North Shore Death Notices: Dec. 31 - Jan. 6

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

Mark Walter Simon, 54, Deerfield

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Andrea S. Knight, 91, Winnetka

James E. Anderson, 80, Lake Forest

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

Lucille Jessica Dunson née Brown, 67, Winthrop Harbor

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Meyer Widrevitz, 98, Chicago
Service Jan. 7

Carol Friedman, 84, Vernon Hills
Service Jan. 7

Barry Katz, 76, Highland Park
Service Jan. 7

Janis Cohn, 61, Buffalo Grove
Service Jan. 7

Marvin Azriel, 88, Buffalo Grove
Service Jan. 8

Anna Kershteyn, 81, Grayslake
Service Jan. 8

Deborah Rae Jorbin, Niles

Pauline Sharon Garvin, Leesburg, Florida

Frederika Halski née Lanz, 101, Glenview

Toby Blitz, 95, Northbrook

Dorothy Brooks, 94, Chicago

Charles Gross, 94, Chicago

Edward Klein, 92, Chicago

Leonid Belogur, 86, Morton Grove

Boris Gertsenshteyn, 86, Chicago

Joel Glovsky, 81, Hawthorne Woods

Phillip S. Gordon, 80, Skokie

Lara M. Levitan, 49, Deerfield

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Nicholas Katris, 86, Northfield
Service Jan. 8

Joseph John Nimrod, 89, Glenview
Visitation Jan. 11, service Jan. 12

Florence Geraldine "Gerry" McCarthy O’Brien, 99, Sea Island, Georgia

Madelyn Schorsch Anderson, 93, Glenview

Ruby Heniades née Stavropoulos, 91, Chicago

Koula Karampelas, 89, Palos Park

Sarah Ann Goldberg nee Pastorello, 81

Jean K. Jorgensen, 61

Matias Nobile, 23, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Thomas J. Reynolds, 80, Skokie
Service Jan. 7

John W. LeFevre, 98, Evanston

Dragan “Charlie” Vukovich, 82, Wilmette

Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Boulevard in Wilmette

Sadelle Rosenfeld, 98

Lillyan S. Greene née Simon, 97, Lincolnwood

Alma Sylvia Morrison, 94

Stuart Narrod, 93

David I. Shapiro, 88

Melvin Lerman, 87

Lisa McCormick, 67

Yevgenia Sherman, 46

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Isabelle M. Calabrese née Carroll, 87, Glenview
Visitation Jan. 9, service Jan. 10
Elizabeth "Betty" Conway, 101, Niles

Mary Therese “Terry” Schlag née Hojnacki, 89, Morton Grove

Gail Utterback née Lauletta, 80, Rural Hall, North Carolina

Featured obituary:

Mark Walter Simons died after a long battle with cancer on December 28, 2018 at the age of 54. Mark is survived by his wife Pamela J. Kuzniar and their children Sophia J. Simons, Kate Alexandra, Pamela A. Izvanariu, and his brother Peter Simons. He is preceded in death by his Father Walter F. Simons (1924-2008) and Mother Helen M. (Nielsen) Simons (1922-2014) and his sister Lorel F. Simons (1951-1969).

Mark was born on April 20, 1964 in Elmwood Park to Wally and Helen Simons. The family moved to Deerfield when Mark was two years old. Mark graduated from Deerfield High School in 1982. He went on to graduate Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Illinois State University in 1986. He attended graduate school at Northwestern University and received a Master of Arts in English in 1987 and a Master of Arts in Radio, TV and Film in 1988. He worked at J.P. Simons, a company established by his grandfather, and eventually returned to school. In 2002 Mark received his Juris Doctor, Cum Laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He married Pamela J. Kuzniar in 2002.

Mark practiced Family Law in Lake County Illinois and was respected by his peers and often appointed to represent children by the Court. Mark was an accomplished musician and often participated in the Bar Association variety show. He loved writing music and performing. His priority however was family and he was a loving and devoted father.

Services were held. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Orphans of the Storm Animal Shelter or the American Civil Liberties Union. The family would like to thank the doctors, nurses, caregivers and staff at the Cardinal Bernadine Cancer Center at Loyola Medicine and Journey Care Hospice for their care, efforts and dedication.

via Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home

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