North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 12 To Sept. 18

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

Markus Kunin, 85, Glenview
Service Sept. 21

Debra Glass née Zelman, 63, Arlington Heights
Service Sept. 21

Bertha Lipton née Leib, 62, Lincolnwood
Service Sept. 23

Genya Kolodizner, 89, Chicago

Edwin M. Horak, 85, Deerfield

Gregg Robinson, 76, Skokie

Howard Stein, 74, Skokie

Rebecca K. Honorow, 70, Joliet

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Janet Patricia Thomas, 74, Wilmette
Service Sept. 20

Mary Jane Dolan, 81, Wilmette
Visitation Sept. 23, service Sept. 24

Richard J. Meneghello, 89, Wilmette
Service Sept. 24

Alexander "Bart" DeBartolo, 91, Glencoe

Robert C. Nash, 78, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Fred H. Tolzien, 96, Glenview

Stephen A. Snakard, 77, Winnetka

Jesse P. Silva, 65, Volo

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

Robert Carl Warskow, 89, Glenview
Service Sept. 24

Barbara Cooper Fowler, 88, Evanston
Visitation Sept. 30

Janet Hartke Metzger, 82, Northbrook
Service Sept. 30

Edward P. Pyterek, 87, Glenview
Visitation Oct. 21, service Oct. 22

John Muno Thinnes, 84, Niles

George H. Chandler, 78, Glenview

Joan Kay Giacobetti, 64, Northbrook

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Rosalia Doerner, 91, Morton Grove
Service Sept. 21

Norman Scott McCray, 70, Morton Grove

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

Helen Zaitz, 99, Northbrook

Yakov Abromovich Kruglyanskiy, 97, Chicago

Michael Altman, 84, Evanston

Ronna Sue Heftman, 74, Northbrook

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

Hubert Paraison, 85, Highland Park

Mark Anthony Battis, 63, Northbrook

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

Maurice Bobby Madison, 72, Chicago

Carl Alexander January, 58, Great Lakes

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Sandra Jean Ruehlman, 76, Lake Forest
Service Oct. 22

Beth Margaret Farlow, 51, Sun Prairie
Service Oct. 22

Elizabeth Kerwin Twede, 92, Lake Forest

Featured Obituary:

Barbara Cooper Fowler died surrounded by family on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022 at her home in Evanston, Illinois. She was 88 years old.

Barbara was the loving wife of nearly 65 years to Gary Lane Fowler; devoted mother to Ellen (Jeff) Hummel and Mark (Rebecca) Fowler; and beloved grandmother of Michael Fowler, Sara Hummel, Evan Hummel and Daniel Fowler.

Born on July 11, 1934 in Schenectady, New York, Barbara earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Syracuse University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

She met her husband, Gary, at Syracuse, and they were married in 1957. Barbara taught elementary and high school while Gary was deployed with the Army; from 1963 to 1965, they lived in Europe and North Africa before returning to the United States. Barbara continued to travel throughout her life, and especially enjoyed spending time at their home in the North Woods of Wisconsin.

A lifelong member of the League of Women Voters (LWV), Barbara committed her life to women’s equality and social issues. In the 1980s, she served as government chair of the Illinois LWV, and president of the Elmhurst, Illinois chapter. She was executive director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence; government affairs consultant for the Illinois Planned Parenthood Association; and a founding member of the National Forum for Women in Woodstock, Illinois. Barbara spent years lobbying for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, which Illinois finally ratified in 2018. She smiled when told the news.

In 1988, Barbara co-founded Financial Planning Associates of Hyde Park, a private firm focused on financial services and divorce mediation for women. From 1991 to 1998, she helped to organize the Greater Chicago Society of Certified Financial Planners, serving as chairperson, president and board member. She closed the business in 2006, when she and her husband retired to Evanston.

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