North Shore Death Notices: April 22 to April 28

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.

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

Bernadine "Bernie" C. Llewellyn, 87, Vernon Hills

Robert Bruce Duncan, 75, Northbrook

Richard Morelli, 68, Chicago

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Mary Jayne Friis née Kemp, 97, Grayslake

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

Sara Bertille Cappeller, 57, Round Lake Beach
Service May 1

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

William Herbert Cork, 59, Lake Forest

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Judith Karzen, 78
Service April 29

Ralla D. Klepak, 82, Chicago
Service April 30

Ayn Feldman, Rockford
Services pending

Arthur Strilky
Services pending

Busya Bakman, 98, Skokie

Norman Alper, 93, Chicago

Burton Robin, 93, Chicago

Yetta Saltzberg, 93, Chicago

Bernice Weissman, 92, Evanston

Thelma Beverly Perbohner, 90, Deerfield

Lawrence Louis Schaen, 89, Northbrook

Marlene Liberman, 87, Monee

Fela Pinhasik, 84, Skokie

Miriam Clarke, 84, Chicago

Judith Sher, 82

Ida Lukyanova, 81, Des Plaines

Leonard "Lenny" Burstyn, 50, Highland Park

Leslie Arenson Auslander, 36, Highland Park

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

Rebecca Harris, 99

Minerva Valentine "Midge" Sherer née Edenson, 99

Violet "Vi" Fay Douglas née Rich, 92

Maribelle Wolfson, 92

Yelena Dmitrievna Cherner, 91

Musia Sinobicher, 90

Dina Mayzenberg, 86

Ainul Nessa, 86

Sanford Cantor, 85

Herbert Oster, 84

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Carolyn Gertrude Trentler née Klein, 75
Visitation April 29, service April 30

Patricia Sledge, 71, Des Plaines
Visitation and service May 1

Diane C. Dudek, 73
Visitation May 1, service May 2

Katherine Ann Johnston, 74
Service May 3

Jerry Hufton, 76, Winnetka
Service May 18

Eugene "Scott" Thomson, 63
Service July 12

Patricia “Patti” Jennings née McMahon, 94

Joseph Harold Muto, 91, Wilmette

George Kinser, 66

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Reinaldo J. Chavez, 73, Skokie
Visitation April 30, service May 1

Doris A. Edin, 86, Des Plaines
Visitation and service May 29

Elenore M. Mueller née Kunz, 103, Niles

Ruth E. Franz née Gerhardt, 91, Skokie

Iva B. Christmann née Montgomery, 89, Northbrook

Graham D. Stewart, 79, Elk Grove Village

Michael J. Becker, 72, Skokie

Navinchandra C. Joshi, 67, Niles

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

George W. Cochran, 78, Morton Grove

Featured obituary:

Bernadine "Bernie" Llewellyn passed away peacefully on April 23, 2019, while the birds were chirping and talking about fat Robins, bluebells and wild flowers at The Springs of Vernon Hills with her daughter close by.

Bernie was born in Rudd Iowa to Justus and Amalia Brandau, the youngest of five siblings. Bernie was fiercely independent, driving from Chicago to Iowa alone in the 1950’s. Refusing Jim (her future husband) a second date for 6 months after he stood her up the first time. She graduated from Finley Nursing School and took care of polio children in Iron Lungs then became Dr. Mark Canmann’s office nurse.

Bernie was a member of The Order of Eastern Star for over 50 years and later joined White Shrine. She has many life-long friends from these organizations. Bernie taught girl scouts how to do embroidery, adopted little old ladies to take care of, made homemade donuts for Halloween treats, made the best potato salad, and shared her beloved cottage with family and friends cooking for 25 people on Labor Day weekends. She was the family rock when her son John passed away suddenly at the age of 34 and became Tom’s Coffee buddy every morning in the last 4 years.

Bernie is remembered as always smiling, grabbing your hand and kissing it then holding it to her cheek. She brought joy and comfort to anyone she met. Bernie is preceded in death by her husband Jim, her son John and all of her siblings.

She is survived by her children Mary (Mark) Dettl of Grand Rapids, Dottie (Tom) Conway of Vernon Hills, James Llewellyn of Wisconsin, and Willie (Maddie) Llewellyn of Seattle. Her grandchildren Matthew and Michael (Jaime) Dettl, Suzie, Alex (Caitlin) and Molly Gross and her sister-in-law Maureen Llewellyn.

She will forever remain in our hearts with her famous princess wave, blowing kisses and the memory of she was not spoiled but entitled to all the love we could shower her with. Special thanks to the staff of The Springs of Vernon Hills and Transitions Hospice for taking the time to care and love Bernie. A memorial service is planned in September in Iowa per Bernie’s wishes. Until we see you again, God Speed and all our love.

via Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home

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