North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 1 To Sept. 7

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 livestreamed services below.

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

Edwin "Buck" Pohlmann, 73, Lake Forest
Service Sept. 11

Julia Eshkonian, 96, Highland Park

Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Home, 1407 North Western Avenue in Lake Forest

Marilyn Jean Halvorsen née Futter, 89, Marion, Iowa
Service Sept. 12

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

Edward A. Samuels, 93, Glenview
Service Sept. 9

Marlene Marks Kornick, 85, Deerfield
Service Sept. 9

Tania Berman-Barliant, 100, Chicago

Rosalind Taragin, 97, Chicago

Bronya Dantsina, 95, Chicago

Ina Ruth Hoffman née Palman, 94, Skokie

Abram M. Rutman, 91, Lincolnwood

Tamara Kogan, 90, Skokie

Corrine Dropkin née Rose, 89, Milwaukee

Laverne "Lolly" Rosengarten née Gerber, 87, Glenview

Marilyn Goldsmith née Kitzis, 84, Buffalo Grove

Isaac N. Stelman, 83, Downers Grove

Lev Makagon, 74, Wheeling

Susan M. Berman née Marco, 72, Highland Park

Marilyn J. Avny née Seidel, 77, Northbrook

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

John "Jack" Redmond Macnamara, 83, Wilmette
Service Sept. 11

Mary Farley Hellrung, 88, Chicago

Joan Ciccone née Garrity, 80, Wilmette

Dean C. Garstecki, 75, Wilmette

Edward Louis Cipro, 66, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Jeanette I. Gabbert née Culbertson, 94, Skokie

Samuel Metoyer, 69, Milwaukee

Gregory F. Struhar Sr., 65, Glencoe

Thompson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Gretel Codd, 63, Chicago

Laura Maria Radabaugh, 53, Saint John, Indiana

Evanston Funeral & Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Charles Herbert Barrow, 90, Evanston

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

Lorraine Lubov, 96, Bellwood
Service Sept. 9

Donna Plotzker, 66, Chicago
Service Sept. 10

Pearl Lillian Lerner née Goodman, 100, Chicago

William Friedman, 95, Wilmette

Arleen J. Lipke née Levin, 95, Northbrook

Gilbert Solow, 93, Deerfield

Milton W. Corn, 91, Downers Grove

Evelyn “Evie” Elizabeth Karzen, 89, Glencoe

Sylvia Mell, 88, Northbrook

Judith Straus née Levy, 87, Chicago

Donna Jean Levitz, 84, Deerfield

Samuel Isaac Solarz, 32, Highland Park

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Kathleen Meason née Martens, 87, Chicago

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

Anthony “Tony” P. Meyers, 87, Northfield
Visitation Sept. 11

Virginia Monica Clancy McCarthy, 94, Northbrook
Service Sept. 12

Featured Obituary:

Julia Eshkonian, 96, passed away on September 2, 2020 in Highland Park, Illinois.It was July 11th during the midst of the roaring twenties that Julia was born into her awaiting family: parents Krikor and Mariam, a brother John. A year later Julia became a big sister to the final member of the family, Takouye.

Julia spent much of her youth and young adulthood in Chicago when the Eshkonian family lived on Flournoy Street during that time of her life. The street was lined with rental units as was theirs and each one seemed to have a different nationality as an occupant. The neighborhood was her first classroom as families frequently exchanged their customs, cuisine, and a bit of their language: lessons which were never ending. Julia’s formal education concluded in 1942 when she graduated form Flower Technical High School. She then worked at various jobs as a teen, but it was in her early twenties that she worked the most important job of her lifetime. She was one of many staff members of the University of Chicago who worked on the Manhattan project in August 1945 her contribution was acknowledged by the U.S. War Department, Army Service Forces Corps of Engineers. It is often recognized that the Atomic bomb was instrumental in hastening the end of WWII.

Three years later Eshkonian family moved to Berwyn, Illinois and that was the year Julia married Edward Tanielian. they made their home in Deerfield, Illinois where she would ultimately reside for sixty-eight years.As a housewife and mother of three, Julia did not work outside the home until her children were grown which was common then. Children no raised, life offered other opportunities for her and she found herself working as a legal secretary. Additionally, she served as an election judge for many years.

Julia’s father and grandfather were Deacons at the Armenian Church in West Pullman and Chicago so her love for the church is no surprise. It was at an early age she joined the Armenian Youth Federation and in 2011 was honored as Queen of the AYF Olympics. She was also a member of the Armenian Relief Society and volunteered much of her time between these two organizations when not rehearsing with the choir. The Armenian School enjoyed her as their first female principal and to the extent named their spelling bee after her.

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