North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 5 To Sept. 11

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

Jack Ronald Fettman, 69, Skokie
Service Sept. 13

Gregg Robinson, 76, Skokie
Service Sept. 18

Sidney J. Brichta, 99, Northbrook

Myron "Bud" Whisler, 93, Aurora

Cherie R. Geller, 82, Northbrook

Ida Shapiro, 68, Niles

Benjamin Bensky, 65, Northbrook

Elizabeth Jo “Betsy” Ganser, 63, Evanston

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Jean Swofford Terrien, 65, Evanston
Service Sept. 13

Edward J. Niklewicz, 80, Arlington Heights
Service Sept. 13

Ruth Foreman, 83, Evanston
Visitation Sept. 16, service Sept. 17

Peter F. Koch, 89, Winnetka
Service Sept. 17

Louis James "Jim" Nelson, 73, Evanston
Service Oct. 22

Lacey Whittington Nash, 43, Northfield

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Clara E. Melone née Ketter, 99, Chicago

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Tony E. Clayton, 55, Niles
Service Sept. 24

Charles Roberts, 55, Chicago
Service Sept. 30

Charles McLenan Stoby, 90, Evanston

Yvonne Jennylind Duncan, 74, Evanston

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

James Scott Findlay, 32, Northfield

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

Jeanne Lovrien Connor Baxter, 88, Glenview
Visitation Sept. 16, service Sept. 17

Grover Cleveland Hunt, 95, Northbrook
Service Oct. 22

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Alice Joyce Oldaker, 75, Richmond, Virginia
Service Sept. 19

Frankie Dean Tavolino, 61, Morton Grove
Service Sept. 24

Timothy Arthur Brosnan, 66, Morton Grove

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

Richard S. Lewis, 91, Highland Park
Service Sept. 13

Bernard Hammer, 89, Winnetka

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

Leonard H. Hoffman, 64, Highland Park

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

Doris Patricia Holden née Richardson, 82, Chicago
Service Sept. 24

Erika Adolphine Sutton née Müller, 98, Skokie

Kevin John Creaney, 66, Huntley

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

David Philip Thomas, 81, Lake Bluff
Visitation Sept. 25, service Sept. 26

Dorothy A. Schultz, 94, Lake Forest

Genevieve “Gen” Neville, 90, Lake Forest

Kathleen Winer, 70, Lake Forest

Featured Obituary:

Ruth Foreman was born on December 11, 1939 in Kingston, Jamaica. She was the oldest of six children to Leopold Francis and Minna Lovelace.

Ruth met the love of her life Vincent Foreman in 1954; shortly after that they were married. Ruth migrated to the USA on December 17, 1967 and worked for the Skully family for 2 years. She was the Housekeeper and Dinner Technician.

On February 12, 1969, Vincent and three of their 5 children arrived and they settled in the 900 block of Sherman Ave, in Evanston. They all resided at 936 Sherman Avenue for 51 years. She expanded her horizons by attending nursing school in 1969 to become a nurse’s assistant. Ruth worked at Highland Park Hospital for five years as a nurse's aide and at St. Francis Hospital as a Patient Care Technician until her retirement in 2008. She enjoyed traveling to Vegas and spending time with a special group of her co-workers and cooking special meals for them. Ruth was an avid gardener, master cook, cake maker and decorator. Most of all she enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

If you know Ruth, you knew you could find her working in her garden or cooking. She enjoyed going to the farmers market to see what plants she could bring home with her. Ruth also enjoyed being a caregiver to others that needed help with their loved ones or pets. She had a heart of gold. Over the years she took the time to help her husband, brothers and sisters migrate to the United States. She gave them a place to stay until they were able to get on their feet and help them get their children here. She wanted everyone to have an opportunity to have a better life and that she did. No matter who you are, you had a place to stay as long as it was needed 936 Sherman was your home. All you had to do was ask and she said yes she never turned anyone away.

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