North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 12 - Sept. 18

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

David Bishop, 93
Visitation and Service Sept. 23

Barbara “Babs” Marder, 89, Highland Park

Kathleen Jean Coyle née Hammond (No age provided)

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Avenue in Lake Forest

Aloysius & Lorraine Filipowicz, 84, Lake Bluff
Service Sept. 19

Michael Shea, 63

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie

Mary Celeste Stanton née Maloney, 89, Glenview
Service Sept. 18

Robert Stinson Gemmell, 84, Evanston
Visitation Sep. 20-21, Service Sept. 21

Dorothy H. Bundesen née Hoener, 91, Evanston

Robert Botho Mack, 88, Wilmette

Bruce Creger, 81, Northfield

Mildred Dina, 93, Chicago

John Hubert Taff, 78, Glenview

Herman E. Dahl, 87, Chicago

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Adrienne L. Polz née Lohr, 83, Skokie
Visitation Sept. 21

Francis W. “Bill” O’Neill, 89, Skokie

Calvin Laguit Ramirez, 28, Wilmette

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster Street in Morton Grove

Mary Herman née Ketchik, 90, of Morton Grove
Visitation and Service Sept. 19

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie

Sharlene Garfield née Garfien, 76
Service Sept. 18

Zhanna Gilmanov, 61
Service Sept. 18

Geraldine Altman, 86
Service Sept. 18

Shirley Krepack née Blumberg, 88
Service Sept. 18

Leslie Rosenthal (No age provided)
Visitation Sept. 19

Howard "Butch" Waitzman, 72
Service Sept. 19

Gladys Wolff, 97

Clara Pirsch née Zuken, 96

Shirley Irene Hoffman née Lapin, 91

Lorraine Arkin née Tobin, 87

Roza Sherman, 87

Edwin Barry Silverman, 79

Richard Charles Meyers, 67

Susan Berkun née Jacobson, 62

Charles S. Schwartz (No age provided)

Rochelle Merkin née Margolis (No age provided)

Featured Obituary:

Dr. Edwin Barry Silverman, 79 (September 24, 1937 - September 13, 2017) passed away Wednesday surrounded by his family.

Edwin, son of Albert and Lillian grew up in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. He received a B.S. in engineering from Purdue University and earned a Doctorate in Romantic Literature from Northwestern University. He wed the late Marjorie nee Patros, Silverman in 1962 with whom he enjoyed 53 years of marriage and two children, Alexei and Maria.

Edwin became a professor of literature at Boston University. He then went on to found the Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Services for the State of Illinois and he served as Bureau Chief for 38 years, retiring in 2014. He was one of the founders of SCORR, a conference of State Coordinators of refugee resettlement and he helped pen the Federal Refugee Act of 1980.

As the child of refugees himself, he went on to give refuge to hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world.

He was a lover of games and crosswords, a lifelong Democrat, a singer of old standards, a builder of furniture, an avid traveler and an incredible writer.

He is remembered by his son Alexei, daughter Maria, son-in- law Bill, and grandson Nathaniel, as well as many nieces and nephews, cousins, Lincoln Park neighbors and members of the refugee resettlement community.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Edwin's name may be made to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, ATTN: Refugee Services, 30 South Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60606

» via Chicago Jewish Funerals

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