North Shore Death Notices: Aug. 6 - Aug. 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

Ekaterini Manolas née Apergis, 88, Skokie
Visitation and service Aug. 13

Dieter Von Oppen, 82, Glenview
Services Aug. 17

William Douglas Andrews, 71, Chicago
Services Aug. 17

Irene "Gus" Augusta Nowak, 96, Evanston
Services Sept. 16

Helen Rorig née Yonan, 97, Glenview
Services Pending

Jean Marie Saltarelli née Fanelli, 91, Skokie

Robert Lewis Dryden, 84, Northbrook

John Vincent Greer, 60, Chicago

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Ana Marie Basic née Brezac, 94, Skokie
Services Aug. 14

Gerhard M. Welsch, 77, Skokie

Susan C. Szostak née Haigh, 68, Chicago

Gilbert Bartilad Druja, 34, Chicago

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Frank McAuliff, 94, Chicago
Visitation and service Aug. 15

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Ellen G. Robinson, 74, Glencoe
Services Aug. 13

George Whitehouse, 92, Chicago
Services Aug. 13

Harriet B. Shellist, 76, Lake Bluff
Service Aug. 14

Blanche Gibons, Chicago
Services pending

Lisa Kimberly Reinsdorf, 53, Buffalo Grove

Harold Birndorf, 88, Highland Park

Susan Fine, 62, Park Forest

Eugene H. Greenberg, 94, Wilmette

Russell M. Weinberg, 87, Evanston

Aleksandr Linder, 83, Glenview

Edith C. Rosskam, Northbrook

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Harry Haack, 82, Lake Forest
Visitation and service Aug. 24

Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Boulevard in Wilmette

Phillip G. Peters, 69, Chicago
Services Aug. 15

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

Alfons Lorenz Gartner, 83, Lincolnshire
Visitation and service Aug. 13

Frank Schwermin, 96, Highland Park
Visitation Aug. 15, service Aug. 16

George A. McWeeney, 87, Lincolnshire
Visitation and service Aug. 18

Featured obituary:

On August 3, 2018, while listening to Nat King Cole sing “Stardust,” Irene Augusta (Gus) Nowak passed away in Evanston, Illinois, surrounded by members of her family.

Born in Gary, Indiana, on August 10, 1922, Irene was a proud eastsider, longtime resident of Rhode Island Street, and graduate of Emerson High School. She and her dear husband Chester moved to Dune Acres in 1970 and resided there until he passed away in November 2003. Always an independent lady, in 2006 she moved to Valparaiso, first to Meridian Woods and then to Pines Village. After a debilitating stroke she moved to Symphony of Evanston.

Irene was preceded in death by her husband Chester Nowak and son John Nowak (Barbara). She is survived by daughters Michel Lynn Inaba of Berkeley, California and Janna Caldarelli (David) of Evanston, Illinois, son Paul Nowak (Beth) of Valparaiso, Indiana, and sister Violet Patricia Pavel of Hobart, Indiana. She is also survived by grandchildren Deborah Rapacz (Tony), Rebecca Augdahl (Dan), Leslie Granchalek (Aleksandr), Megan Hunter (Todd), Adam Caldarelli (Claire), Ian Inaba, Christopher Nowak, Katie Nowak, and Evan Nowak, as well as eight great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Irene graduated from Indiana University with a Master of Science in Education in 1971 and taught in the Gary School System. She was an avid reader, a supporter of the library, and an active volunteer in adult literacy. She participated in the League of Women Voters and was passionate about Save the Dunes. She was a lifelong learner and educator, reflective in her decision to donate her body to medical science.

A love of dance, music, and theater began in childhood and continued throughout her life. She hoped that Chester was working on his dance lessons in heaven. She will be deeply missed by all her knew her. As she wanted, a Celebration Lunch will be held for family and friends.

Please join us at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, September 16, 2018, at the Shorewood Forest Clubhouse, 410 Shorewood Court, Valparaiso, Indiana, 46385.

Those who so desire may make donations to:

Save the Dunes
444 Barker Road
Michigan City, IN 46360 (savedunes.org)

or

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
26 Broadway, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10004 (jdrf.org)

via Donnellan Family Funeral Services

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