North Shore Death Notices: March 7 To March 13

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

Dolores Fiocchi, 93, Riverwoods
Service March 19

Delores “DeeDee” Chaimson Ehrenreich, 91, Northbrook
Service June 12

Kusum C. Patel, 88, Waukegan

Joan “Jody” Jackman née Nielsen, 87, Deerfield

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

Guy Wyman Wilbor, 89, Lake Forest
Service March 19

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Phyllis M. Sweeney, 104, Lake Forest
Service March 25

Carole Lee DeBruin née Jocha, 74, Lake Forest

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

Valeriy Velgach, 81, Skokie
Service March 15

Charles Schwartz, 74, Chicago
Service March 15

Corinne Goldman, 94, Wilmette
Service March 18

Jeffrey Mackevich, 64, Wilmette
Service March 18

Alfred "Al" Gruen, 98, Boca Raton, Florida

Fern Zimmerman née Brownstein, 93, Wheeling

Motel Rozman, 92, Des Plaines

Aileen "Joyce" Ross née Astrof, 91, Buffalo Grove

Ronald R. Previn, 88, Wheeling

Bella Torchinskaya, 86, Chicago

Marshal M. Stein, 82, Evanston

Marsha Goodman Evaskus, 77, Chicago

Tina Grossman, 77, Chicago

Allan R. Burman, 76, Evanston

Vladimir Melnikov, 65, McHenry

Bryan Rosenblum, 50, Grayslake

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Anne Montgomery née Miller, 85, Winnetka
Service June 4

Maurita Gill Donlin, 74, Chicago

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Ronald Schachtel, 67, Lincolnwood

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

Glenda Patrick-Minter, 77, Waukegan
Visitation March 18, service March 19

Albert Strong Jr., 81, Evanston
Visitation March 31, service April 1

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Larry Nelson Grote, 76, Evanston

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Marilyn Lois Stern née Etheridge, 88, Park Ridge

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

Victoria C. Pimentel née Lopez, 81, Arlington Heights
Visitation March 16, service March 17

Lindsey Petersen née Stanford, 68, Wilmette
Visitation March 18

Sharon J. Bowden, 75, Glenview
Service March 19

Nancy Gay McChesney née Prendergast, 97, Evanston

Gregory G. Hedien, 84, Mundelein

Martin P. Tyler, 65, Glenview

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

Sophie Suleiman, 100, Chicago

Elaine Lerman née Horwich, 93, Wilmette

Alan H. Hammerman, 88, Glenview

Featured Obituary:

Delores (“DeeDee”) Chaimson Ehrenreich grew up in the small town of Shawano, WI, where her father, William Chaimson, owned the Chaimson Department Store, a fixture on Shawano's Main Street for over 70 years. DeeDee frequently reminisced about her childhood in Shawano, when she had friendships with classmates from the local Native-American Menominee Tribe, and she and her brother were the only Jewish children at their school. In fact, the Chaimsons were the only Jewish family in town, which only deepened DeeDee’s faith. She proudly made it no secret that she prayed every day, and respected people of all faiths. She even delighted in Christmas, tree and all, as DeeDee never missed an occasion to give or receive gifts.

After high school, DeeDee attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and Shimer College, after which she became a secretary at a Chicago business. Soon thereafter, she met Melvin Ehrenreich, and that small town Wisconsin girl and the Chicago WWII veteran from the South Side embarked on a life together that included a 65-year marriage, two children, five grandchildren, adventurous travels throughout Europe and Asia, and of course, life’s bumps in the road, including DeeDee’s survival of breast cancer in her 60’s.

DeeDee and Mel settled in Highland Park for more than 50 years. Once her children were in school, DeeDee went to work in “the family business” - retail. DeeDee worked for Neiman Marcus at Northbrook Court for over 25 years, and frequently received annual company awards for her sales accomplishments - though Mel would quip that DeeDee’s frequent enjoyment of her employee discount generally resulted in a breakeven proposition on that employment arrangement. No matter how busy at work, DeeDee always managed the house and her family, including her beloved English Springer Spaniels, Samuel and Michael. It would surprise nobody who knew DeeDee and Mel, that Mel knew they owned a washing machine and dryer, but not where they were located.

Wherever she was, if it was football season, DeeDee needed to know the Green Bay Packers score - the team her father cheered for and took her to watch as a youngster. DeeDee eventually warmed up to Mel’s team (the Bears), but it was a given that she would watch both teams play if the TV schedule permitted.

On March 5th, DeeDee, who at 91 showed no major signs of slowing down, enjoyed a lunch outing outdoors on a sunny 70 degree day on the North Shore with her daughter Linda and son-in-law Bob. She then went home, laid down for a rest, and passed peacefully in her sleep within minutes.