North Shore Death Notices: Jan. 25 To Jan. 31

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.

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

Evelyn Gumbiner née Cohen, 98, Buffalo Grove

Stanley Malashock, 94, Lake Bluff

Lawrence Irwin Abrams, 90, Chicago

Fira Galis, 84, Vernon Hills

Nancy D. Brandes, 70, Wilmette

John L. Cosby, 72, Glenview

Pearl Pam, 61, Wheeling

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Martin “Mickey” Crowley, 92, Vernon Hills
Service Feb. 6

Dolores Donnelly née Kohl, 92, Glenview

Jean Olson née Leotta, 91, Skokie

Phyllis Irene Cossarek née Schmidt, 90, Wilmette

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Kirsten A. Doyle née Gieler, 50, Skokie
Visitation Feb. 2

Debra L. Kilian née Wieczorek, 63, Beach Park
Visitation Feb. 3

Maryann C. Leisner née Melone, 63, Skokie

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Therese Ann "Terry" Calliari née Bartsch, 63, Morton Grove
Service Feb. 6

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

Constance "Connie" Byrne, 95, Glenview

Lenore Mary Garvey née Davidson, 87, Glenview

Carol Ann Dempsey née Lewandowski, 83, Niles

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Mary Aram, 91, Skokie
Service Feb. 4

Rick Lawrence Van Puymbrouck, 72, Des Plaines

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave., in Evanston

Barbara McKenzie, 69, Skokie

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

Rhoda Greenberg-Prince, 85, Niles
Service Feb. 3

Jan Levin née Jenny Schipper, 94, Skokie

Leonard C. Lovett, 92, Chicago

Golda Lippitz née Weil, 90, Evanston

Leonard H. Jacobson, 88, Kenilworth

Myrna Urkov, 87, Skokie

Jeri Dillman, 73, Northbrook

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

Mary Carol “Mac” Haggerty, 95, Deerfield

Roger Alfred Nelson, 95, Northbrook

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood and 11 West Belvidere Road in Grayslake

Genesis Solache Cuenva, 1 month, Mundelein

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Raymond D. Oddi, 93, Lake Forest

Katrina S. Giangiorgi, 87, Grayslake

Featured Obituary:

Constance Byrne (Connie or “Momo” to her grandchildren), age 95, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2021. She married the love of her life, Frank Owen Byrne, on May 2nd, 1947 who preceded her in death in 1986.

She was a wonderful mother, a strong, independent woman: a true role model in the days when it was not customary to juggle family and career.

Some 14 years after her marriage and six children later she returned to school to finish her journalism degree at Northwestern. Ten years after she completed her degree and seven children later, she returned to school again to become an Illinois- certified teacher. She taught at the Westmoor Elementary School in the Northbrook School District 28 until the age of 69. Years later she was remembered as the “best teacher I’ve ever had.” With hands-on activities and teaching real life skills, she showed learning could be fun and meaningful.

Connie was nominated for the Woman of the month award and was recalled as “a wonderful mother and a charming and gracious hostess”. She also managed to serve her community as vice-president and program chair of the North Shore Auxiliary of the Chicago Child Care Society and served on the Girl Scout Board.

She remained very active during retirement years, travelling as far as Egypt with a church group, being an active member of the North Shore Senior Center, enlarging her circle of lifetime friendships. Family occasions also took her out to California, Texas, even as far as Australia, Austria, Mauritius, the Reunion Island and back to her roots in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

You are never too old was her motto and she even formed a chorus when the Vi at the Glen opened in 2002. She saw this as an opportunity to create harmony, with both song and friendship. She never lost her love of music. As a child she saved her milk money for singing lessons. It paid off as she sang for many years at the OLPH choir and organized annual Christmas caroling parties. As a close family friend put it, she is having a great time singing in the heavenly choirs. She knows she was loved and cherished.

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