North Shore Death Notices: Aug. 25 To Aug. 31

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

Edward L. Biondi Jr., 69, Highwood
Visitation Sept. 3

Alice M. Meyerovitz, 97, Deerfield

Judy Tukesbrey, 96, Deerfield

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

Ts Ai "Mary" Lin, 88, Chicago

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Kirk Conklin Hoerman, 95, Lake Forest
Service Sept. 18

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

Esfir Khazina, 98, Des Plaines

Sofiya Akhrina, 92, Niles

Barbara P. Helfgott, 85, Ft. Meyers, Florida

Mark S. Shapiro, 85, Morton Grove

Ada Labunskaya, 80, Buffalo Grove

Sharon Wishner née Magid, 79, Chicago

Linda B. Johnson, 73, Chicago

Susan London, 72, Wilmette

Samuel Solarz, 32, Highland Park

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Lorayne Marie Cascino née Allegretti, 95, Winnetka

Robert B. Flannery Jr., 68, Glenview

Priscilla Abbott Fox, 68, Libertyville

Douglas Scott Jaeschke, 61, Palatine

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Edward R. Pufunt, 86, Schaumburg

Marianne Harty Brandenburg, 74, Skokie

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

Sylvester Marquise "Rock" Boykin Sr., 41, Skokie

Kendall "Ron-Ron" Tompkins, 39, St. Louis

Evanston Funeral & Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Adolf Heleniak, 74, Skokie

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

Evelyn Klowden, 102, Morton Grove

Theodore Lustig, 93, Deerfield

Sally Warren Kaplin née Grossman, 89, Northbrook

Gerard C. Smetana, 88, Chicago

Terry Scott Diamond, 55, Niles

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Timothy J.E. "T.J." Brunning, 26, Morton Grove
Visitation Sept. 3

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

Lynn Przybylski, 74, of Northbrook
Service Sept. 3

Lorraine M. Neal, 95, Lincolnshire

Emma Clara Wilkins née Post, 94, Chicago

Featured Obituary:

Kirk C. Hoerman, DDS, MS was born November 26th, 1924 in Lyndon, Kansas to George Hengry and Viola Hoerman. He attended Baldwin University in Baldwin City, Kansas. He played sports there and was named to the university's Hall of Fame. He attended the University of Missouri, Kansas City from where he graduated in 1947 with the degree Doctor of Dental Surgery. From there he entered private practice in Manhattan, Kansas.

Having been drafted during World War II but deferred as he pursued his DDS degree, in 1950 he was commissioned as Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Dental Corps. His first assignment was aboard USS Fremont (APA 44). He made one deployment to Korea during that conflict. Following his tour on USS Fremont, he was assigned to graduate studies at University of Missouri, Kansas City, where he attained the degree Master of Science in Dentistry in 1955.

From 1955 to 1957 he was assigned as Dental Research Officer, Dental Research Facility, Naval Training Center, Great Lakes Illinois. From 1957 to 1960 he served as head Department of Biochemistry, Naval Medical Research Unit Number 3, Cairo, Egypt. From 1957 to 1960, he served as Head, Department of Biochemistry, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt. A true Navy man, Kirk returned from Egypt by ship, where he met Greta. They would spend the next 60 years together. From 1960 to 1969, Kirk served as Head, Chemistry and Physics Division, Dental Research Department, Naval Medical Research Institute, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Head, Research Section, Professional Branch, Dental Division, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, Washington, DC; Special Assistant for Dentistry, Office of Naval Research, Medicine and Dentistry Branch, Navy Department, Washington, DC; and Chairman, Research and Education Traineeship Committee, Veterans Administration.

Kirk participated in many professional activities. He was a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists. He was a member of the American Dental Association, Biophysical Society, International Association for Dental Research, and the American Institute of Nutrition. Kirk's major areas of research included protein chemistry, luminescence, hemoglobinopathies, collagen and other connective tissue chemistry. He was awarded several patents and was the author of many articles in those subjects. It was during these years in Bethesda that Kirk and Greta's beloved sons, Thomas, Timothy, Terence, and Tor, were born at U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland.

From 1969 to 1972, Kirk served as Commanding Officer, Naval Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, Illinois. Kirk retired from the Navy in 1972 at the rank of Captain. After retirement, Kirk and Greta moved to Lake Bluff, Illinois, then in 1974 they moved to 117 E. Westminster in Lake Forest where they raised their family.

After retirement from the Navy, Kirk worked at the American Dental Association and did consulting work for the William Wrigley, Jr. chewing gum company. He helped patent their first sugarless gum. He was a professor at Loyola University School of Dentistry. During his years in Lake Forest he also had a private dental practice and was one of the first dentists to do dental implants.

In 1994, at age 70, he got his private pilot's license, and bought a plane. He loved people, his home, playing golf, going to his children's athletic games, his vintage Porsche, and an occasional martini with three queen olives. He loved to laugh and laughed at his own jokes and never lost his sense of humor. He loved sports, especially the Cubs and Bears. It was more than an excuse to eat popcorn and drink beer. He loved to share his love of sports with his sons. He would emphatically direct a "You bum!" through the TV when a Chicago sports figure would perform poorly. If you were lucky enough to spend time with him, you know he was tough — but caring and compassionate — lighthearted but thought provoking. He was interested in whatever you brought to the conversation.

Most of all he loved his family, and we, his family, loved him. We love you still, and until we are together again, we wish you "fair winds and following seas."

Kirk is survived by his loving wife Greta Hoerman; his loving children and grandchildren Thomas (Joyce) and their children Megan, Katy, Trent, Tommy and Tanner; Timothy (Carmela) and their daughter Avery; Terence (Grace) and their children Dana, Nadia, and Ray; and Tor (Jessie) and their children Casey, Kirsten and Quinn. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother George Carrol Hoerman.

A public visitation will be held on Friday, September 18, 2020 from 5 – 8 p.m. at Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave., Lake Forest, IL 60045. Masks and social distancing will be required at the Funeral Home. A virtual funeral service will take place on Saturday, September 19, 2020, please go to Wenban Funeral Home to view the virtual funeral service.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016, 1-800-622-9010 or Wounded Warriors Foundation, PO Box 96860 Washington, DC 20077-7677, 1 (888) 484 3876 in loving memory of Kirk C. Hoerman.

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