North Shore Death Notices: Jan. 2 - Jan. 8

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

Margaret "Marge" F. Hackbarth née Davidson, 96, Highland Park

Gloria H. Bolek , 87, Gurnee

Theresa Agnes Werhane, 88, Highland Park

William C. Fuller

Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Home, 1407 Western Avenue in Lake Forest

Roger J. Peddle, 93, Lake Forest
Service Jan. 8

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Avenue in Lake Forest

Raymond Paul McCormack, 90, Lake Forest

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie

Sandra D. Greenblatt née Rumack, 73
Service Jan. 8

Florence Shapiro née Pinsky, 91
Service Jan. 8

Shirley Dubin née Landis, 86
Service Jan. 8

Cera Friedman Gordon née Skadron, 102
Service Jan. 9

Marianne Steiner, 82

Service Jan. 9

Sanford Shkolnik, 78
Service Jan. 12

William Pollak

Mariya Krasner

Richard Adelman

Joseph Yashon, 89

Esther Leahy, 47

Pavel Strugach, 59

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie

Thomas Francis O’Gara, 78, Wilmette
Visitation Jan. 9, Mass Jan. 10

Patricia Ann Stanley née Murray, 86, Chicago
Visitation Jan. 9, Mass Jan. 10

Virginia Mary Grossman, 77, Wilmette
Service Jan. 14

Sharon A. Ferrill, 85, Wilmette
Mass Jan. 19

Rosalyn “Roz” Mary Kriener, 68, Chicago
Visitation and Funeral Jan. 20

Vincent Micheal Jans, 57, Northbrook
Visitation and Mass April 7

Hubert “Hub” Peter Dretzka, 98, Cudahy, Wisconsin

Helen M. Curran née Stanton, 97, Wilmette

Ming-Ming S. Kuo, 80, Chicago

Patricia C. Rymut, 79, Grayslake

Raja S. Gaddipati, 36, Chicago

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Mercy Peters née Singh, 61, Morton Grove

Robert C. Tupy, 94, of Evanston

Gloria H. Mazurkiewicz, 90, Lincolnwood

Linda Lee Howard, 68, Chicago

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster Street in Morton Grove

Juana Maria Diaz née Sarracent, 86, Skokie

Raymond Paul McCormack, age 90 of Lake Forest, died peacefully at home on December 29, 2017. Ray, beloved husband to the late Mary Ellen McCormack (nee Atkinson) for over 61 years, married on April 30, 1955.

He was loving father of Ray (Judy) McCormack, Dan (Jill) McCormack DVM, Kitty (Remo) Picchietti, and Helen (Greg) Jenko; proud grandfather of Matt and Ray McCormack, Dan, Luke, John, and Tricia McCormack, Emily, Jack and Thomas Picchietti, Kelly (Kevin), Katie and Christian Jenko; caring son of the late Luke and Cecelia McCormack; dear brother of the late Margaret Smith (nee McCormack), the late James (the late Kaye) McCormack, the late Joseph (the late Mary) McCormack DDS, dearest brother-in-law of the late Dorothy (the late Fred) Reynolds, the late Bill (the late Aileen) Atkinson, the late Kay (the late Jack) Shevlin, John (Elaine) Atkinson, and Dan (Mary) Atkinson, cherished uncle of many nieces and nephews.

Ray will be remembered for his selfless and generous nature, strength, hard work, humor, and love for God, his family, and life-long friends — his 17 elementary school classmates and spouses met regularly for nearly 7 decades.

Ray graduated from Resurrection Elementary in 1941, St. Ignatius High School in 1945, and during his senior year at DePaul University he attended Coyne Electrical School in Chicago.

Prior to his long career as an electrician (64 years with IBEW, Local 134) Ray served as a radioman in the US Coast Guard at the close of WW2. Ray was one of 12 crew members awarded the silver Medal of Merit from King Haakon VII for saving a Norwegian sailor’s life after landing their PBM “flying boat” in 8 foot Atlantic seas.

His 1,246 mile round trip was the longest sea rescue in aviation history.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Autism Assessment, Research, Treatment and Services (AARTS) Center at Rush University Medical Center.

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