North Shore Death Notices: Dec. 14 To Dec. 20

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 and 195 N. Buffalo Grove Road in Buffalo Grove

Joan S. Groner née Solomon, 87, Highland Park
Service Dec. 22

Arlene Lee Melcer, 84, Des Peres, Missouri
Service Dec. 22

Jeffrey Krissman, 78, Chicago
Service Dec. 22

Leonid Gitman, 68, Northbrook
Service Dec. 22

Frances Clara Goldenberg, 77, North Bethesda, Maryland
Service Dec. 23

Shirley A. Levens née Addis, 95, Lincolnwood
Service Dec. 24

Lawrence "Laury" Shefsky, 99, Lincolnwood

Bennett Fishbain, 95, Deerfield

Samuel "Sam" Eliot Grodzin, 94, Chicago

Lya Dym Rosenblum, 94, Evanston

Carl Fischman, 93, Buffalo Grove

Judith Lynn Schuman, 86, Glenview

Alexander Sokolover, 82, Northbrook

Stephen D. Flaxman, 81, Highland Park

Sherwood Lawrence Levin, 79, Streamwood

Jack P. Rimland, 78, Chicago

Val Chevsky, 75, Vernon Hills

Joshua Micah Shapera, 49, Lake Zurich

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Dean Hopkins Goosen, 73, Winnetka
Service Dec. 22

Donna Marie Cormack née Rogers, 89, Glenview

Barbara C. Stinneford, 88, Wilmette

Terrence Raymond Dolan, 80 Glenview

Julie Anne Cohen, 53, Glenview

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Dorothy E. Groth née Caldbeck, 100, Skokie

Jaroslav Schejbal, 98, Skokie

Alliene B. Edson née Billard, 90, Lincolnwood

Patricia A. Nett, 84, Skokie

Jack Harbaugh, 83, Morton Grove

Sook Ja Kim née Sohn, 81, Skokie

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Philip Partipilo, 92, Morton Grove

Carola "Kelly" Neville, 66, Morton Grove

N. H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home, 1240 Waukegan Road in Glenview

Fern Lorena Derning née Ailsworth, 97, Winnetka

Linda Marie Misch née Tauber, 72, Northbrook

Michael Scott Ginsburg, 52, Schaumburg

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Reyna Mercado, 84, Evanston
Service Dec. 22

Carollyn Ella Fasco née Schwartz, 77, Skokie

Jane Alexander Bosler, 49, Evanston

Thompson Funeral & Cremation Services 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Athera "Tia" Venine Hernandez, 36, Evanston

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

Ruth Shore née Marks, 96, Wilmette
Service Dec. 22

Patricia J. Attebery, 96, Winnetka

Victor Dayan, 93, Arlington Heights

Bernard Jerome Leader, 93, Northbrook

William Yu-Hwa Wei, 93, Skokie

Peter Ernest Reisner, 91, Highland Park

Yemiliy Meyman, 90, Chicago

Judith Stone née Liff, 90, Chicago

Maxwell Mulmat, 89, Winnetka

Renee R. Lebed, 88, Skokie

Suzanne Raphael Berkson, 87, Evanston

Jeffrey S. Lyon, 71, Deerfield

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

Lucy Konsler, 91, Highland Park

Madelene McGuire, 86, Riverwoods

Jeffrey J. Balmes, 64, Glenview

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood and 11 West Belvidere Road in Grayslake

Jacqueline Ann Yurkus, 80, Highwood

Barbara Jo De Leonardis, 63, Deerfield

Johnny Ray Valentino, 59, Chicago

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Mary Lanzl Redmond, 95, Lake Forest

Joann Weld Meigs née Hodson, 93, Lake Forest

Hilda "Hildy" Denworth Gathany, 90, Lake Forest

Virginia Wren Moore, 84, Lake Forest

Featured Obituary:

Lya Dym Rosenblum, 94, former Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School at Columbia College Chicago, died peacefully at home in Evanston on December 17, 2020.

Lya was born in 1926 in Dresden, Germany, and came to the U.S. with her parents and sister in 1938. She earned Ph.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Chicago, where she was president of the Midwest region of the Intercollegiate Zionist Federation of American. She worked briefly at the newly established Israeli Consulate in New York before returning to Chicago to marry Lou Rosenblum in 1949.

Following college, in addition to raising three children, Lya served as President of the League of Women Voters in Rhode Island and as Associate Director of the United Nations Association of Chicago and, on the Winnetka Village Caucus. She spoke multiple languages and occasionally taught German at New Trier High School.

Lya resumed her graduate studies,, receiving her Ph.D. in Political Science and Education from Northwestern University, and began her academic career at Columbia College in Chicago. She held several titles over the years, eventually being named Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School. Lya took great pride in her work during 30 year career at Columbia. When she came to the College there were less than 2000 students and at the time of her retirement, enrollment was almost 10,000. Lya's fundraising efforts, academic and administrative leadership and work with faculty, developing new academic policies and introducing new programs and academic standards which had lasting impact.

During these years she also served as President of the American Jewish Congress, Midwest Region, and Chair of the Academic Seminar on Zionist Thought and attended the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem in 1987.

Lya and Lou were active, long-time Board members of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. A lifelong educator, Lya brought her Jewish values,, and a commitment to social justice to her role at JCUA. In addition to serving on the JCUA Board, Lya also served on the boards of the Illinois chapter of the ACLU, Perspectives Charter School and Urban Gateways. Lya and Lou actively participated in interviewing survivors as part of the Holocaust Survivors Project.

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