North Shore Death Notices: Oct. 24 To Oct. 30

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

Norman H. Tobin, 86, Buffalo Grove
Service Nov. 2

Surrie Melnick née Kaufman, 98, Wilmette

Jerrald L. Wulff, 88, Buffalo Grove

Charlotte Newberger, 87, Chicago

Rita Faye Rosenthal, 82, Vernon Hills

Moshe Y. Schub, 69, Skokie

Erwin L. Hernandez, 68, Chicago

Fraida Nathan, 68, Chicago

Hannah Ray Weiss, 32, Chicago

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Sandra Isabella Murray, 77, Northfield
Visitation Nov. 1, service Nov .2

Joan Catherine Plunkett née Norgle, 80, Northbrook
Visitation Nov. 3, service Nov. 4

Denise Ellen Cappiello née Christopher, 66, Park Ridge
Visitation Nov. 3, service Nov. 4

John Leonard Simpson, 77, Glenview
Visitation Nov. 4, service Nov. 5

Leo J. Sheridan, 87, Wilmette
Service Nov. 5

Herbert SuYuen Cheng, 92, Northbrook
Service Nov. 12

Rosemary Sobol née Kelly, 94, Glenview

Anahid Sarrafian, 84, Morton Grove

Joseph P. Campolo, 54, Winnetka

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Winikay "Wink" Toomey Reese, 78, Skokie
Visitation Nov. 1, service Nov. 2

Catherine B. “Katie” Ortmann, 96, Skokie
Service Nov. 2

James T. Round, 89, Skokie
Service Nov. 5

Francisca P. Segovia, 92, Chicago

Edward E. Simmons, 81, Skokie

John N. Thillens, 78, Buffalo Grove

Joseph Ross Genovaldi, 73, Skokie

Oscar A. Paesky, 65, Skokie

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Harriet L. Johnson, 91, Skokie
Visitation Nov. 2, service Nov. 3

Mildred Austin-Moore, 77, Highwood
Visitation Nov. 3, service Nov. 4

Jack Howard, 73, Evanston
Visitation Nov. 3, service Nov. 4

Teresa A. Jackson, 62, Evanston
Visitation Nov. 9, service Nov. 10

William Spencer Sales, 77, Evanston

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Harold Otto Schulz, 96, Wilmette

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

Gilian “Gil” K. Geniesse, 87, Glenview
Visitation Nov. 3, service Nov. 4

David Lee, 85, of Northbrook
Service Nov. 4

Florida T. Dy, 87, Northbrook
Visitation Nov. 4, service Nov. 5

Elaine Chester née Kropp, 84, Winnetka
Service Nov. 9

Vernon W. Seltrecht, 87, Lincolnshire

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

Gary Blachman, 57, Glenview
Service Nov. 2

Anna Gurevich, 97, Morton Grove

Rosaline Klein, 94, Chicago

Zinovy Star, 93, Chicago

Denis M. Bohm, 83, Mettawa

Stuart Paul Richer, 67, Winnetka

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

Theresa “Terri” Provenzano née Paprocki, 92, Woodlands, Texas

Dolores J. Hoffman, 89, Highland Park

Thomas "Tommy" Francis Maddox, 57, Rolling Meadows

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

Eric Casique Torres, 14, Prospect Heights
Service Oct. 25

Loda “GG” Florence Leatherman née Brown, 97, Genoa City, Wisconsin
Visitation Oct. 25, service Oct. 27

Salvador Elias Ramirez, 55, Round Lake Park,
Visitation Oct. 28, service Oct. 29

Barbara Ann Lewis, 67, Chicago
Service Oct. 29

Joan Margaret Loizzo, 94, Highland Park

Gerald Edward Ostick, 84, Long Grove

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Celia Ling, 100, Lake Forest
Service Nov. 19

Suzanne "Sue" Searle Dixon, 91, Lake Forest

Cynthia Kay Harkleroad, 70, Lake Bluff

Mary A. Seiler née Corcoran, 70, Lake Forest

Featured Obituary:

Winikay Toomey Reese, AKA “Wink” or “Winkie,” was born Feb. 19, 1944, at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, to Daniel P. Toomey and Winifred Rousa. They raised Wink in Skokie, where she attended St. Peter School with older sister, Connie, and younger brother, Dan. At St. Peter, she was christened, received First Communion, was confirmed, and later wed. In 1962, she graduated from Marywood High School in Evanston and enrolled in St. Mary-of-the-Woods in Terre Haute, IN. During college, she met Tom Reese, a former classmate from St. Peter’s grammar school. While Tom served in Vietnam, Winkie graduated St. Mary-of-the-Woods in 1966 with a bachelor’s degree. She double majored in Biology and Liberal Arts with a minor in Chemistry. After college, Winkie worked as a lab tech at Evanston Hospital. When Tom Reese returned from the Vietnam War, he and Winkie wed on April 12, 1969.

While Tom built a career at Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette, Winkie gave birth to seven children! Her first, Tracy Elizabeth, died during childbirth in 1969. She later had Andrew Thomas, Matthew Thomas, Tracy Danielle, and Shannon Clare. When Shannon reached first grade, Wink wanted more. So she had Peter Thomas. And because she always felt siblings needed “litter mates,” she had Thomas Theodore two years later.

Wink and Tom raised their family in Skokie, where she fostered her children’s art, academics, and athletic talents, including speedskating, softball, volleyball and soccer. She believed in a Catholic education for her children, sending all except Peter to St. Peter’s grade school and then to a private Catholic high school, either Notre Dame, Loyola or Marillac.

Tom and Wink had the good fortune to acquire a second home on Washington Island, WI, and it became an important retreat for the family. When the children reached adulthood, Wink and Tom began spending time with Wink’s sister, Connie, and her husband, Tony Weber, in Mesa, AZ.

In 1992, Wink and her family had their first exposure to an unknown heart condition that would reshape the dynamics of the family. Peter, Wink’s sixth child, died in 1994 from the illness. Wink’s heart symptoms surfaced in 2001. A 21-year battle with heart failure followed. Along the way, Wink lost her youngest son, Thomas, in 2009 to the same illness. On Oct. 27, Wink ended her battle with heart failure. She was 78.

We remember Wink as a great friend, sister, mother, grandmother and wife. She was a faithful parishioner and generous service member of the Catholic Church, donating endless hours to St. Peter’s in Skokie preparing for the Christmas Bazaar, Happening, and bake sales. With all her gifts, Wink demonstrated great humility, thoughtfulness and generosity in spirit. She was a fierce advocate for her friends and family, equipped with a razor-sharp wit, clever tongue, and a medical background. Despite her 5-foot, 110-pound frame, she was a formidable match for any nurse, doctor or educator.

Wink’s first name is the subject of some unique yarns! One of the best happened in the early ‘50s while shopping at a Michigan Avenue department store in Chicago. Wink lost track of her mother while shopping. A clerk turned to her and asked, “Are you lost, little girl?” Wink nodded. He followed up with, “What’s your name?” so he could announce it over the PA. “Wink Toomey,” she told him. So the man winked at her, and she winked back. He asked her again, and she replied, “Wink Toomey.” And the man winked, and she winked back. This went on for four or five times before she finally told him: “Mister, this is a fun game and all, but I need to find my mom. My name is Wink Toomey.”

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