Buffalo Grove

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

Frances Carolyn "Carnie" Baker, 90, Deerfield
Visitation Dec. 13, service Dec. 14

Dorothy Barr, 97, Highland Park
Service Dec. 20

Maria Domenica Principalli, 94, Highland Park

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

Robert John Thompson, 79, Chicago

Maria Bivian De Ambriz, 74, Wheeling

Julio Galindo, 55, Lansing

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Robert E. "Bob" Claude, 92, Lake Forest

Barbara Jean Clark, 91, Lake Forest

William "Bill" Keating, 69, Lake Forest

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

Kent Ward Kinney, 92, Lake Bluff

Featured Obituary:

A distinguished litigator, son of a famed radio host and a burst of positivity, Thomas (“Tom”) Bennett McNeill, 88, died peacefully the company of family in Chicago on December 6th, moving on from a life he embraced and graced to the full. Deeply loving and loved by his wife Ingrid, his children and grandchildren and an inspiration to just about anyone who met him, Tom will be intensely missed and his memory cherished.

Three experiences helped shape Tom’s life. The first was growing up as the eldest of three sons of Don McNeill, who hosted America’s most-loved morning show, the Breakfast Club. Don’s career enabled Tom to grow up in beautiful Winnetka, attend New Trier High School and later earn a Bachelor’s degree and a JD in Law at the University of Notre Dame. After practicing law for three years in the Air Force, Tom joined Chicago law firm Mayer Brown LLP, where he later became partner and made a name for himself as litigator for major corporations, with trials in some cases leading to Supreme Court appeals and establishing legal precedent. Tom pointed to the support and trust his father gave him as the driving force behind his professional success. The Breakfast Club also gave Tom remarkable ease in the spotlight and a gift for connecting with others and making them feel comfortable. The show and his father also instilled in him a great sense of humor and a decency so that had many regard him as the quintessential gentleman.

The second experience was meeting his wife Ingrid while studying in Vienna for three months after Law School – a start to almost 60 years of marriage and an equally long love for Austria surpassed only by Tom’s love of Ingrid.

The third experience was Tom’s trip around the world with his brother Don in 1958. The journey opened their eyes to the thrill of travel, the reward of connecting with other cultures and the destitute condition of so many lives, particularly in Calcutta, and experience that awoke a calling in Don to the priesthood and fostered a sense of service in Tom. Connecting with and helping others – particularly young people looking to find their way in education or professionally – was a hallmark of Tom’s life. Countless friends and acquaintances point to Tom for inspiration, mentoring or connections in finding their own way in life.

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