North Shore Death Notices: Feb. 14 To Feb. 20

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

Nancy Jane Bearwald née Leighton, Northbrook
Service Feb. 26

Joseph “Joe” Deiss, 91, Highland Park

Suzanne Louise Brady née Schmidt, 91, Lincolnshire

Charles “Chuck” Frederick Wetzel, 74, Highwood

Charles "Chuck" A. Henderson, 62, Highland Park

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

Thomas "Tommy" Edward Howe, 24, Libertyville
Visitation Feb. 25, service Feb. 26

Robin Daniel Williams, 51, Chicago
Service Feb. 28

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

Martica "Tica" Heyworth Marquardt, 83, Lake Forest
Service Feb. 25

Charles P. Stathas, 89, Chicago

JoAnn Vlaisavich née Delich, 86, Northbrook

Linda Lou Nelson, 79, Lake Forest

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Susan "Susie" Aldona Pines née Brazis, 67, Riverwoods
Service Feb. 23

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

Elaine Suzanne Bronstein née Retchin, 98, Lincolnshire
Service Feb. 23

Robert "Bob" Drucker, 94, Northbrook
Service Feb. 23

Jerry Solway, 94, Mundelein
Service Feb. 23

Donald Ross, 89, Vernon Hills
Service Feb. 25

Jeffrey Sandy, 53, San Diego
Service March 25

Robert "Bob" Melvin Aberg, 92, Lincolnwood
Service Feb. 27

Josephine "Jo" Baskin Minow, 95, Chicago

Robert "Bob" Sheridan, 93, Chicago

Ilya Presman, 87, Chicago

Fred Altman, 84, Northbrook

Joel Goldsmith, 84, Chicago

Aviva M. Woll née Myers, 84, Skokie

Stewart L. Bailenson, 82, Woodstock

Arthur Holtzman, 72, Highland Park

Tanya Leah Temkin, 71, Berkeley, California

Alex Kazhdan, 53, Arlington Heights

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Michael Braus, 73, North Chicago
Service Feb. 23

Vito Gabrial Ferretti, 93, Marco Island, Florida
Visitation Feb. 25, service Feb. 26

Norbert Anthony Florek, 82, Naples, Florida
Service Feb. 26

Betty Ann Brady, 76, Boca Raton, Florida
Service Feb. 26

Elisa M. Jalomo, 99, Wilmette

John J. Kinsella, 93, Chicago

Jafar Shah-Mirany, 88, Glenview

John Patrick Hoban, 84, Winnetka

Franco Jean-Pois, 80, Evanston

Mariette Crosby née Gomez, 74, Buffalo Grove

Morteza Meshkatod Dini, 74, Highland Park

John Hennelly, 59, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Pauline T. Velasco née Tanaka, 69, Wilmette
Service Feb. 26

James Patrick Martin, 57, Skokie
Service Feb. 28

Joseph P. Capitani, 95, Skokie

Henry Hugel, 88, Skokie

Victor Tello Zamora, 81, Des Plaines

John W. Zoellner, 80, Chicago

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

Philippe K. Delma, 65, Skokie

Diane Britton, 64 Skokie

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Martin Nadis, 97, River Forest

Brett Joseph Winandy, 56, Glenview

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

LaVerne A. DiSalvo, 104, Morton Grove
Visitation Feb. 25, service Feb. 26

Doris K. Endo née Ito, 99, Niles

Johanna Gebhart, 87, Morton Grove

Stephen M. Kaferly, 70, Wheeling

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

Richard Alston Parmelee, 92, Northbrook
Service Feb. 22

Ernesto O. Buhay, 87, Glenview
Service Feb. 22

Mary Yore Rusch, 90, Northbrook

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

Aaron Levitt, 94, Chicago

Lyudmila L. Shapiro, 93, Palatine

Dina Sigmond, 91, Scottsdale, Arizona

Shirley J. Zaphiris, 90, Deerfield

Eleanor Eliaser, 86, Skokie

Marlene Pomerance née Marcus, 85, Mundelein

Earl Jaffe, 85, Northbrook

Daris Rae Doughty, 70, Deerfield

Featured Obituary:

Suzanne Louise Brady, nee Schmidt, 91, of Lincolnshire, IL, joined her adoring husband, Donald George, and the Lord on 02-16-2022. Suzanne’s life was defined by charitable giving and love: love of knowledge; love for her community and country; love of family; and love of the Lord. Born in Janesville, WI, her early life was difficult, but she learned a charitable heart and perseverance from her father, a local entrepreneur who offered credit to his community at his grocery during the depression. And she learned a love of knowledge from her mother, a schoolteacher who was one of the first women to earn a science degree from the University of Illinois.

Suzanne followed her mother to earn a Bachelor’s of Arts from the University of Illinois, and she became a teacher herself until her duties to raise her children required that she curtail her teaching activities, . . . somewhat. She continued to substitute teach in her local community from 1954 until 1972, first in Decatur, IL, and then in Deerfield and Highland Park School Districts. Her teaching focused on advanced mathematics and science at the high school level, and from 1966 until 1972, she returned to full-time teaching of Title I disabled children as well as Hispanic children with special needs. She remained heavily involved with the American Association of University Women, serving as President of the Deerfield Branch from 1965 until 1973. She was elected to the Deerfield School District 109 School Board from 1971 to 1973, the first woman to hold this post in over 30 years.

She served on the Women’s Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church of Deerfield, IL, and served on the First Presbyterian Church Women’s Association for nearly ten years, its President from 1969 until 1972. She has remained a devoted member of the congregation for over 57 years. She was also a member and President of the Women’s Board of The Presbyterian Homes on the north shore of Chicago, and she worked tirelessly as a volunteer at the Homes for more than 50 years. The latter part of her life was dedicated to providing comfort and necessities to the residents of the Presbyterian Homes, nearly single-handedly running and managing a non-profit store providing for those residents for 37 years. She worked in this capacity in excess of full-time, entirely as an unpaid volunteer, until she finally stopped helping “the old people who need the store” in March, 2019, at the age of 88.

Never one to wear her beliefs and accomplishments on her sleeve, she showed her charity and devotion to Christ in deeds rather than words, through her commitment to her students; to her community; to her family; and to those who were blessed by her volunteer work.

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