North Shore Death Notices: Nov. 22 To Nov. 28

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

Laverne Mae Masini, 92, Highwood
Service Dec. 2

Lawrence John Hammond, 85, Deerfield
Visitation Dec. 3, service Dec. 4

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

Erminia Pasquesi, 99, Highland Park
Service Nov. 30

Linda Raye Higham née Schwieger, 81, Chicago
Visitation Nov. 30, service Dec. 1

Michael James Moline, 63, Elmwood Park
Service Dec. 1

Dan Mosconi, 60, Green Oaks
Visitation Dec. 2, service Dec. 3

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Jack F. Klecka, 76, Highland Park
Service Dec. 3

Thomas J. Stahlschmidt, 79, Lake Forest

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

Catherine “Cathe” Willis Lewis, 63, Lake Forest
Service Dec. 10

Marian Wagner née Athans, 98, Oak Lawn

George S. Hershey, 96, Lake Forest

Evonne Knapp Amundson, 87, Lake Forest

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

Syril Shapiro née Blumenfeld, 90, Highland Park
Service Dec. 1

Kay Friedman née Levinson, 86, Skokie
Service Dec. 1

Lillian Kalin née Eger, 97, Highland Park

Suzanne Goldstein née Godgin, 92, Deerfield

Albert Korn, 98, Nipomo, California

Leona "Lee" Rubin née Applebaum, 84, Skokie

Ellyn Polonsky, 83, Skokie

Marilyn Miller née Ginsburg, 82, Chicago

George J. Kerman, 76 , Buffalo Grove

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Carol Ann Madigan Frelk, 59, Libertyville
Service Dec. 1

James Edward "Lefty" Butler, 94, Evanston
Service Dec. 2

Eileen Patricia McGowan née Durkin, 92, Northfield
Service Dec. 2

Philip "Kim" Newman, 79, Winnetka
Visitation Dec. 2

Elizabeth “Betty” Lardner née Stall, 103, Evanston
Visitation Dec. 3, service Dec. 4

Jean Finn Stepan, 83, Winnetka

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

David J. Dollevoet, 75, Des Plaines
Service Dec. 1

Mary Wrenn Owen, 91, Chicago
Service Dec. 11

Gabrielle Irene Martens Traxler, 92, Evanston

Yvonne B. Baer, 86, Skokie

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

Paul Brammer, 67, Niles

Fredrick Battle, 63, North Chicago

Delilah Davis, 57, Skokie

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Anna Golovin, 61, Evanston
Service Nov. 30

Doris Christa Maria Sakellaris, 89, Evanston

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Gabriel S. Berrafato, 93, Morton Grove
Service Nov. 30

Anne F. Marrazzo née Foglton, 91, Morton Grove
Service Dec. 4

Brian L. "Brandi" Fickert, 80, Morton Grove

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

Robert G. Schumacher, 90, Northbrook
Service Dec. 1

Donna Marie Clavey née Baer, 83, Northbrook
Service Dec. 2

Virginia L. Chapman née Satterlee, 86, Northbrook
Service Dec. 3

John E. Milton, 93, Northbrook
Service Dec. 11

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

Leona Rudin née Marcus, 98, Evanston

Leah Rosenthal née Zuckerman, 97, Northbrook

Lucille Gordon, 92, New York

Faye Wawrzyniak, 87, Cicero

Featured Obituary:

Thomas J. Stahlschmidt, a 38 year resident of Lake Forest, IL, passed due to pulmonary issues on November 24, 2021 at the age of 79.

Tom was born in St. Louis, MO on March 13, 1942 to Elda and Bodie Stahlschmidt, growing up in Missouri and Tennessee. Upon graduation from high school, Tom attended the University of Notre Dame from 1960-1964, meeting is wife, Patricia (nee Mullen) in Chicago in 1963. Upon graduation from Notre Dame, with a degree in accounting, Tom accepted a job with Peat Marwick Mitchell and Co. in Chicago. Tom and "Pat" were married in 1965, and their only child, Michael, was born in 1969.

Tom would rise through the ranks at Peat Marwick, now known as KPMG, making partner in his seventh year with the firm. Tom would go on to lead the transportation and not-for-profit practices of the firm, as well as being one of the founders of the firm's forensic accounting practice, and was on the firm's board of directors later in his career. Tom was most proud of his work merging the Norfolk and Southern railways in 1982, the largest railroad merger in the US at this time, as the auditor in charge of the merger. This work resulted in Tom, Pat and their son Michael moving to McLean, VA for 18 months. Tom appeared on CNN, ABC News and WGN, and famously once debated Geraldo on TV as to taxation within the US, easily winning the debate. Tom only ever worked at Peat Marwick and Mitchell/KPMG, retiring in June of 2000 after 36 years of loyal service. At the time of his retirement, Tom was the most senior member of the firm in the US. Even when formally retired, Tom kept working, serving on several private corporation, university/school and public boards, including for the Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation, the City of Lake Forest, the Lake Forest Symphony and at the appointment of then Mayor, Richard M. Daly, for the City of Chicago.

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