North Shore Death Notices: July 25 To July 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

Richard Hoffman, 90, Highland Park
Service Aug. 3

Lynn F. Becker née Tepper, 70, Hanover Park
Service Aug. 4

Jonathan V. Higgins, 64, Evanston

Shayle Jay Gerstein, 85, Chicago

Patsy Jacobs, 94, Buffalo Grove

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Alice Amato née Ruszkowski, 93, Wilmette
Service Aug. 3

Jay Barklie Johnston, 79, Naples, Florida
Service Aug. 4

Phillip Anthony O’Kray, 57, Melrose Park
Service Aug. 13

Angeline “Kiki” Tompary, 90, Glenview

Peter W. Schellenbach, 80, Glencoe

Donna G. Sundstrom, 79, Lake Forest

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Patrick J. Manning, 78, Chicago
Service Aug. 2

Rosalina Gasmen née Bringas, 83, Morton Grove
Visitation Aug. 4, service Aug. 5

Eleonora Gertrude “Ellie” DeCrescentis, 96, Chicago

Felicitas J. Grott, 94, Evanston

Theodore “Ted” Long, 89, Wilmette

Ilse D. Pfeuffer née Laskowski, 86, Skokie

Ismael Carrasco Yanez, 81, Chicago

Winifred “Wynne” T. Thillens, 80, Skokie

Karen A. Hathaway, 79, Evanston

David M. Kozem, 71, Skokie

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Vincent Joseph Garnett, 88, Evanston

Sallie Theresa Johnson, 75, Chicago

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Mary Alice Olson, 82, Winnetka

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

Randall E. McNally, 92, Northbrook
Visitation Aug. 4, service Aug. 5

Rafael P. Carreira, 86, Chicago
Visitation Aug. 5, service Aug. 6

Ronald J. Cepeda, 83, Glenview
Service Aug. 6

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Ah Yone Wong Lee, 93, Morton Grove

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

Lore Goldsmith née Strauss, 99, Skokie
Service Aug. 2

Herbert Meltzer, 74, Northbrook
Service Aug. 2

Leonid Razdolsky, 69, Northbrook
Service Aug. 2

Matvey Eylin, 96, Buffalo Grove

Peter J. Weinberg, 95, Northbrook

Fern Frankel, 91, Chicago

Richard A. Rosenfield, 87, Highland Park

Harlene Joy Sperling, 81, Highland Park

Cynthia D. Verson, 72, Denver

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

Anne Leiser, 86, Northbrook
Service Aug. 3

Samuel “Sam” Perva, 92, Deerfield
Service Aug. 5

John Richard Thompson, 61, Highland Park

Norman Darrell George, 83, Deerfield

Joanne J. Miller-McGinnis née Dutkiewicz, 73, Palatine

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

Margaret Grace Raines, 70, Zion
Service Aug. 5

Soledad Rios Centenos, 92, Highwood

Renee Michelle Bielsker née Greenberg, 73, Glenwood

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Ruth A. Edelman, 89, Lake Forest

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

Betty Jean Van Gorkum, 101, Lake Forest

Wanda Marie Kaminski, 95, Libertyville

Gust C. Papas, 89, Knollwood

Featured Obituary:

Theodore “Ted” Long, Ph.D., passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2022, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Born November 15, 1932, Ted was the second of six children born to the late Clarence Alpha Long and Mabel Irene, née Baccus, Long. Ted was predeceased by his brothers, James, Joseph (Heidi), Frederick, and Donald (Geraldine). He is survived by a sister, Barbara Jean. He is also survived by his wife of 49 years, Leora Kathryn “Kay,” née Taylor, Long. They lived in Wilmette.

Ted grew up on Chicago’s west side where he joyfully embraced the cultural and culinary diversity of his Italian / Jewish neighborhood. This was the beginning of Ted’s lifelong enthusiasm for diverse cultures and languages.

As a boy, he was fascinated by his great-grandmother’s player piano and begged his mother for piano lessons which were difficult to provide during the Great Depression. Young Ted went to work with a paper route and as a grocery store stock boy. By age 15, he had amassed enough to buy a piano and lessons. Ted later studied classical organ at Chicago’s American Conservatory of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music Degree.

Ted served in the U.S. Air Force as a cryptographer during the Korean War. Being in Korea and Japan, as well as exposure to other languages while studying at the Conservatory, led him to enroll in a teaching program in Spanish and French at The University of Illinois at Navy Pier and later at the Chicago Campus.

After earning his teaching certificate, he began teaching at Evanston’s Skiles Junior High School and then at Evanston Township High School. Ted later taught Spanish and French at the Rabbi Oscar Fasman Yeshiva in Skokie and at Elmhurst College.

Ted enrolled in summer programs in Madrid and Paris, bringing his language proficiency to near-native levels. He completed a Master’s Degree in Spanish at Roosevelt University. A Ph.D. in Education and a Master’s Degree in Counseling completed his formal education.

Ted’s love of languages did not end with French and Spanish. He also studied German, Russian, Latin, Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Lithuanian, and Norwegian.

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