North Shore Death Notices: May 27 To June 2

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

Richard F Klemp, 84, Highland Park
Visitation June 3, service June 4

Joanne W. Fiocchi, 86, Lake Forest
Service June 5

Rita Franke née Link, 95, Winnetka
Visitation and service July 20

Mary K. Schultz, 69, Deerfield
Services pending

Frances M. Derleth, 93, Highwood

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Rosina Piacenza, 100, Highland Park

Carolina Stefani Biondi, 93, Highland Park

Sylvia R. Sanders, 82, Highland Park

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

James Michael Illich, 63, Lake Forest
Service June 19

Helen Abby née Lampela, 91, Libertyville
Service June 20

James Cullen Barr, 94, Lake Bluff

Debbie Schmitz, 61, Grayslake

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

Kurt Max Gronau, 92, Lake Bluff
Visitation and service June 8

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Sophia Farbman, 72, Buffalo Grove
Service June 3

Neal Mehr, 72, Libertyville
Service June 4

Elisabeth Fridman, 91, Chicago
Services pending

Alan Howard Cohen, 67, Algonquin
Services pending

Roslyn Grodzin, 94, Chicago

David V. Kahn, 88, Chicago

Harriet Kupcinet, 87, Northbrook

Maurice Wisel, 87, Highland Park

Stephen E. Kravetz, 77, Gurnee

Barry Alan Snyder, 76, Buffalo Grove

Keith E. Weiss, 66, Arlington Heights

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Theodore Edmund TePas, 89, Evanston
Service June 3

Robert “Bob” Day McHugh, 86, Glenview
Service June 3

Katherine White Radler, 50, Winnetka
Visitation June 3, service June 4

Jeffrey T. Solber, 55, River Grove
Visitation and service June 4

Tommasina Pacelli, 89, Glenview
Visitation and service June 5

Rosemarie McMahon née Kelly, 90, Glenview
Visitation and service June 7

Obaja "Tiba" Gregoire, 74, Evanston
Visitation and service June 7

Albert Leon Mampre, 97, Skokie
Visitation June 14, service June 15

John Clark Dell, 76, Winnetka
Service June 22

Gertrud Erika Straaton née Halupka, 99, Evanston

James William Ryan, 90, Glenview

Constance Bastian Embree, 80, Northbrook

Craig Busey, 72, Wilmette

Jennifer Louise Pehike, 50, Chicago

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Katharina Bobrowitsch née Zelenkowitsch, 81, Chicago
Visitation June 3, service June 4

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

William H. Jacobson, 83, Morton Grove

Joyce M. Borre née Finke, 80, Morton Grove

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

Marcia Rose Nussbaum, 85, Northbrook

Darren M. Latimer, 44, Glencoe

Featured Obituary:

Debbie Schmitz was called to heaven at age 61 on Friday, May 24. God must have needed the nicest person in the world because that's who he got.

Those who will miss Debbie's compassion, smile and big heart include husband Dave Meyer of Grayslake; Erich Schmitz and wife Jamie of Walnut Creek, California; sister Anne Howell and husband Brad of San Ramon, California; and brother Peter Weber of Mesa, Arizona.
Debbie was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Regina Weber of Fountain Hills, Arizona.

Debbie was born in South Bend, Indiana, but grew up in Lincolnshire, attending Stevenson High School (occasionally). After high school she appropriately pursued a nursing career; selflessly helping people was something she naturally did. Debbie worked in ICU, home health care and case management for 19 years at Lake Forest Hospital. After that she worked for Baxter Healthcare and Trustmark Insurance Company. Most recently she was doing pharmacovigilance work for two pharmaceutical companies.

Debbie adored Erich, loved traveling with Dave, and cheered for the Cubs, Blackhawks and Bears. Her friends describe her as a beautiful person, sweet, strong, a true angel and one of the kindest souls I've ever met.

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