North Shore Death Notices: Aug. 19 To Aug. 25

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

Helen Lexier, 93, Northbrook
Service Aug. 26

Harvey H. Siegel, 87, Evanston
Service Aug. 26

Peter S. Knobel, 76, Evanston
Service Aug. 26

Robert Pearlstein, 70, Northbrook
Service Aug. 26

Jeffrey Brown, 52, Des Plaines
Service Aug. 26

Max Dolins, 96, Highland Park
Service Aug. 27

Sara Silverstein, 94, Northbrook
Service Aug. 27

Manuel M. Roth, 84, Wheeling
Service pending

Gertrude Cooper, 91, Skokie

Lois Kanne Warshaw, 91, Lincolnshire

Diane Kessler, 82, Flossmoor

Gary Blank, 75, Northbrook

Julie Ann Wellisch, 53, Buffalo Grove

Suzanne A. McDevitt, 48, Northbrook

Jacob Robert Dee, 41, Washington, D.C.

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

Klavdiya Asetova, 90, Deerfield
Service Aug. 27

Benjamin C. L. Bland, 81, Lincolnwood
Service Aug. 27

Bertha Edelheit, 100, Chicago

Jacqueline Surkin, 95, Skokie

Mark B. Spitz, 91, Highland Park

Edwin H. Mann, 89, Wilmette

Marvin D. Berman, 88, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Joan L. Gutterman née Levey, 88, Highland Park

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

John S. Shea, 86, Chicago
Visitation and service Aug. 30

Stella N. O'Brien, 77, Evanston
Visitation Aug. 31

James M. Fitzgerald, 89, Northbrook
Service Sept. 4

Mary McConville Joyce, 81, Winnetka

John Elsner Nickel, 68, Evanston

Margaret Madonna Oswald, 55, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Ronald L. Groh, 81, Skokie
Visitation and service Aug. 26

Harvey E. “Peter” Salmon, 52, Skokie
Visitation and service Aug. 26

Susan E. Whittaker née Ewald, 84, Northbrook
Services pending

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Richard E. Norton, 73
Visitation Aug. 28, service Aug. 29

Theresa Martha Slosar née Caluwe, 95, Morton Grove
Visitation and service Sept. 14

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

Leona Ponsi, 94, Highland Park
Visitation and service Aug. 27

June G. Mininni, 94, Deerfield

James A. Threatte, 75, Lake Forest

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Victoria Feldiorean, 83, Chicago
Service Aug. 26

Angel L. Rivera, 46, Waukegan
Services pending

Roland H. Fritz, 83, Lincolnshire

Featured Obituary:

Violet Caldarelli, age 103, dearly beloved wife of the late David D. Caldarelli; loving mother of David, M.D. (Janna) Caldarelli; cherished grandmother of Leslie Caldarelli, M.D. (Aleksandr Granchalek) and Adam Caldarelli (Claire Ojala, D.VM.); dear great grandmother of Nicholas, Julia and Katherine Granchalek.

Cooking was her passion and she needed a crowd. Violet Caldarelli was loving and devoted to her family, but that was not enough. She needed more people to enjoy her superb cuisine.
She made lunch and breakfast for countless Senn High School students at Harry’s School Supply Store for 13 years.

She had only cookbooks on her bookshelves and first studied at the Antoinette School of Fancy Cookery and then later with John Snowden at Dumas Père L'Ecole de la Cuisine Française and at Elaine Sherman’s The Complete Cook in Glenview.

It was at the Complete Cook that she first met Leslee Reis who ran a catering company and laterCafé Provençal in Evanston. It was Leslee who introduced Violet to Nancy Brussat of Convito Italiano.

Violet, at 65 years of age began her post retirement career of 30 years at Convito, satisfied that Nancy recognized her talent and happy that she had endless customers to feed.

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