North Shore Death Notices: Jan. 14 - Jan. 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.

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

John J. Fix, 94, Skokie
Visitation Jan. 21, service Jan. 22

Lawrence J. Littel, 93, Evanston
Visitation Jan. 21, service Jan. 22

Corinne “Cory” B. Wright, 93, Vernon Hills
Visitation and service Jan. 26

Arthur Winston Lewis, 92, Wilmette
Service Jan. 27

Curtis Paul Crotty, 80, Evanston
Visitation and service Feb. 9

John James Humpal, 61, Evanston

Timothy Devin O’Brien, 53, Wilmette

Carole C. Argiris, 93, Northfield

Richard L. Wood, 83, Winnetka

Christopher Lambert, 34, Dayton

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Stanley Zygmun, 91, Skokie

Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Boulevard in Wilmette

Michael Harris Gantwerker, 74
Service Jan. 22

Carol Hersch, 89
Service Jan. 22

Ruth Asin née Hyman, 97

Manya Diment, 92

Sidney Feiger, 87

Corrinne Annenberg, 86

Irwin Katz, 86

William R. Jacobs, 83

Emile Karofiol, 83

Inna Tilman, 82

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

John Mulroy, 55, Des Plaines
Visitation and service Jan. 22

Phuong Chung, 58, Chicago
Service Jan. 26

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Zorita "Zoe" E. Mikva, 90, Chicago
Service Jan. 21

Larry Lipkin, 93, Downers Grove
Service Jan. 21

Martin Lipkin, 78, Des Plaines
Service Jan. 21

Sidney Zatz, 96, Des Plaines
Service Jan. 22

Lois A. Kemp née Finkle, 84, Skokie
Service Jan. 23

Sonia M. Greenberg, 90, Wilmette
Service Jan. 23

Mary Lou "Mickey" Schuster, 89, Skokie

Berta Rubina, 88, Niles

Osvaldo Rubinstein, 87, Chicago

Sheldon Pevsner, 87, Vernon Hills

Gilbert Gertzfeld, 80, Chicago

Arlene Roman, Boca Raton

Karen L. Hankin, Glenview

Mark P. Zuckerman, Buffalo Grove

Cynthia H.D. Koeppel, Skokie

Mae Bell

Judith Sher

Sandra Esterman

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

Janice M. Dodd née Wilson, 94, Highland Park
Visitation Jan. 20, service Jan. 21

Jean Catherine Krefting née Lewis, 97, Deerfield

Lane McGath, 85, Antioch

Ching Chen, 57, Northbrook

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

William “Bill” Coleman, 80, Grayslake

Featured obituary:

Curtis Paul Crotty passed away peacefully at his home in Evanston on Jan. 17, 2019, following a long, courageous bout with lung cancer. He was 80 years old.

Mr. Crotty was born and grew up in Mullens, West Virginia. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a master’s degree at West Virginia University, both in English. After graduation, he was recruited to teach freshman English at Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South High Schools, for two each.

He moved to Evanston in the early 1960s, and in 1964, he joined the faculty of Evanston Township High School (ETHS), where for 32 years he taught all levels of English, including Advanced Placement, to juniors and seniors. Outside the classroom, Mr. Crotty, always interested in theater, developed the Writers’ Showcase program, which adapts students’ writing for the stage. He also co-advised with a history teacher an exchange program with students from Russia, helping to orient them to ETHS and Chicago when they visited Evanston, and chaperoning the ETHS students when they went to Moscow. He had a fond memory of his many students and could pull up anecdotes about them whenever they happened to meet.

His life at ETHS was enriched when Mr. Crotty met and married ETHS colleague Mary Jane McNally, who taught Latin full-time as well as Ancient Greek in the early morning. Over the years, he helped her conduct many school field trips to Greece and Italy.

While Mr. Crotty retired from teaching in 1996, he actively filled his calendar with opera and theater performances, concerts and movies. He also was an avid drum corps fan and attended Midwest meets during the contest season as well as the annual national competition in Denver, Colorado

Mr. Crotty was predeceased in 2005 by his sister, Lynda Crotty Jadick. He is survived by his wife, his son Stephen (Sheeba Daniel) and their two children, Ben and Grace; by his daughter Kristin (Bill) Paxton and their twin sons, Jake and Mason; and by his two nieces, Juli Desjardins and Carrie Gelinas.

A kind, witty, and compassionate man, who adored his family, Mr. Crotty also took an active interest in his countless friends, whose lives he so deeply touched.

Visitation: Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Donnellan Family Funeral Services, 10045 Skokie Blvd, Skokie

Memorial Service: Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, 11 a.m. to noon at Donnellan Family Funeral Services, 10045 Skokie Blvd, Skokie.

via Donnellan Family Funeral Services

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