Lake Forest Obituary: David W. Devonshire, 70

The following obituary is courtesy of Wenban Funeral Home.

David W. Devonshire, 70 of Bonita Springs, FL and formerly of Lake Forest, died June 25, 2015. Husband of Lidia Devonshire nee Boyduy. Father of Kelly (Gabe) Izsak of Lake Forest, Ashley Devonshire of Chicago, Nicholas Devonshire of Washington DC, Mika Devonshire of Washington DC and Gregory Devonshire of Chicago. Grandfather of Emmett and Wynn Izsak. Brother of Elaine (Michael) Collins of Bonita Springs, FL. David received his BS from Widener in Pennsylvania and MBA from Kellogg at Northwestern. Mr. Devonshire was the Executive Vice President and CFO of Motorola from 2002 to 2007. He served in the past as CFO at Ingersoll-Rand and Owens-Corning, and in other corporate financial leadership positions at Honeywell, Mead, Baxter, American Hospital, and Peat, Marwick. He especially enjoyed serving on many civic and company boards including the Toledo Zoo, Shedd Aquarium, United Way, L.E.K. Consulting and, most recently, MCR, LLC. He also served on public company boards for many years at Roper Industries, Meritor, Career Education, and Arbitron. In 2006, Mr. Devonshire was voted one of the top 100 financial executives by Treasury and Risk Magazine and was voted one of the best Chief Financial Officers for 2005, 2006, and 2007 by Institutional Investor. In lieu of flowers contributions may be to Northwestern Memorial Hospital Foundation, 251 E. Huron Street, Galter Pavilion, Suite 3-200, Chicago, IL 60611 http://foundation.nmh.org/daviddevonshire or Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Office of Advancement, Attn: Sarah Valliath, 1007 Church Street, Suite 200, Evanston, IL 60201 (847)491-3736. Memorial service 11:00 A.M., Thursday, July 2, 2015 at the Bonita Bay Church, 26911 South Bay Drive, Bonita Springs, FL 34134, (239) 498-9055 and Memorial service 4:00 P.M., Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at the Church of the Holy Spirit, 400 E. Westminster Avenue, Lake Forest, IL 60045.