North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 22 To Sept. 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

Harold "Hal" L. Jerklin Jr., 71, Highland Park
Service Oct. 3

John L. Foli, 89, Highland Park

Verie Sandborg née Weimann, 83, Lincolnshire

Pilar Antonina "Nina" Recker née Sayurin, 63, Highland Park

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Vera Wilson, 97, Grayslake

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

Marguerite "Peggy" Mullin, 99, Lake Forest

William K. "Doc" Platt, 85, Lake Forest

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

Aron Sprung, 90, Evanston
Service Sept. 29

Julia Lynne Sheade née Gotthelf, 60, Chicago
Service Sept. 29

Helen Weinger née Silverman, 101, Miami Beach, Florida

Eleanor G. Allen, 86, Chicago

Ethel S. Littman, 86, Chicago

Marlene Libby Goodfriend, 81, Skokie

Norman L. Weil, 74, Richton Park

Marcy P. Filinson, 69, Highland Park

Michael Cheslow, 66, Chicago

Barry Abrams, 67, Oak Park

Lionel M. Cohen, 58, Sarasota, Florida

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

James Joseph Bransfield, 87, Chicago

Leo Edward "Ed" Bryant Jr., 78, Evanston

Joseph Michael Russell, 27, Lexington, Kentucky

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

Hal B. "Buddy" Dunne, 73, Chicago

Gladys Himelstein née Liebowitz, 92, Chicago
Service Sept. 29

Leslie Barnett-Jaffe, 68, Flossmoor
Service Sept. 29

Burt B. Lasko, 95, Highland Park

Ronald L. Wolf, 93, Mattoon

Marvin Brantman, 89, Wilmette

Beverly Gladdin née Rosenstock, 87, Northbrook

Alla Guy, 86, Chicago

Dennis Pogany, 85, Skokie

Inga Ostrovskaya, 84, Wheeling

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Eleanor Mueller née Holohan, 87, Niles
Service Oct. 3

Patricia Jean Jones née Wolf, 78, Skokie
Service Oct. 3

Colleen King, 66, Glenview
Service Oct. 3

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

Laureen Moore née Montero, 49, Geneva
Service Oct. 10

Muriel Gotschewski née Ziolkowski, 92, Glenview

Arthur J. “Art” McGinnis, 91, Northbrook

Featured Obituary:

Pilar Antonina (Nina) Recker, nee Sayurin, passed away peacefully at home on September 25th with her husband, daughter, and sister at her side. Beloved wife to Steven, loving mother to Julia, and cherished sister to Eileen; and an all-around awesome auntie, daughter/sister-in-law, cousin, niece, Ate, and friend to many. She is preceded in death by her parents Francisco and Lolita (nee Fernandez) Sayurin; and Max, her much adored canine companion.

She was born in Manila, Philippines. She came to the United States, specifically to Great Lakes, Illinois, when she was three years old. When she was in kindergarten, the teacher told her parents that they needed to teach her English, as they could not communicate with her and she could not communicate with them; she learned quickly. She attended Forrestal School, in Great Lakes, during all of her elementary school years, followed by Neal Junior High School, and North Chicago Community High School, where she graduated with the Class of 1974. During high school, she worked at various locations on Naval Station Great Lakes for the Navy Exchange in the Personalized Services department. She attended Barat College in Lake Forest and while going to school, worked at the Lake County Clerk's Office in the Small Claims department. After graduating from Barat College in 1978 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Art and Photography, she went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois, Chicago. She had an exceptional eye for art and photography and would hold art openings at different galleries in the Chicago land area. While studying in Chicago, she worked at the law offices of Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore. Many years later while living in Japan for six years, she taught English to private students as well as service members of the Japanese Self Defense Forces.

Pilar loved many kinds of music, but Emerson, Lake & Palmer was her favorite group. She had an appreciation for all kinds of genre of music, kept up on the Hollywood and arts scene, and could tell you anything that was happening in the music, Hollywood, and TV world. She loved attending music concerts, musicals, and loved to eat good food at fine restaurants.

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