North Shore Death Notices: April 18 To April 24

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.

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

Robert Michael "Bob" Merz, 66, Highland Park
Visitation May 1, service May 2

Phyllis D. Stands, 75, Chicago

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

William “Bill” Delaney Driscoll, 92, Lake Forest
Service April 26

Curtis Eugene Skinner, 91, Lake Forest
Service May 13

Peter Joseph Keller, 74, McHenry
Service June 11

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

Francine Scully Lippitz née Hirsch, 87, Highland Park
Service April 28

Emily Joy Nicholson, 32, Gurnee
Service April 28

Miriam “Mimi” Wolverton Smith, 83, Durango, Colorado

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie and 195 N. Buffalo Grove Road in Buffalo Grove

Anita Ethel Taub Hyman Cutler, 100, Vernon Hills
Service April 26

Evelyn Dawn Meyer, 97, Highland Park
Service April 26

Howard M. Turner, 85, Highland Park
Service April 26

Evelyn Goldberg, 97, Skokie

Lita Zemel née Hernreich, 94, Wilmette

Jerome Marvin Kaplan, 92, Skokie

Polina Kagan, 88, Skokie

Ada B. Novak, 88, Des Plaines

Deborah Sheinin née Jackman, 72, Lincolnwood

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Souren Poladian, 92, Wilmette
Service April 28

Beatrice Castanes née Kanavos, 95, Glenview

Evilin B. McHugh, 85, Wilmette

Beatriz "Betty" Maria Olivera née Palomares, 86, Northbrook

Jonathan David Honoré, 54, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Thomas A. Baima, 69, Skokie
Visitation April 29, service April 30

Robert J. Schoenbeck, 74, Morton Grove

Thomas Joseph Sullivan, 81, Chicago

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Marva Brooks, 80, Evanston
Visitation April 26, service April 27

Albert G. Handley, 80, Evanston
Service April 29

June Jessica Nymn, 70, Evanston

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

Jack Wulf, 94, Glenview

Caroline R. Cesario “C.C.” née Leonardi, 92, Des Plaines

Warren N. Lang, 83, Northbrook

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

Dolores Carlin Rubin, 96, Highland Park

James "Jim" E. Greenebaum, 94, Northbrook

Mary Eileen Lentz, 94, Glenview

Jerome G. Welkom, 93, Barrington

Jotham G. "Jotty" Friedland, 90, Highland Park

Naphtali Gutstein, 90, Lincolnwood

Sylvia Golan, 86, Lincolnshire

Barbara Gordon, 83, Huntley

Bernard "Bernie" Weisman, 77, Chicago

John Wright Dunn, 69, Chicago

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Marie "Mary" Krause née Korynt, 100, Morton Grove

Rosella M. Wahlburg née Erickson, 97, Punta Gorda, Florida

Milica Mijajlovic, 95, Morton Grove

Jeanette I. Iwick Verch née Mandrake, 89, Arlington Heights

Featured Obituary:

Miriam “Mimi” Wolverton Smith, at age 83, passed away peacefully on December 3,2021. She was surrounded by her family in Durango, CO. She was born on August 4, 1938 in Shamokin, PA. Mimi had a wonderful childhood in Lake Bluff, IL with her parents, three sisters and two brothers. She was the oldest of the six children and was always devoted to her family. The Wolverton house was the hub for all the kids in the neighborhood. All were welcomed and treated like family.

Mimi graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1956. Mimi and Jack married on September 12, 1959 and enjoyed 62 happy years together. They raised their three children in the Lake Forest /Lake Bluff, IL community. Mimi was a successful businesswoman. She opened her store, Mimi’s Lingerie and Maternity, in Lake Forest in 1976. Her store was a favorite local destination for over 25 years. She had exquisite taste and her store was filled with an abundance of beautiful merchandise. She greeted every customer with a smile and had a special connection with her customers. She loved listening to their stories as they shopped. She developed lasting relationships with many of them. She treasured her many lifelong friends.

She sold her store in 2001 and moved to Durango, CO to be a doting grandma to her twin grandsons. She enjoyed her life in Durango with her family close by and loved the time she spent volunteering at the Methodist Thrift Store. She loved interacting with the customers and giving back to her community. She enjoyed hosting family holidays and making her famous sloppy joes, lasagna as well as yummy desserts, brownies, chocolate chip cookies and red velvet cake.

Send obituaries and images to your Patch to be included in future editions: Deerfield, Evanston, Glenview, Highland Park, Lake Bluff-Lake Forest, Niles-Morton Grove, Northbrook, Skokie, Winnetka-Glencoe-Northbrook, Wilmette-Kenilworth

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