North Shore Death Notices: Aug. 9 To Aug. 15

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.

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

Richard Joseph Baldrini, 97, Deerfield

William Leiser, 88, Northbrook

Norman N. Andresen, 87, Highland Park

Karen Dee Davis née Moschel, 85, Lake Forest

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

Patricia Louise Dreschler, 79, of Itasca
Service Aug. 24

Gary Donald Pezdek, 74, Wheeling
Service Aug. 31

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Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Mark Arthur Donnelly, 65, Lake Bluff

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

Robert E. Allgyer, 42, Lake Forest
Service Sept. 1

Peter “Peki” Krosnjar, 35, Libertyville

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

David Jerry Tepper, 95, Buffalo Grove
Service Aug. 24

Rudy Langer, 91, Lincolnshire
Service Aug. 24

Barry S. Brown, 65, McHenry
Service Aug. 25

Harold "Jay" Rothenberg, 79, Chicago
Service Aug. 25

Lidia B. Samoylova, 72, Chicago
Service Aug. 25

Leon Poteshman, 99, Highland Park

Fima Master, 93, Wheeling

Herbert Milto Gordon, 90, Wheeling

Rita Jane Golub née Lev, 89, Glenview

Herbert J. Brand, 87, Buffalo Grove

Martin Sweitzer, 87, Mount Prospect

Lawrence "Larry" Freeman, 83, Chicago

Jacob Gershon Muskat, 80, Chicago

William P. Erenberg, 79, Highland Park

Linda Lang Firstman, 78, Highwood

Marcie B. Hemmelstein, 72, Palm Beach

Yelena Beryozkin, 70, Buffalo Grove

Eugene Presman, 54, Buffalo Grove

Cara Shlau, 50, Libertyville

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Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Michael Patrick Viollt, 70, Wilmette
Service Aug. 24

Lawrence E. Murrin, 82, Glenview
Service Aug. 26

Hildegard Emilie Popoff née Sprandel, 94, Evanston
Service Aug. 27

Marjorie Igliori Boesen, 92, Wilmette

So Hyang Kang, 80, Glenview

Susan Elizabeth Fischer née Wilke, 79, Wilmette

Arthur G. Pearson, 77, Evanston

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Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Veena Goswami née Sharma, 72, Skokie
Service Aug. 24

James R. “Jim” Bartles, 67, Skokie
Service Aug. 28

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Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave., in Evanston

Joan Lomax, 73, Evanston
Service Aug. 24

Charles Davis, 66, Des Plaines
Service Aug. 25

Kenya Elizabeth Roach, 48, Evanston

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Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Esther Anne Siville Pora, 78, Northbrook

Dorothy Jean Williams, 61, Wheeling

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Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Nancy A. Hillinger née Dumont, 91, Morton Grove

M. Grace Bunch née Wolski, 91, Chicago

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

Leo P. Niemiec, 101, Northfield
Service Aug. 24

Dorothy Jordan née Barrett, 93, Northbrook
Service Aug. 25

Cesar Nepomuceno, 88, Chicago
Service Aug. 25

Marjorie A. Gaynor née Brewer, 85, Glenview
Service Aug. 27

Keith Dale Kitts, 95, Glenview

Raymond A. Fox, 92, Northbrook

Janet V. Kuczek née Schultz, 89, Glenview

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

Frima Horwitch Bulmenthal, 96, Highland Park
Service Aug. 24

Tsilya Moroshek, 88, Skokie

Michael Manuel Klein, 78, Ocala

Stanley Joel Edelman, 76, Chicago

Zachary Louis Malitz, 31, Muncie, Indiana

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Featured Obituary:

Richard entered into his eternal life on August 20, 2021.Richard shared 66 years of love and happiness with his college sweetheart Connie Felten (Baldrini), and resided in Deerfield, Illinois for 63 years.

“Richie” began his P.E. high school teaching and coaching career at Tremont High School, Tremont Illinois. A few years later, he was hired by Highland Park High School to teach and coach football. He opened Deerfield High School, and became Athletic Director for the school. From Deerfield, he finished his teaching and coaching career at New Tier High School, and was the Physical Education Chairman for that department. Through his unique teaching and coaching style, Richie influenced many young adults, and he always put his students first.

Richard received many awards and honors during his lifetime. He was a 4-sport star who was MVP as a football halfback both at Illinois State University, and in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1949.In 1973, he was inducted into Illinois State University’s Athletic Hall of Fame and he is also in the “Who’s Who” of Collegiate Students. n 1994, Richard was inducted into the Highwood Hall of Fame in his hometown, Highwood, Illinois.

Richard is a WWII Veteran and served in the First Air Marine Corp Division. He was stationed in the Pacific Theater, and was in the Philippines for most of his tour. One of his fondest memories during that terrible time, was of his pet monkey, “Chico”, who he got from a native by trading one of his tee shirts!

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