North Shore Death Notices: June 26 To July 2

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

Earl Liff, 94, Northbrook
Service July 5

Ellen J. Jacobs, 84, Evanston
Service July 5

Howard Nagelberg, 75, Chicago
Service July 5

Andrew I. Levin, 62, Palatine
Service July 6

Stuart J. Strongin, 85, Glenview

Renee Siegel née Pearlman, 82, Winnetka

Marianna Tax Choldin, 81, Evanston

James Schine Crown, 70, Chicago

Stevi Ann Marks née Silverman, 68, Deerfield

James Kirk Friedman, 62, Skokie

Elizabeth Karen Mulvaney, 60, Chicago

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Alice C. "Sally" Brennan, 94, Wilmette

Joan Zabel, 91, Glenview

Mary Person Huebner, 68, Golf

Paul Philippe Ribeiro, 43, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Frank L. Gagliardo, 84, Galena

Audrey Marie Daniel Spreitzer, 44, North Aurora

Thompson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

George Pearry Mitchell, 79, Evanston
Visitation July 7, service July 8

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Mary "Red" Petrus née McCarthy, 90, Skokie
Service July 8

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

Christopher Kirchen, 53, Niles
Service July 8

Arthur B. Schmit, 95, Glenview

Rosemarie Bux, 90, Glenview

Stephanie Marguerite Salerno, 24, Jackson, Wyoming

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

Gloria Gottlieb née Gasul, 94, Chicago
Service July 5

William "Bill" Brandt Ross, 87, Wilmette
Service July 5

Sandra "Sandy" Robins née Nierenberg, 86, Northbrook
Service July 5

Steffi R. Masur, 98, Evanston

Michael Crane, 96, Lake Barrington

Elsie Sandler Friedson née Wolf, 96, Chicago

Rochelle Berne née Leonard, 93, Buffalo Grove

Greta L. Yarotskaya, 84, Niles

Barbara Stoller, 73, Northbrook

Daniel Henry "Dan" Gordan, 50, Highland Park

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

Lori Lynn Grandi née Peterson, 63, Libertyville
Visitation July 6, service July 7

Michael Lewis Torok, 75, Highland Park
Service July 8

Michael R. Logan, 50, Highland Park
Service July 20

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

Nancy Angeline Arroyo, 92, Highland Park
Service July 9

Judith "Judy" Marie Jones née Baum, 62, Round Lake Beach
Service July 22

Jorge Villaseñor Navarro, 56, Chicago

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

Mitzi Jenkins Felton, 75, Ajijic, Mexico

Sue Cook, 65, of Lake Bluff

Featured Obituary:

Born in Berlin, Germany in 1924 to Ernst and Ilse Rosenbaum, Steffi grew up in a loving environment surrounded by adoring family. She treasured visits with her father to the newly opened Berlin Pergamon Museum and attended the local elementary school with her younger sister, Eva.

In 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power she was no longer allowed to attend her school and transferred to a Jewish school. Her father, a physician, was only allowed to treat Jewish patients and the family suffered the indignities and restrictions imposed on Jews in Germany. With restrictions and rampant anti-semitism, Ernst realized that the family would need to emigrate and determined that the United States would be safer than anywhere in Europe. Ernst traveled to New York City to determine if he would be permitted to practice medicine. Ilse came next to establish a household, leaving Steffi and Eva in the care of their maternal grandparents. Soon thereafter, Steffi, age 11, and Eva, age 6, traveled eight days alone by boat, the SS Bremen, to New York to join their parents. Much later in life she noted that these experiences impacted her development and outlook. She had poignant memories of watching from afar as her old world deteriorated, as well as trauma from knowing family and her favorite childhood friend did not survive.

She arrived in New York City in 1936 and settled with her family on West 86th Street. Ernst lived there until his death in 1966 and Ilse resided until 1990. After continuing her elementary school education, Steffi attended Hunter College High School and then Hunter College from which she graduated in 1946 with a degree in Journalism.

After college she held various positions in journalism, advertising and radio. She married Walter Mayerfeld in 1949 and moved to Chicago where she was the midwestern correspondent for a candy industry publication. Their first child, Russ, was born in 1953 and they moved to Evanston where a daughter, Pam, was born in 1958.

The early years in Evanston were busy raising her family and working with local charities. She was active in the school PTA where she sought to end the atomic bomb drills. Her passion was her membership and activities with the Peace and World Affairs Center whose mission was to end the Vietnam War.

Her marriage to Walter Mayerfeld ended in divorce in 1967. She married Wolfgang Masur, a widower with a daughter, Jackie. Steffi raised Jackie as her own child from the age of 13. Steffi and Wolfgang’s marriage of 21 years was filled with wonderful travel adventures and many happy family gatherings. As the children grew older, Steffi earned a Masters in Library Science from Rosary College. She worked at Martha Washington Hospital as a medical librarian for many years; a role she greatly enjoyed. Wolfgang passed away in 1988.

Throughout life Steffi was passionate about classical music and art. She spent many summers in Aspen, Colorado, attending the Aspen Music Festival. She was a founding member of the Chicago Lyric Opera and supported the Chicago Symphony as a subscriber for 50 seasons. As a widow Steffi continued to travel extensively, often to Europe but also Egypt and Mexico.

Steffi became a docent for the Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University where she thoroughly enjoyed her time showing visitors the treasures within. She loved poetry and for many years participated in Northwestern’s Master Class in Poetry where she met with other enthusiasts each week to share their own poems and study those of noted poets.

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