North Shore Death Notices: April 8 To April 14

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

Edward Walter Damko, 63, Evanston
Service April 15

Domenic Savignani, 83, La Grange
Visitation and service April 16

Padraig “Paddy” Hamilton, 2, Glenview
Visitation April 17, service April 18

Desi A. Grayes, 79, Northbrook
Visitation and service April 20

Martin C. Carroll, 90, Northbrook

Carol E. Ipjian née Swanson, 88, Evanston

Edmund Adam Horsch, 87, Winnetka

Joyce Marie Seul née Barr, 81, Evanston

Kamyar Jabbari, 64, Northbrook

James C. Edwards, Jr., 59, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Lydia M. Makdah née Khasho, 82, Skokie
Service April 15

Helga Greene née Egler, 79, Skokie
Visitation April 17, service April 18

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Paulette Conrad née Minx, 86, Morton Grove

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

Fern Dermer née Schwartz, 65
Service April 15

Adair B. Williams née Weinberg, 86
Service April 16

Bertha Avis, 102, Chicago

Morris Ehrensaft, 101, Skokie

Dora Golman, 99, Chicago

Phyllis Tinsley, 96, Chicago

Arnold Schaffer, 94

Adele Gilford née Miller, 92 , Lincolnshire

William Albert Rosen, 90, Highland Park

Maxine Wilkoff, 86, Skokie

Sheldon Penn, 82, Schaumburg

Roman Polyakov, 81

David Matthew Smithson, 62

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Rose Zussman, 102, Chicago
Service April 15

Mihail Shinderman, 95, Toronto
Service April 15

Leonard Chavin, 87, Chicago
Service April 15

Rose Radlove, 104, Chicago
Service April 16

William Hunter, 93, Buffalo Grove
Service April 16

Norman W. Fishman, 83, Chicago
Service April 16

Eudice G. Lorge, 97, Skokie

Shirley Rotkin, 97, Skokie

Joan L. Silvern née Lipman, 90, Evanston

Lee Karon, 88, Northbrook

Lorraine Berkowitz, 87, Wheeling

Myron S. "Mike" Levy, 87, Highland Park

Fira Zaborenko, 82, Wheeling

Naim Margulis, 65, Deerfield

Randy Wells, 62, Glencoe

Rebecca Levine, 61, Chicago

Todd Feldman, 55, Arizona

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

Beverly J. Guy née Bishop, 89, Deerfield

Donald M. Busscher, 82, Deerfield

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Thomas Charles O'Neil, Sr., 80, Lake Forest

Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Home, 1407 N. Western Ave. in Lake Forest

John W. Squier, 74, Lake Bluff

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Ramona June Leland, 90, Lake Forest
Service pending

Carrol A. Herber, 79, Lake Forest
Services pending

Featured obituary:

Joan L. Silvern, nee Lipman, age 90. Joan was a lifelong Chicagoan spending formative years and much of her early married life in Hyde Park. She attended Tobe Coburn School of Design in New York where she focused on fashion and retail merchandising, and the University of Colorado/Boulder, where she met the love of her life, the late Joseph C. Silvern. Together, they raised four children: Paul (Judith) Silvern; Cathy Silvern; Peter (Geneva) Silvern and Matt (Kelly Cook) Silvern. They were the proud grandparents of Zachary, Rachel, Natalie, Joshua, Wyatt and Micah. Joan was the younger sister of the late Dr. Byron Lane.

Joan and Joe were married at KAM (now KAM-Isaiah Israel) in Hyde Park in 1948 and were one of the first families to move into the earliest phase townhomes constructed for the University of Chicago's area urban renewal program. They were involved in local politics, community development, integration initiatives and sent all four of their children to the Hyde Park YMCA Camp Martin Johnson, one of the first racially integrated summer camps in the United States. The family moved to Evanston in 1968 and carried on their tradition of community engagement.

In many ways, Joan was ahead of her time as a "Working Mother." Never one to stay home and only attend to family needs, her eclectic interests and career included retail merchandising and sales of contemporary ("mid-century") home furnishings, jewelry, lighting fixtures, Creative Playthings and more with Accent! and Gifts and Gadgets in Hyde Park. The stores, owned by her parents, the late Dave and Rose Lipman, were a forerunner to Crate&Barrel. Joan later created one of the first "job share" concepts in the Chicagoland area, working with her friend Pauline Baron as Administrators for a very busy Synagogue, each working part-time so they could pursue professional interests balanced with family life. Her next career tapped Joan's superb writing and editing skills when she became the Editor for Family Focus and the organization's national publications, working with founder and Board Chair, Bernice Weissbourd to nurture and strengthen young families.

Joan was deeply devoted to and supported WFMT-radio, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Lyric Opera, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Art Institute of Chicago, among other arts organizations. She had impeccable aesthetic taste in collecting art, hand-crafted jewelry and ceramics. Joan was an excellent cook who regularly organized intimate and lively dinner parties for close friends as well as huge family holiday celebrations. She and Joe traveled throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the United States, establishing friendships wherever they went, collecting art, incredible stories and life experiences.A celebration of Joan's life is being planned for Summer 2019 and will be announced at a later date.

Contributions in memory of Joan can be sent to: WTTW-Channel 11/98.7 WFMT-FM, Chicago Botanic Gardens or JourneyCare Foundation.

via Chicago Jewish Funerals

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