North Shore Death Notices Nov. 26 - Dec. 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

Jean Margaret Fabbri, 79, Highland Park
Visitation Nov. 27, service Nov. 28

Miriam O. Schmidt, 54, Evanston
Service Dec. 1

Jeanette A. Petrie, 87, Northbrook
Visitation Dec. 2, service Dec. 3

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

John Renzo Mordini, 95, Highwood

James Joseph Durbin, 86, Highland Park

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

Nancy A. Happ née Bell, 88, Highland Park
Visitation Dec. 4, service Dec. 5

Margaret A. McPhee, 78, Highland Park
Visitation and service Dec. 9

Marianne G. Johnson née Ludden, 95, Glenview

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Sally Ann Ogden McPherson Isham, 93, Lake Forest

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

Bong-Hyun Yoon, 79, Libertyville
Service Dec. 3

Barbara King Macfarlane, 92, Lake Forest

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Lorie Mayer, 91, Chicago
Service Dec. 4

Barry H. Sherman, 74, Naples, Florida
Service Dec. 4

Bluma Herman, 90, Evanston
Service Dec. 3

Melvin A. Schechtman, 69, Palatine
Service Dec. 3

Roselyn Kraus, 101, Skokie

Sylvia Applebaum, 96, Chicago

Doris E. Cohn, 94, Lincolnwood

Eileen Zimmerman, 94, Chicago

Mildred Leah Wiesser, 93, Skokie

Abraham Chaim Levin, 86, Chicago

Harvey Bander, 84, Arlington Heights

Elizabeth H. Belkin, Skokie

Rhona Fiedler, Lincolnshire

A. Donald Fishbein

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Carol Wiseman Smith, 85, Wilmette
Visitation Dec. 3, service Dec. 4

John "Jack" Charles Richards, 88, Evanston
Visitation Dec. 4, service Dec. 5

Raymond C. Ovresat, 92, Wilmette

Peter H. Reinhard, 89, Lincolnwood

Patricia Ann McGuinness née Foran, 85, Northfield

Kathleen Nitschke née Murphy, 80, Glenview

George A. Bay, 64, Evanston

Michael McMillan, 61, Evanston

David Christopher Leath, 34, Wilmette

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

June G. Iles née Archer, 96, Chicago
Visitation and service Dec. 3

Camille S. Peterson née Schooff, 85, Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Service Jan. 5

Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Boulevard in Wilmette

Esther N. Kaplan, 99, Glenview

Leonard Sophian, 92, Buffalo Grove

Herbert S. Wolf, 91, Chicago

Joan Barbara Steiner Kerman, 90, Skokie

Robert Hart, 87, Evanston

Jerrold A. Lazar, 80, Des Plaines

Featured obituary:

On Thursday November 29, Margaret A. McPhee, loving mother of Jamie McPhee and widow of Ryan McPhee, passed away at age 78 holding her daughters hand.

Maggie was born on September 10, 1940 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin to Loretta and Orville DuBois. The youngest of four siblings, Jim, Mary Jean and David, she was spirited and funny, clever and curious. She graduated Mount Mary College with degrees in English and History and went on to work for the Social Security Administration both in Milwaukee and Chicago. At age 28 she met the love of her life Ryan McPhee when she brushed his jacket off at Butch McGuires in Chicago. Eight years later she gave birth to their daughter, Jamie.

Best known for her signature oversized eyeglasses, sharp sense of humor, and stories that transitioned with, “at any rate...” she enjoyed picnic concerts at Ravinia, her Tai Chi class at the Botanic Gardens, and reading a novel nearly every week from the Highland Park Public Library. She was a devoted Mom, avid Green Bay Packers fan and an advocate to end corruption in the Lake County school system. She loved the drive from Malibu to San Francisco, walks in downtown New York City, the lakes of Northern Wisconsin and the flea markets of Paris. She was a true original and everyone who ever met her was delighted to call her a friend.

Maggie is survived by her daughter Jamie, her son-in-law PJ Ransone, along with her sister-in-law’s Margie and Marge, and all of her wonderful nieces and nephews, as well as their beautiful children. In May 2019 her first grandson will be born.

A visitation will be held on Sunday, Dec. 9 from noon until time of memorial service at 1 p.m. at Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home, 1787 Deerfield Road in Highland Park.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to animal rescue organizations: Orphans of the Storm, PAWS Chicago or the ASPCA.

via Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home

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