North Shore Death Notices: May 6 To May 12

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.

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Nancy Kelly née Gibbons, 93, Wilmette
Visitation May 13, service May 14

Innocenza Lanzillotta née Cicerale, 82, Northfield
Visitation May 13, service May 14

Mary Elizabeth Scanlan, 99, Evanston
Visitation and service May 14

Joe Hubbard, 49, of Libertyville
Visitation and service May 14

Demetrius “Meechie” D. Hudson, 45, Chicago
Service May 15

Rodolfo Pinon Parado, 83, Skokie
Service May 15

Tom Payne, 73, Glenview
Service June 1

Elspeth Hoban née Maxwell, 81, Winnetka

Robert W. Fitzgerald, 77, Chicago

Douglas Paul Houck, 63, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

William S. Berkson, 93, Skokie
Service May 13

Ewald O. Jabon, 92, Skokie
Visitation and service May 14

Maya Bhagwan Shahani, 82, Chicago
Service May 14

Carla Carlsen LaSalle, 63, Chicago
Visitation May 17, service May 18

William M. Elliot, 80, Lincolnwood

Jyotsna S. Dave, 75, Skokie

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Ruth Irene Klouthis, 92, Morton Grove
Visitation May 16, service May 18

Edward C. Gross, 90, Morton Grove
Service May 18

Sargon Robert Oraham, 91, Morton Grove

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

Marvin R. Wortell, 100, Wilmette

Ralph Tash, 96, Chicago

Martin M. Sacks, 94, Chicago

Roy L. Kerzek, 91, Mount Prospect

Kenneth Leavitt, 86, Chicago

Michele Vishny, 86, Chicago

William Labb, 85, Forest Park

Richard I. Bass, 83, Long Grove

Burton Persky, 80, Skokie

George Annes, 79, Highland Park

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Samuel Arnstein, 107, Northbrook
Service May 13

Joyce Himmel, 94, Flossmoor
Service May 14

Arthur E. Goldberg, 94, Evanston
Service May 14

Mace Rubenstein, 91, Skokie
Service May 14

Alan Reiter, 80, Northbrook
Service May 13

Janiel Friedland
Services pending

Lorraine S. Goldstein, Skokie
Services pending

Larry Nelson
Services pending

Irwin Siegel, Evanston
Services pending

Iosif Teplitsky, Skokie
Services pending

Joy W. Elder née Wiener, 87, Deerfield

Martin "Marty" Merel, 82, Skokie

Larisa Litvinskaya, 91, Skokie

Rachel Sarah Seidman, 50, Monsey, New York

Leazar Ushman, 83, Chicago

Stuart Roy Scheyer, 88, Glencoe

Shirley E. Wolf, 80, Skokie

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

Grace L. Whisler née Lange, 100, Deerfield

Dodya "David" A. Solomensky, 80, Skokie

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Carolina Stefani Biondi, 83, Highland Park

Featured Obituary:

Ralph Tash, 96, of Chicago, and Rancho Mirage, California, passed away in Evanston on May 8, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. He was the loving son of the late Abraham and Bertha Tash (nee Rabinovitch); dear brother of Lenore (Albert) Rabin and the late Sherwin (Dorothy) Tash; beloved husband of the late Teme Rivke (Thelma Riva, nee Schmidt); devoted father of Dr. Joseph (Lorraine), Sharan, Max (Sharon), Carl (Jennifer), and the late Elisa Tash; cherished Zayde of Rose Tash (David) Collins; Avraham Mendell (Rachel) Mor, Matthew David (Peggy) Tash, Aliza Raizel Mor, Golan Yosef (Amanda) Mor, Lily Caplan (Phil) Blum, Daveed Shaiya Erickson, and Eli Caplan Tash; proud great-grandfather of Jack Milton Collins, Merav Layla Mor, Remi Adina Mor, Emmet James Mor, and Orly Aviva Mor; treasured uncle and great-uncle of many.

Ralph was born in Russia in June 1922. He moved with his family to Buenos Aires, Argentina in July 1922. They immigrated to the United States in 1934, settling in Chicago. Ralph graduated from Manley High School in 1938 at the young age of 16. He was also a concert master at Manley.

Ralph joined the US Army Air Corps December 11, 1943 and became a 2nd Lieutenant Navigator. He flew 51 successful combat missions and was honorably discharged July 14, 1945. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross 15th Air Force and Air Metal GO 1081 15th Air Force.

He returned and attended the University of Illinois, graduating with a pharmacy degree. He founded several successful businesses- namely TASH, Inc. with his brother Sherwin, and ShopKo in Green Bay, Wisconsin with James Ruben.

Jewish life was extremely important to Ralph – he was a longtime member of A.G. Beth Israel Congregation in Lincolnwood as well as Temple Isaiah in Palm Springs, California.

Ralph maintained valued friendships through his memberships at Bryn Mawr Country Club in Lincolnwood and Morningside Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. He enjoyed the theater and was a longtime subscriber to McCallum Theater in Palm Desert. He will be deeply missed by many people.

Services were held. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to McCallum Theatre, or the Eisenhower Medical Center.

via Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home

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