North Shore Death Notices: April 3 - April 9

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 Boulevard in Skokie

Djorgy Leroy, 50, Evanston
Visitation and Mass April 9

David M. Wolf, 62, Glenview
Visitation and service April 10

Marie T. Clay née Graver-Wren, Northbrook

George Louis Kezios, 76, Skokie

Katie McCaughey, 64, Glenview

James M. Bachner, 61, Chicago

James Stephen Stefo, 75, of Glenview

Roberta "Robbie" S. Macfarland née Seager, 93, Winnetka

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Helen M. “Gammoo” Matan née Bukvich, 82, Wilmette
Service April 13

Carmen Jean Barnes Ewing, 90, Pleasant Prairie

Anthony J. Verschoore, 83, Skokie

Ronald J. Polz, 54, Skokie

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster Street in Morton Grove

Norolfo Borrillo, 78, Chicago
Visitation April 13, Service April 14

Val Dumbrell, 79, Skokie

Lois R. Reichert née Kalchbrenner, 79, Skokie

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

Doris M. Schwalbach, 97, Highland Park

Barbara "Babs" Bell, 89, Lincolnshire

Reuland & Turnbough, 1407 Western Avenue in Lake Forest

Patricia Wiegand née McNeil, 87, Lake Forest
Mass April 9

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Avenue in Lake Forest

Stephanie Marie Weiland, 49, Park Ridge

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie

Bertram "Budd" Oif, 89, Lincolnwood
Service April 9

Sarah W. Levin, 91, Skokie
Service April 9

Leonard Shraiberg, 89, Wilmette
Service April 9

Shelle Sakol Radin, 86, Buffalo Grove
Service April 10

Sheldon Engelhardt, 94, Juno Beach, Florida
Service April 11

Judith Ann Baskin, 88, Chicago
Service April 13

Shirley K. Adelson née Kerman, 98, Glenview
Service April 29

Irving Kogan, 96, Skokie

Burton D. Scheck, 95, Chicago

Buddy Cohen, 94, Glenview

Edith Schneider née Revzin, 90, Glenview

Bernard T. Meister, 87, Skokie

Harold Hauser, 80, Niles

Allen Leonard Baumgarten, 79, Vernon Hills

Deborah A. "Debbie" Schusteff, 62, Chicago

Lawrence Alport

David Zesmer, Chicago

Richard Roy Chasman, Chicago

Featured Obituary:

James M. Bachner, of Chicago, passed away April 3 at the age of 61. He was the loving father of Brandon (Lindsay) Bachner, Jen (Chris) Downing and Anthony Bachner; dear grandfather of Brooks Bachner, Addison and Grayson Downing; brother of Steve (Gretchen) Bachner.

Jim grew up in Northbrook with his older brother Steve. They lived a life of adventure from a young age racing dirt bikes and regularly known as the local pranksters. Jim continued on to Marquette University for a few years where he met Cindy Federico Bachner the mother of his three children.

Marquette couldn’t live up to his inner wild child which lead him to the University of Colorado Boulder where he continued his shenanigans by converting communal dorm showers to hot tub pool parties while also gaining a love for the outdoors and travel.

Following graduation, as with many stages of his life, a series of sporadic events led Jim and Cindy to Chicago and JMB Realty where he began his nearly four decade career culminating at the pinnacle of the multifamily industry.

Jim was a free spirit always eager to learn something new. While often a little ‘out there’ he was never shy about sharing his newest meditation technique, gadget or crazy stories of his childhood with his friends and colleagues.

Even more notable than his yearning for knowledge was his love of teaching everyone around him. Starting with his children whom he embodied with the love of life, family, travel and the thrill of a great adventure. He taught them to always strive for more, reach for the stars and to take risks.

Jim was known to bring his children along on apartment property tours teaching them the value of crown molding and six panel doors from a very young age. These industry skills, refined over many decades at Heitman, were passed down to countless other mentees, many of whom have taken the lead for the next generation.

Jim will be missed by many, he’s impacted so many lives over the years.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim’s name to:

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
90 Park Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10016
www.bbrfoundation.org
Tax ID # is 31-1020010
(If you wish to mail a donation, please complete the donation form HERE)

via Donnellan Family Funeral Home

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