North Shore Death Notices: May 6 to May 12

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

Grace L. Whisler née Lange, 100, Deerfield

Dodya "David" A. Solomensky, 80, Skokie

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Carolina Stefani Biondi, 83, Highland Park

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Samuel Arnstein, 107, Northbrook
Service May 13

Joyce Himmel, 94, Flossmoor
Service May 14

Arthur E. Goldberg, 94, Evanston
Service May 14

Mace Rubenstein, 91, Skokie
Service May 14

Alan Reiter, 80, Northbrook
Service May 13

Janiel Friedland
Services pending

Lorraine S. Goldstein, Skokie
Services pending

Larry Nelson
Services pending

Irwin Siegel, Evanston
Services pending

Iosif Teplitsky, Skokie
Services pending

Joy W. Elder née Wiener, 87, Deerfield

Martin "Marty" Merel, 82, Skokie

Larisa Litvinskaya, 91, Skokie

Rachel Sarah Seidman, 50, Monsey, New York

Leazar Ushman, 83, Chicago

Stuart Roy Scheyer, 88, Glencoe

Shirley E. Wolf, 80, Skokie

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

Marvin R. Wortell, 100, Wilmette

Ralph Tash, 96, Chicago

Martin M. Sacks, 94, Chicago

Roy L. Kerzek, 91, Mount Prospect

Kenneth Leavitt, 86, Chicago

Michele Vishny, 86, Chicago

William Labb, 85, Forest Park

Richard I. Bass, 83, Long Grove

Burton Persky, 80, Skokie

George Annes, 79, Highland Park

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Nancy Kelly née Gibbons, 93, Wilmette
Visitation May 13, service May 14

Innocenza Lanzillotta née Cicerale, 82, Northfield
Visitation May 13, service May 14

Mary Elizabeth Scanlan, 99, Evanston
Visitation and service May 14

Joe Hubbard, 49, of Libertyville
Visitation and service May 14

Demetrius “Meechie” D. Hudson, 45, Chicago
Service May 15

Rodolfo Pinon Parado, 83, Skokie
Service May 15

Tom Payne, 73, Glenview
Service June 1

Elspeth Hoban née Maxwell, 81, Winnetka

Robert W. Fitzgerald, 77, Chicago

Douglas Paul Houck, 63, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

William S. Berkson, 93, Skokie
Service May 13

Ewald O. Jabon, 92, Skokie
Visitation and service May 14

Maya Bhagwan Shahani, 82, Chicago
Service May 14

Carla Carlsen LaSalle, 63, Chicago
Visitation May 17, service May 18

William M. Elliot, 80, Lincolnwood

Jyotsna S. Dave, 75, Skokie

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Ruth Irene Klouthis, 92, Morton Grove
Visitation May 16, service May 18

Edward C. Gross, 90, Morton Grove
Service May 18

Sargon Robert Oraham, 91, Morton Grove

Featured Obituary:

James Mortimer Simmen, of Lake Forest, Illinois, formerly of Gurnee, Illinois, died on May 4, 2019 with family by his side. He was born August 24, 1927 in Jersey City, New Jersey, to George and Maree (Rankin) Simmen.

Simmen served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1952 and was stationed in occupied Japan. He studied mechanical and electrical engineering at Cornell University, received his Bachelor of Arts from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and did graduate work under Mies van der Rohe at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Jim was the husband of Marjorie (Swansen) Simmen, whom he married in 2013. Previously he was married to Betty (Freeman) Simmen for 58 years until her passing in 2009.

Loving father of Robin Simmen (Michael Conway), Sheryl Simmen (Dan Ryan), Kimberly Wolf (Chris), Russell Swansen (Susan), and Eric Swansen (Shelley); grandfather of Alexandra Leuenberger (Dan), Austin, Morgan Shannon (Erik), Sheridan, Maggie, and Russell; great-grandfather of Theodor; Simmen was preceded in death by his parents and son-in-law, Michael.

Jim founded Photo Image Company, the first photo-typesetting firm in Chicago, in 1962. He was an avid woodworker and craftsman, a talented musician and chef, and an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest.

A Memorial service will be held at the church on Saturday, May 18 at 10:00 a.m. at 700 North Sheridan Road, Lake Forest.

via Simmen family

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