North Shore Death Notices: June 17 To June 23

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

Josephine Benassi, 98, Highland Park
Visitation and service June 28

John E. Burchall, 97, Deerfield

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Elio Volpentesta, 71, Highwood

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Corlene Hobbs Cathcart, 92, Cody, Wyoming
Service July 19

Charles “Chuck” J. Starcevich, 65, Lake Forest
Service June 30

William Brooks Spriegel, 95, Lake Forest

Karl J. Glass, 66, Round Lake

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

Betty Jane Milite, 91, Lake Forest

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Norman Edelstein, 87, Lincolnwood
Service June 25

Samantha L. Ahto, 38, Lincolnshire
Service June 26

Mikhail Abdurakhmanov, 89, Chicago
Services pending

Diane Aschman, 67, Riverwoods
Services pending

Hy Levens, 96, Lincolnwood

David Angert, 94, Palatine

Robert Frank, 92, Lincolnwood

Marvin L. Goldstein, 86, Northbrook

Sarra Danilova, 84, Chicago

Samuel Frumkin, 84, Buffalo Grove

Naum Galison, 81, Chicago

Marsha Brenner, 80, Highland Park

Merle Weiss, 76, Mundelein

Igor Gorenyuk, 33, Glenview

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

Juliana "JuJu" Sloane Greenfield, 5, Deerfield
Services June 25

Helen Levitsky, 96, Vernon Hills

Carol J. Friedman, 78, Chicago

Michael Dinzburg, 60, Morton Grove

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Kurt T. Jorgensen, 59, Buffalo Grove
Visitation and service June 27

Nancy Bodeen née Lindberg, 89, Winnetka
Service July 20

Edith Van Tuyle Phelan, 94, Golf

Marguerite Sweeney Clohisy, 93, Wilmette

Peter Hubert Wood, 85, Winnetka

Steven D. Shelton, 28, Winnetka

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

John W. Gebhardt, 97, Skokie
Visitation and service June 25

Kai V. Jensen, 97, Morton Grove

Doris M. Tolzien née DeSmet, 90, Glenview

Lore L. Adam, 87, Skokie

Michael F. Pfammatter, 64, Lake Forest

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Rita J. Wydra née Otten, 92, Morton Grove

Cesar Garcia, 83, Chicago

Brucetta Stromblad née Bucklew, 76, Evanston

Featured obituary:

Edith Van Tuyle Phelan, longtime resident of the Village of Golf, died June 19, 2019 at 94 years of age. Born in rural Scott County, Illinois, she attended the Manchester grade and three year high schools then chose Winchester, Illinois, to attend the school’s four year high school, graduating with the class of 1942. She gave the commencement address and was the recipient of the outstanding senior award along with classmate, Bennie Walker. Active in the rural 4-H Club activities, she was often selected to represent the county in the State Fair competitions held in Springfield.

She attended Northwestern University and was a loyal alum of the Class of 1946, serving as co-chairman of the 50th class reunion celebration. She was a president of the Northwestern Alumnae Association and was honored by receiving a Service Award. She was also active in the woman’s athletic association, a sports reporter for the student newspaper and a member of the Chi Omega sorority.

As a member of the Northwestern Woman’s Marksmanship Class rifle team nicknamed the “Pistol Packin’ Mamas,”they were victors of many matches against the regular men’s navy teams. A picture of the coeds appeared in the local newspapers and several service bulletins like The Stars and Stripes. Her sorority sisters reported a high volume of flower and candy deliveries at the university dorm and the mail volume increased significantly. Several letters contained proposals of marriage and Edith fondly recalls one of her favorites, obviously from a very lonely GI serving in a very distant outpost, reading “I done seen your picture. You is a dish! Will you marry me?”

Instead, she accepted the proposal of Dick Phelan, who, when graduating as a Northwestern engineer,also received a commission as Ensign to serve in the Navy. They married in 1945 and along with their four children, recently celebrated their 74th wedding anniversary.

Long a volunteer for the Children’s Home and Aid Society of Illinois, she was a candidate and then runner up for the Volunteer of the Year Awards given by the Chicago State Street Council. For many years she served as librarian for the First Presbyterian Church of Evanston and for a term as Village Clerk of Golf. She served fifty-four years as a judge for Cook County elections.

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