North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 30 To Oct. 6

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.

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Victoria Burca, 81, Des Plaines

Silvana Lanera, 81, Highwood

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Marjory W. Everson, 92, Lake Forest
Service Oct. 12

Carol Russell Payne, 73, Lake Forest
Visitation and service Oct. 12

Olga A. Jones, 99, Lake Bluff

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Morton H. Kaplan, 87, Chicago
Service Oct. 7

Bella Kharag, 87, Chicago
Service Oct. 7

Eva Stelzer, 96, Lincolnwood
Service Oct. 7

William Liberson, 92, Chicago
Service Oct. 8

Florence Lavan, 91, Evanston
Services pending

Albert I. Shapiro, Santa Fe. New Mexico
Services pending

Sydelle F. Nelson née Fineman, 106, Evanston

Benjamin Emanuel, 92, Wilmette

Iris I. Leaf née Fischman, 90, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Arthur A. Spreckman, 88, Buffalo Grove

Eileen T. Hoffman née Tzinberg, 86, Chicago

Lawrence Feldgreber, 85, Chicago

James Marovitz, 80, Deerfield

Steven Mark Sime, 48, Frankfort

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

William T. Geary, 82, Winnetka
Service Oct. 7

Michael Grisa, 48, Glenview
Service Oct. 7

Mary Jo Nyhan née Wolfe, 81, Winnetka
Visitation Oct. 8, service Oct. 9

James Patrick "J.P." Van Horn, 64, Wilmette
Service Oct. 9

Thomas Leo McRaith Jr., 85, Evanston
Visitation Oct. 11, service Oct. 12

Mary Josephine Butterbrodt Smigielski, 92, Evanston
Service Nov. 23

Elaine A. Linehan, 82, Wilmette

James P. "Jimbo" Murphy, 80, Des Plaines

Antonietta DeFrenza née Lerario, 78, Northbrook

Hin Y. "Henry" Lee, 78, Skokie

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Mary Louise Brod née DeBarre, 89, Morton Grove

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Russ Fissinger, 58, Palatine

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

Rita A. Gerch, 77, Buffalo Grove
Service Oct. 7

Larry H. Fern, 84, Deerfield
Service Oct. 8

Ruth Coen, 93, Glenview

Seymour "Sy" Zimmerman, 93, Chicago

Shlomo Aizenberg, 91, Skokie

Noel Norman Rothman, 89, Chicago

Hee Young Lee, 81, Wilmette

Thompson Funeral & Cremation Services 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Philip Alexander Viamille, 60
Visitation and service Oct. 7

Evanston Funeral & Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Robert Joseph Mathis, 82, Chicago

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

Robert M. "Bob" Antognoli, 78, Glenview
Visitation Oct. 10, service 11

Enie Fucak née Bradetich, 92, Wilmette

Daniel Smith Curran, 89, Glenview

Mary Lou Giannetto née Bubb, 84, Northbrook

Charles "Chuck" Piersanti, 65, Northfield

Featured Obituary:

Mary Josephine Butterbrodt Smigielski, 92, passed away on September 28, 2019 in Evanston, Illinois. She was born in 1927 on her family’s farm in Burnett, Wisconsin. After graduating from Beaver Dam (WI) High School and the Marquette University College of Nursing, Mary worked as a registered nurse in California and Milwaukee, WI and was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S Army Nurse Corps. She married Dr. Kenneth Smigielski in 1951 and enjoyed 50 years of a happy, loving marriage. Mary raised four children in Milwaukee and has welcomed seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Always busy and thinking of others, Mary volunteered at her church and children’s schools, delivered Meals on Wheels, started a 4-H club, served on the Marquette University Alumni Board, was President of the Wisconsin Medical Society Auxiliary and of the Milwaukee Archdiocese Home and School Association. Never one to be idle, Mary became an entrepreneur in midlife and, along with a dear friend, started what became a premier event planning business in Milwaukee called Special Occasions. In retirement, she volunteered at the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, FL where she was instrumental in starting their membership program. Mary traveled to nearly all 50 states and enjoyed world travel, including trips to Europe, Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand and Israel. After retirement, Mary lived in Longboat Key, FL before moving to Illinois to be closer to family. Mary was a feisty, energetic, adventurous, social, loving woman. Her love for her family, her generosity toward others, and her strong Catholic faith were the pillars of her life.

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