North Shore Death Notices: Aug. 18 To Aug. 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.

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

Corey Preston Lomoro, 37, Highland Park
Visitation Aug. 28, service Aug. 29

Barbara McWilliams Griffin, 88, Northbrook

Frank J. LaRocca, 83, Aurora

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

William J. “Bill” Phillips, 74, Highland Park

Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Home, 1407 North Western Avenue in Lake Forest

Salvatore DeMarie, 73, Lake Bluff

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Luigi Gerardo Ruffolo, 88, Highland Park

William Hayes Thies, 77, Winnetka

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

Victor S. Katz, 81, Chicago
Service Aug. 25

Allan D. Nelson, 84, Chicago
Service Aug. 27

Ada Spanier née Cohen, 99, Chicago

Albert "Lazar" Mermelstein, 97, Vernon Hills

Bertram F. Hamilton, 96, Wilmette

Joseph Lichtshein, 94, Chicago

Phyllis Estelle Bower née Rappin, 90, Phoenix

Ruth Lasky née Greenwald, 88, Chicago

Leonid Britva, 87, Glenview

Vivian Stelzer née Aisuss, 87, Park Forest

Irving Joseph Weintroub, 83, Las Vegas

Joel Waxman, 78, San Jose, California

Carol G. Mittleman, 77, Chicago

Donald Simpson, 77, Chicago

Frank L. "Jeremiel" Zimmerman, 71, Wheeling

Denise Renee Egebrecht née Schwartz, 64, Johnsburg

Richard Stein, 55, Chicago

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Joan Mary O'Keefe née Randall, 91, Lake Forest
Service Aug. 26

Amelia "Amy" Jones Radford, 100, Wilmette

Richard Gerald Fischl, 93, Evanston

Arnold R. Weber, 90, Northbrook

Joan R. Birdwell, 86, Kenilworth

Charles Maurice Shea, 81, Wilmette

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Guy A. Wilson, 64, Skokie
Service Aug. 27

Aldo Fosco "Dods" Marchetti, 89, Skokie

Thompson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Emmanuel Roselin Frederique, 43, Evanston

Beverly Ann Riley, 29, Evanston

Natasha X. Busch, 27, Chicago

Evanston Funeral & Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Wilmia Capen Ramsey, 98, Winnetka

Carl Mikael "Mickey" Barendt, 53, Highland Park

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

Dorothy G. Goldstein, 103, Chicago

Shirley R. Scheinbaum, 99, Chicago

Jennie Einhorn, 93, Skokie

Elaine K. Goodman, 92, Skokie

Ruth Goone, 91, Buffalo Grove

Ann Miller, 91, Skokie

Clarice Lifson, 90, Wilmette

Lucy Baum, 82, Niles

Barbara Lynn Finne, 77, Northbrook

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Robert E. St. John né Getowicz, 73, Morton Grove

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

Arthur P. Murawski, 94, Glenview

Evelyn Krueger née Mahnke, 89, of Northbrook

Astrid Hilfer née Halbrendt, 86, Glenview

Ellen McCarthy, 82, Glenview

Slobodan Bobo Gracanin, 71, Mount Prospect

Featured Obituary:

Shirley Kay Larimer née Rawers, age 85, of Lake Forest, passed away peacefully on August 21, 2020. She was born June 7, 1935, in Mendon, Ohio, daughter of the late Arlington J. & Jean Rawers. Shirley was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Wendell Stancill Larimer.

Shirley is survived by her two children Dru Anne Smyth and Thomas Larimer (Juliann), of Lake Forest; six grandchildren: Aubrie, Robby, and Jackson Smyth and Emelia, Sarah, and Victor Larimer; and other cousins, in-laws, a niece and nephew.

Shirley grew up in Celina, Ohio and was a proud graduate of The Ohio State University. She moved to Boston to continue her graduate studies where she met the love of her life, Stan Larimer. She and Stan were married in 1959 in Celina and his career at Scott Paper took them from Pennsylvania to New York, Ohio, Michigan and eventually the northern suburbs of Chicago where they retired to be near family. During those years, in addition to raising her family, Shirley worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative for Doresy Laboratories.

Besides her devotion to her family, as an avid reader, Shirley enjoyed working part-time at the Northbrook Public Library for over 10 years, where she had many good friends. She also enjoyed art, traveling, yoga, and sailing on Lake Geneva first as part of the Keelboat Club at George Williams College and then the Lake Geneva Yacht Club. She and Stan spent many wonderful summers hosting family and friends at their cottage at the Harvard Club in Fontana, Wisconsin.

She will be missed for her quick wit, lovely laugh, and curious mind. Shirley loved baking and crafting with her grandchildren; and as they got older, attending their sporting and musical events, one of the joys of having her so near.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to Sonia, Valerie, Audrey, Susan and the many other caregivers and therapists who provided invaluable care to Shirley over the last several years, allowing her to remain in her home.

A celebration of Shirley's life will be held later this year.

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