North Shore Death Notices: June 16 To June 22

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 livestreamed services below.

Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home, 1787 Deerfield Road in Highland Park

Nancy Guidone, 66, Northbrook
Visitation June 24

Philip Henry Dittmar, 89, Highland Park
Visitation June 26

Shirley Porm née Nash, 81, Highwood

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Joseph Peter Mocogni, 93, Highland Park
Service June 23

Stanley Joseph Hickory, 88, Lake Bluff

Alba Maria Benigno, 82, Chicago

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Diana D. Marshall, 92, Gurnee

Margaret Mary Davidson née Bopp, 80, Lake Forest

Mercedes Agnes Kouba, 79, Lake Forest

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

Audrey R. Burrell, 96, Lake Forest

Teresa "Terri" Marie Cleaver, 63, Menomonie, Wisconsin

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

Edward J. Weiner, 68, Highland Park
Service June 23

Morton Kaufman, 100, Deerfield Beach, Florida

Fay Chait, 97, Chicago

Rose Gilbert née Zunamon, 97, Buffalo Grove

Freda Karpul, 95, Chicago

Maurice Rusnak, 93, Chicago

Richard Sigel, 92, Highland Park

Leo Feldman, 90, Skokie

Semen I. Feldshteyn, 86, Arlington Heights

Erwin Mark Rosenblum, 85, Vernon Hills

Stephen Carl Scheiber, 82, Glenview

Igor Aslan, 73, Chicago

Marc M. Levine, 72, Downers Grove

Louis Jacobson, 67, Chicago

Ronald Lipson, 63, Chicago

Lynn Zirlin, 63, Wheeling

Shari Viner née Cantor, 57, Deerfield

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Margaret L. Olson, 100, Libertyville

Kay Faklis, 95, Des Plaines

Timothy Tze-Nan Tang, 91, Wilmette

Peter Leigh Economos, 74, Glenview

Timothy Joseph "TJ" Daley, 25, Glencoe

Farrin Keira Ayala, 7 months

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Venustiano V. Benesa, 87, Skokie

Elinor Olga Dahmer née Gaulke, 87, Morton Grove

Bella Urgena née Fuentes, 83, Beach Park

Jose Maria Estrada, 67, Chicago

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

Vera Tyvus, 85, Chicago

Sandra "Sandy" Dalkin née Ell, 84, Northbrook

Linda Susan Elbaum née Mufson, 84, Skokie

Robert M. Steiner, 81, Chicago

Evanston Funeral & Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Pia Ortlep, 82, Wilmette

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Maria Ysabel Soto née Leon, 74, Chicago
Visitation June 26

Ann S. Zeszutko, 96, Morton Grove

Nick B. Mariotti, 89, Niles

Shamiran Shamoon, 75, Morton Grove

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

Evelyn R. Ward née Boehm, 97, Decatur

June Ruth Frost Dettman, 96, Northbrook

Virgil C. Needham, 92, Northbrook

Gloria J. Skomasa née Janousek, 90, Park Ridge

Susan V. Polewaczyk, 69, Northfield

Featured Obituary:

Philip Henry Dittmar Jr. (long time resident of Highland Park) passed away on Friday, June 19, at the age of 89, in Lake Zurich, Illinois. Phil was preceded in death by his parents Mabel and Philip, beloved wife Constance (Harkins) and daughter Kimberly (Shaver). He is survived by his daughter Karen, (Kevin Leach), son Mark, and eight grandchildren.

Born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, he graduated from Evanston High School in 1948. Adventurous in his youth, he raced homing pigeons, was part of a racing sailboat team, made a homemade canoe and worked at Homer’s Ice Cream Parlor. Phil went on to complete a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University, in 1953. Upon graduation, Phil was commissioned an Ensign in the US Navy. He would recall his years travelling the world as a Naval Aviator with enthusiasm. Phil met Connie, the love of his life and his wife of 56 years, while stationed in Brunswick, Maine.

Phil served as a Commissioned Officer, Lieutenant, for four years, after completing the Navy’s flight training program. He served as a navigator, co-pilot and pilot in the anti-submarine patrol squadron. Phil qualified as Patrol Plane Commander, Squadron and Division Officer, P2V type aircraft, and flew in that capacity on active duty as well as in the reserve program, which he discharged from in 1968.

Phil began working for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co. in 1957, until he began his career in 1963 as City Engineer for the town of Highland Park, Illinois, where he served until his retirement in 1996. A long-time resident of Highland Park, he resided there from 1963 until 2015 when he moved to assisted living in Lake Zurich, Illinois.

Phil had a passion for gardening, was known for growing the best tomatoes, and beautiful flowers. An only child, he enjoyed travelling to Maine and visiting with his wife’s siblings and his nieces and nephews. An avid handball player, playing well into his 70’s, he continued exercising at the YMCA until the age of 85. He enjoyed reading, listening to music, baking bread, grilling on the Weber grill, and dancing. Phil was quiet yet attentive, kind, hard working and devoted to his family.

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