North Shore Death Notices Dec. 10 - Dec. 16

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

Victoria Lynne Duffy née Scornavacco, 68, Highwood
Visitation Dec. 18

Werner P. Diebel, 92, Lincolnshire
Service Dec. 22

Norma Lee Rudolph Cape, 91, Lake Forest

Nancy L. Shapiro, 90, Highland Park

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Stefano Carani, 79, of Highland Park
Visitation Dec. 17, service Dec. 18

Vasile Boldovici, 72, Chicago

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Anton “Tony” Joseph Hopfinger, 75, Lake Forest

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Sylvia "Simmie" Hara, 96, Niles
Service Dec. 18

Louise S. Cole, 85, Vernon Hills
Service Dec. 17

Neil S. Ament, 57, Highland Park
Service Dec. 17

Shika Kuperman, 105, Deerfield

Beverly Waxburg Wallace, 89, Buffalo Grove

Melvin L. Rukin, 87, Lincolnshire

Jay S. Goldenberg, 79, Rockville, Maryland

William Arthur "Bill" Siegel, 55, Chicago

Raya Avichai, Evanston

Sylvia Cember, Lincolnwood

Bee Stucker, Niles

Ruth Margolin, Skokie

Gertrude Benovitz

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Charles Anthony Feit, 89, Skokie
Service Dec. 17

Timothy "Tim" Hall, 45, Chicago
Service Dec. 19

John Paul McGee, 74, Glenview
Visitation Dec. 19, service Dec. 20

Alice Pirie Wirtz, 87, Winnetka
Visitation Dec. 20, service Jan. 16

Bernice Mary Lee née DeSanto, 80, Waukegan
Visitation and service Dec. 22

Flo L. Burghardt née Haworth, 90, Lincolnwood

Thomas A. Walker, 82, Chicago

Robert T. Cox, 65, Winnetka

Michael John Dolan, 57, Glenview

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Glenn A. Aanerud, 66, Skokie
Service Dec. 17

Marco Antonio Martinez, 48, Skokie
Service Dec. 17

Carolyn R. Gunnell née Loeppert, 89, Skokie
Service Dec. 29

Thomas M. Tucker, 73, Wilmette

Olga L. Navarro née Lapena, 69, Chicago

Michal J. Dziarmagowski, 43, Chicago

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Cora Qualiardi, 88, Morton Grove
Visitation Dec. 17, service Dec. 18

Gregory A. Nelson, 81, Morton Grove
Visitation and service Dec. 18

Doris Jennings née Napier, 88, Chicago

Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Boulevard in Wilmette

Rollie Cecil Gussin, 100
Service Dec. 17

Mae Friedman, 94

Arthur I. Trossman, 90

Jay Alan Doniger, 77

Janet Carol Paley, 75

Sandra Sekerka- Wolf, 73

Daniel Mark Cohen, 70

George Allan Braun, 68

Featured obituary:

Alice Pirie Wirtz, 87, known to her close friends as Ittie, died peacefully at her home in Winnetka on December 8, 2018 following a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was surrounded by her children, and with her dear dog Molly by her side. Born on March 24, 1931, to Alice Quarles Pirie and John Thomas Pirie II of Winnetka, Mrs. Wirtz graduated from the North Shore Country Day School in 1949 and Finch College in 1953.
She was the widow of the late William W. Wirtz, former President of the Chicago Blackhawks and Wirtz Corporation. Her first husband was the late Homer Hargrave, Jr.

Mrs. Wirtz is survived by her three children, Charles Pirie Hargrave (Kathy Laughlin) of Wilmette, William Arthur Hargrave (Christina Louise Cox) of Chicago and Alice Quarles Hargrave of Chicago, widow of Jean-Brice Wallon; her eight grandchildren, Sara, Charles, Katie, Jennifer, Ezra, Gabriel, Joseph and Deshler; her great-grandchild Malcolm; and her brother William Quarles Pirie of Minocqua, Wisconsin.

Alice will be remembered most of all for her two passions ... her artistic creations and her sense of civic responsibility. In 1972, she became conservator of The Thorne Rooms at The Art Institute of Chicago, a position she held for 14 years. Her lifelong love of miniatures was certainly enriched by her mother-in-law, silent film actress Colleen Moore Hargrave (dear friend of Narcissa Thorne) who created The Colleen Moore Fairy Castle. Alice created exquisite shell-enrobed mirrors, each unique and reminiscent of 18th and 19th century decorative arts which she also collected along with English antiques. Many of these exotic shells were collected by Alice from remote islands in the Bahamas while on trips with her husband, Bill, aboard the Blackhawk.

Alice's involvement in the community was manifested in her civic work. She served as President of The Junior League of Chicago, President of the Women's Board of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital (formerly Children's Memorial Hospital), and volunteer for The Crusade of Mercy. Always a proud alumna of North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, she volunteered as Archivist of the school's history, which included reconnecting alumni from across the country. Most recently, Alice dedicated herself to the John T. Pirie School in Chicago, a well-respected school within The Chicago Public School System, named for her great grandfather, John T. Pirie, founder of Carson Pirie Scott & Company. The department store (founded in 1854) survived the Chicago Fire and resided for over a century in its landmark store designed by Louis Sullivan.

Most important to Alice's many friends, family and the neighbors who love her was her extreme kindness and thoughtfulness. She shared her award-winning roses with anyone in need of a special pick-me-up and gifted countless homegrown raspberries and jam. Her hand-written notes of thanks, sympathy or congratulations were all infused with love.

Visitation: Thursday, December 20, 2018, 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Boulevard, at Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077.

Celebration of her Life: Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 10:30 a.m. at Christ Church, 784 Sheridan Road, Winnetka, IL 60093.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to:

Rush University Medical Center’s
Lung Cancer Research Fund
c/o
Kevin R. Gray
Director of Development
1201 W. Harrison Street, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60607

The John T. Pirie
Fine Arts and Academic Center
650 East 85th Street
Chicago 60619

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