North Shore Death Notices: Jan. 24 To Jan. 31

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

George Vincent Herman, 95, Deerfield
Visitation Feb. 4, service Feb. 5

Ernest "Ernie" Phillip Strelow, 85, Deerfield
Service Feb. 7

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

John Jacob Griffin, 40, of Lake Villa,
Service Feb. 2

Anna Szczygiel nèe Chudy, 86, Grayslake
Visitation Feb. 4, service Feb. 5

Kathryn M. "Kathy" Oelschlager, 88, Lindenhurst
Service March 5

Connie Jean Sydoryk née Dildine, 66, Villa Park

Jose Anibal Canales, 55, Chicago

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

Austin A. Vandenhuevel, 90, Highland Park

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

William Connor Gray, 76, Buffalo Grove
Service Feb. 5

Dan K. Milanak, 63, Lake Forest
Visitation Feb. 25, service Feb. 26

Verne W. Blakeley, 91, Lake Forest

Mary Ellen Walsh née Graham, 86, Lake Bluff

Deron Byrne Anderson, 49, Lake Forest

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

Milton Kaplan, 98, Skokie
Service Feb. 1

George I. Balch, 78, Oak Park
Service Feb. 1

Donna Gottlieb, 77, Highland Park
Service Feb. 1

Jeffrey Sandy, 53, San Diego
Service March 25

Rubin "Bob" Weiner, 93, Glenview

Richard Lee Bass, 92, Northbrook

Marvin Goldstein, 91, Skokie

Sriporn Gewolb, 90, Glenview

Margarita Vaksina, 86, Northbrook

Iosif Burman, 85, Chicago

Harold S. Chizewer, 81, Highland Park

Ronald A. Raben, 80, Hoffman Estates

Gina Pearl Freed, 78, Chicago

Merle Cristol Glickman,78, Evanston

Neal Charles Walter, 77, Morton Grove

Vikentiy Lenarchik, 73, Buffalo Grove

Jerry A. Rubin, 70, Deerfield

Bonnie Stein, 59, Flossmoor

Erin M. Weinstein, 41, Chicago

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

William “Bill” Vincent Johnson, 82, Northbrook
Visitation Feb. 4, service Feb. 5

Grace Luan-Feng Lee née Tai, 68, Wilmette
Service Feb. 5

Hazel Meyer, 103, Northbrook

David G. Burden, 84, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Carmencita De Ocampo née Orias, 82, Morton Grove
Service Feb. 1

Brian P. Gieler, 75, Skokie
Service June 4

Clement Arnold Frederick, 82, Chicago

Dorothy "Dot" T. Longfellow née Trebat, 71, Wilmette

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

Kathryn Andrea Hamilton, 52, Evanston

Karen Lynn Morris, 50, Chicago

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Dan MacDonald Crone, 68, Evanston
Service Feb. 8

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Charlotte M. Henry, 91, Burr Ridge

Justin P. Macholl, 34, Morton Grove

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

Patricia Ketchum Gorsline, 93, Northbrook
Visitation Feb. 1, service Feb. 2

George Konvalinka, 99, Northbrook

Norman Charles Grimshaw, 86, Glenview

Mary Lou Rycroft née Porazinski, 81, Glencoe

Yukinao "Yuki" Mizuta, 80, Winnetka

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

Fredric Sidney Yanow, 98, Northbrook
Service Feb. 1

Maria Kutman, 89, Wilmette
Service Feb. 1

Arlene Kahen née Korman, 88, Skokie
Service Feb. 1

Patricia Maxine Hartz, 92, Boynton Beach, Florida
Service Feb. 2

Alfred Simpson, 101, Lincolnwood

Leni Weil née Metzger, 99, Lincolnwood

Polina Fayngersh, 94, Chicago

Evelyn Robin, 93, Arlington Heights

Frances Rotman, 90, Wilmette

Jack Lee Stone, 86, Highland Park

Carole Miller née Tesman, 80, Wilmette

Featured Obituary:

Yukinao (Yuki) Mizuta passed away surrounded by family on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 after a brief battle with an aggressive form of lung cancer. He was 80 years old.

Yuki was born on June 23, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan to Naomasa and Fumi Mizuta, as the youngest of 7 brothers and sisters. He attended Gakushuuin for high school and university where he studied economics. He also graduated from Willamette University in Oregon with an economics degree. Following college, he joined Mitsubishi Bank. After several expatriate assignments to the US, he decided to set roots in Winnetka, Illinois and raise his family.

He was a team player that contributed well both professionally and personally to his communities, but also a pioneer for his time, following passions unprecedented like graduating from college in Japan as well as America and leaving lifetime employment at Mitsubishi to provide an American education for his children because he observed that it was a good fit for their personalities as children and opportunities for them as adults.

He was extremely compassionate and approachable. He used his English fluency to help the Japanese community around him, whether in Illinois or Michigan, with any linguistic needs. He was the go-to for every and any Japanese person around him for the unexpected emergencies all hours of the day. The hours he has spent in the ER with people could not be counted. His door was open for anyone of all ages, and especially Japanese people who regarded his home as their home away from home.

He loved to eat and laugh and his table was a constant gathering place of sharing meals with friends both planned and unplanned. Through professional years and retirement, his house was filled with neighborhood children, Japanese students, Japanese expats and wives, and their local church friends. He also enjoyed gardening and golfing.

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