North Shore Death Notices: Oct. 28 to Nov. 3

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

Rhonda Suzanne Schmitz née Sauerteig, 88, Lake Forest

Lakshmi Akhila Lakkamsani, 26, Northbrook

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Gloria June Frank, 93, Lake Bluff

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

James L. Newman, 77, Evanston
Service Nov. 4

Sonia Kerzhenevich, 102, Glenview
Service Nov. 5

Florence Salkin née Cooper, 95, Skokie
Service Nov. 5

Dennis Minsky, 80, Skokie
Service Nov. 5

Albert Bardenstein, 75, Mundelein
Service Nov. 5

Gussie Kroan, 105, Buffalo Grove
Services pending

Ursula R. Buckman, 93, Glenview
Services pending

Sherwin Berger, 80, Skokie
Services pending

Janet Zaslow, 74, Chicago
Services pending

Jerome "Bud" Hoffberg, 103, Evanston

Murial Judith Rogers, 93, Chicago

Blossom Jordan Krakauer, 93, Highland Park

Zhenya Shats, 92, Northbrook

Anna Goldfarb, 83, Lake Zurich

Bert Kahn, 81, Evanston

Rozalia Furman, 80, Chicago

Paula Rittoff née Rice, 79, Northfield

Tama J. Snitovsky, 49, Lincolnwood

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

Bella Raytur, 90, Skokie
Service Nov. 4

Lore B. Kirchheimer, 91, Glencoe
Service Nov. 5

Julie-An Wright, 60, Winnetka
Services pending

Clarisse Irwin née Gailinger, 104, Chicago

Molly Z. Schwartz, 104, Des Plaines

Martha Bitran, 93, Skokie

Mark Sanford Levy, 78, Chicago

Idair Taradash Gaborit née Malkov, 73, Highland Park

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Patrick Thomas Driscoll Jr., 77, Glenview
Visitation Nov. 4, service Nov. 5

Nancy M. Casey-O’Brien née Angland, 83, Winnetka
Visitation and service Nov. 5

Erin Elizabeth Chrusciel, 54, Evanston
Visitation Nov. 5, service Nov. 6

William Richards "Dick" Kindig, 83, Northbrook
Visitation and service Nov. 9

Jehan Gir Kavoosi, 81, Wilmette

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Irene A. Pavlik née Palucki, 96, Skokie
Service Dec. 8

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Margaret "Peg" Mensinger, 91, Morton Grove

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

Eugene T. "Gene" Jordan, 90, Northbrook
Visitation and service Nov. 4

Marie Noha, 90, Northbrook
Visitation and service Nov. 5

Mary Ruth McGee Dorsher, 90, Northbrook
Visitation Nov. 8, service Nov. 9

Robert "Bob" Brown, 81, Northbrook
Visitation Nov. 9

Elizabeth "Betty" Jane Nelson, 95, Northbrook
Service Nov. 17

Ann Catherine Waltmann née Monestero, 91, Glenview

Keith McDowell, 54, Northbrook

Featured Obituary:

Julie-An Wright of Winnetka lost her battle to cancer on October 25, 2019. Though she only spent 60 years gracing this beautiful earth, her vibrant memory will undoubtedly grace it for many years more.

Julie-An was born on May 28, 1959, in Libertyville, to Ingeborg Haley (née Schmidt), a German immigrant, and Rodney H. Wright, FAIA, a respected Chicago architect. She grew up in one of her father’s famed “passive solar” homes near Lake Minear in Libertyville.

Eventually, Julie-An moved to Phoenix with her mother and brother, where she finished school. During visits to Chicago, she also spent many happy days in northern Wisconsin — at their two hundred-acre farm in Osseo, WI, which she simply referred to as “the farm.” Soon after graduating, she set her sights on the advertising industry — and never let up. During high school, she got a job in commercial printing, operating presses and stripping color, and began working as a graphic designer, performing branding and identity work for local agencies and clients alike.

Her dreams were bigger, however, and Julie-An soon moved with her son, Joshua, to Chicago to work for one of the top advertising agencies in the world: Leo Burnett. The only problem? They hadn’t offered her a position. But this was Julie-An, a woman who never let anything stand in her way. So, without a job or residence, and as the single mother of a 5-year-old, she risked everything to pursue her passion. She was 28 years old.

Upon arriving in Chicago, Julie-An worked at a few agencies, but kept her eyes trained on Leo Burnett. She wrote a reminder on her calendar to cold call the same hiring manager on a regular basis. He thought she would get tired; she never did. Some months later, he gave her an interview.

Julie-An’s rise through the ranks at Leo Burnett surprised everyone but herself. It was as with everything she did; once she set her mind to it, she accomplished it. At times, it almost seemed like she spoke things into fruition. But the truth was a little less mystical: She was passionate and dedicated, and gave everything to her career for the sake of her son.

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