North Shore Death Notices: Feb. 25 To March 3

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

Joan C. McHugh, 77, Lake Forest

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

Philip W. K. Sweet, 91, Lake Forest

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Adriana Faifer, 83, Lake Forest
Visitation and service March 6

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Shirley R. Holcomb, 94, Northbrook
Service March 3

Ann Hull, 89, Lake Forest
Service March 3

David B. Meltzer, 89, Highland Park
Service March 3

Genya Gutina, 91, Chicago
Service March 4

Henry Michael Schaffer, 75, Chicago
Service March 5

Phyllis B. Kudan, 85, Northbrook
Service March 5

DeVera Beller, 94, The Woodlands, Texas
Service March 10

Erwin M. Werth, 97, Evanston

Lila Estelle Weisman, 88, Prospect Heights

Barbara A. Lieber née Arnheim, 87, Highland Park

Rae Forgash, 87, Evanston

Claire Kole, 82, Lincolnwood

Andrea Lee Liss née Riffkind, 74, Chicago

Susan Splansky, 70, Buffalo Grove

Meryl K. Abensohn, 68, Northbrook

Ellen Abramowitz, 58, Evanston

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Stephen S. Fargo, 68, Chicago
Service March 16

Rosalie Strom née Vernon, 89, Evanston

Robert B. King, 81, Kenilworth

Marion “Nan” Stefo née Hannafin, 75, Glenview

Frank Oatess, 73, Wilmette

Jennifer Adams Kelley, 55, Skokie

Dennis Gage Chojnacki, 27, Geneva

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Joan Hanley, 80, Chicago
Visitation and service March 9

Kyle Finnegan, 29, Skokie
Service March 9

Ruth L. Bonifield née Wonders, 81, Kansas City, Missouri

Maryann Mondrus née Wickowski, 71, Skokie

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

Joanie Legittino, 63, Chicago
Service March 4

Featured obituary:

“We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?”
— Doctor Who

On Tuesday, February 26th, 2019, Jennifer Adams Kelley, loving wife and mother, passed away at the age of 55 after a short, sharp battle with cancer.

Jennifer was born on October 11, 1963, in Des Plaines, Illinois. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1985, and married Philip Henry Kelley on October 25, 1991. She shared her birthday with her daughter, Valerie, born October 11, 1996. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sallyann Adams, and her step-father, Jerry Hahn.

Jennifer served as a troop leader while Valerie was with the Girl Scouts. She helped several of the girls in her troop earn Silver Awards, served as Cookie Mom, and was Service Manager for the Evanston area for a year.

Jennifer loved “classical rock” music, and had a lifelong love of the Monkees and the Beatles. She was a fan of the TV shows “The Man from Uncle”, “The Avengers”, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, “The X-Files”, and was a big fan of Star Trek before it was cool, and in fact before most of its current fans were born.

While Jennifer was active in many fandoms, her favorite was Doctor Who. She worked on numerous Doctor Who conventions across the nation and became beloved by many of the celebrities from the show. Her work and contributions to Doctor Who fandom had international reach. She helped found the Federation, a club best known for its fan videos and costume troupe, and was active in other fan clubs, both in front of and behind the camera. She was a writer of fan fiction and newsletters, contributing to the Hugo award winning Chicks Dig Time Lords and the Outside In series of books. Most notably, she co-authored Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America, the definitive look at Doctor Who fandom in the USA. The forthcoming second printing will include a dedication to her, and each purchase will contribute $5 to the Cancer Research Institute listed below.

Jennifer was a skilled seamstress and long-time member of the Chicagoland Costumers Guild. She made many treasured pieces of clothing for her daughter and husband, as well as many costumes and cosplay pieces inspired by Doctor Who and other shows and movies. She entered numerous costuming competitions at conventions, and in later years organized and ran them at her favorite conventions.

Her friends have set up a Facebook group, “Remembering Jennifer Adams Kelley”

Services were held. In lieu of flowers, donations in her name may be made to:

Cancer Research Institute
Community Animal Rescue Effort – C.A.R.E.

via Donnellan Family Funeral Services

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