North Shore Death Notices: May 29 To June 4

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

Linda S. Randall, 83, Deerfield
Service June 6

Harriet L. Spizziri, 81, Morton Grove
Service June 6

Richard "Dick" Marvin Pales, 97, Skokie
Service June 8

Richard D. Sinsheimer, 101, Northbrook
Service June 9

Faye Levey Grossman, 95, Lincolnshire

Gerry Fay Bernstein née Prussack, 86, Northbrook

Anthony "Tony" Richard Grosch, 86, Chicago

Libby Nevler Lauria, 85, Lincolnwood

Judi Stone, 85, Lincolnshire

Mark Gelder Drucker, 84, Richmond, Virginia

Janet Lee Arnopolin, 71, Phoenix

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Hazel Louise Barnett, 90, Evanston
Service June 6

Daniel John Spillane, 84, Northfield
Service June 6

John B. Stoltz, 89, Vernon Hills
Service June 7

Olive “Honey” Sheridan née Fox, 87, Wilmette
Service June 7

Richard George French, 58, Northfield
Service June 8

John Robert Curl-Larson, 33, Evanston
Service June 9

Michael James Cornwell, 79, Evanston
Service June 16

Rita McElroy, 80, Wilmette
Service June 24

Ruth Kahn Bauer, 97, Evanston

Ann Whelan, 94, Chicago

Sue Ludgin née Conway, 92, Glenview

Ya-Tai Lin, 91, Kenilworth

J. Allyson Stern, 84, Wilmette

James Vincent O’Connor, 78, Lake Forest

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Salvador A. “Sam” Martínez, 68, Skokie
Service June 11

Jaime R. Balanza, 87, Skokie

John M. Bigwood, 85, Skokie

Jeffrey C. Chouinard, 85, Evanston

Joseph J. “Joe” Morris, 63, Chicago

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

Teri Pickett, 56, Evanston
Visitation June 8, service June 9

Joan Elizabeth Reece née Dotson, 79, Evanston

Samuel Thomas, 77, Evanston

Cynthia Antionette Doby, 51, Evanston

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Donald F. Wilkinson, 96, Morton Grove
Service June 8

Carl U. Johanson, 93, Skokie
Visitation June 8, service June 9

Brian Kessem, 54, Chicago
Service June 15

James Patrick Murphy, 88, Morton Grove

Patricia Ruth Baffa née Colt, 87, Morton Grove

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

Donald T. O’Grady, 95, Glenview
Service June 6

Daniel C. Finnegan, 57, Glenview
Service June 7

Janet C. Helton, 73, Lake Bluff
Service June 8

Gregory Sevdagian, 42, Bartlett
Service June 8

Charles J. McCarthy, 85, Northbrook
Service June 12

Mary Frances Kertson Arrigo, 87, Glenview

Edward A. Mazur, 76, Glenview

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

Olga Kvaskova, 97, Chicago

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

Steven J. White, 80, Waukegan

James Richard McMillen, 74, Waukegan

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

Frank J. Picchietti, 90, Lake Forest

Terrence "Terry" Jackson, 67, Deerfield

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Roger Peterson, 74, Lake Forest
Service June 8

John “Jack” Eliot Wright, 93, Lake Bluff
Service June 22

Karen W. Vratimos, 96, Lake Forest

Featured Obituary:

Joan Elizabeth Reece was born on April 8,1944 to Walter and Louise Dotson in Evanston, IL. She was the second child born to this union. Joan's faith in God started at a young age at First Church of God. Joan's Grandmother, Cecelia Dotson joined First Church in 1913, and Joan spent many summers at the National Church of God Campground in West Middlesex.

She was educated through the Evanston Public School System. Joan was very athletic, she ran track, was part of the Drill Team and was very good at Karate. She was also one of the Debutante in the Evanston Cotillion under the leadership of Ms. Brownie Frazier. She graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1963. Joan's career started in the Head start Program at District 65. She eventually became a Teacher's Assistant at Park School. She dedicated her life and time to helping families she had a tender place in her heart for children with Special Needs.

This stemmed from her love for family, people and a desire to help anyone in need. She would go to candy store to purchase and handout candy to the children. Her ultimate dream was to one day become a Nurse. She made the day of countless children as they were greeted with a beautiful smile, when she picked them up for school each morning on the school bus she drove for Robinson Bus Company.

Joan had many accomplishments but out of all of them was the birth of her only beautiful and devoted daughter Taisha, born to her union with Mack Reece. She had a love for traveling. Every year she would venture out on a Cruise. A few of her favorite trips were to Hawaii and the Bahamas. She believed in living life to the fullest. This was done with life-long friends in their Social Club called the Channels along with being the first out of the group to own her very own car, a Red Corvair.

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