Obituaries

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

Recent obituaries and upcoming services on Chicago's North Shore.

North Shore funeral homes published the death notices below in the week of Jan. 14–Jan. 20, 2020.
North Shore funeral homes published the death notices below in the week of Jan. 14–Jan. 20, 2020. (via Patch)

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.

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Ilene B. Harris, 75, Chicago
Service Jan. 22

William Richard Cottle, 86, Winnetka
Services pending

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Rita L. Stevens née Gaynes, 94, Lincolnwood

Mary McKinney Lieberman, 98, Northbrook

Marilyn Grey née Ivaz, 93, Wilmette

Seymoure Weiner, 92, Highland Park

Ralph Toporoff, 88, St. Petersburg, Florida

Maya Zlatnikov, 86, Glenview

Floyd Whellan, 82, Chicago

Sara Rachel Howard née Green, 73, Des Plaines

Burgess Wilson, 62, Chicago

Jonathan "Sasha" Keene Tupper, 25, Chicago


Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Rita Eileen Wilkinson, 65, Evanston
Visitation Jan. 21, service Jan. 22

Harry P. Elam, 100, Evanston
Visitation Jan. 24, service Jan. 25

Georgia Roiniotis, 98, Skokie
Service Jan. 25

Paul Fullmer, 85, Glenview
Visitation Feb. 7, service Feb. 8

Pamela Lung-Hui Shu, 67, Wilmette
Service April 18

Karen Lee Roenisch née Richardson, 79, Winnetka

Mary Anne Gallagher, 72, Chicago

John A. Nickele, 65, Glenview

Joel "Boom Boom" S. Rapp, 73, Northbrook
Service Jan. 21

Joseph Koenig, 92, Skokie
Service Jan. 22

Aleksandr I. Zhuravel, 97, Chicago

Belle Friedman, 93, Skokie

Lev Frankel, 91, Deerfield

Jessie W. Branham, 74, Addison

Lee Lee Kirong, 41, Morton Grove


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

Jeanne Crowe née Geisler, 95, Glenview
Service Jan. 21

Genevieve M. Stegeman, 94, Northbrook
Visitation Jan. 24, service Jan. 25


Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Samuel E. "Sam" McTier, 93, Lake Forest
Service Jan. 25

Joseph Anthony Tarin Tarczynski, 81, Lake Forest
Service Jan. 25

Donna "Mama" Malnati, 93, Chicago
Service Jan. 26

Ronald W. "Ron" Behm, 90, Wadsworth
Services pending

Angie Baglione Frankenthal, 88, Lake Forest
Services pending


Featured Obituary:

Joseph Koenig, 92. Beloved husband for 63 years of Jacqueline, née Cowen; devoted father of Ted (Nancy), Suzanne, Brandon (Amy) and Leonard Koenig; cherished grandfather of Michael, Stephanie, David, Jonathan, Lila, Erica, and Rory Koenig; caring son of the late Theodore and Sarah Königheit; dear brother of the late Eva and Miriam Königheit; will be deeply missed by many close friends and extended family.

Joseph was a Holocaust survivor, having lost his family in the tragedy. He was a proud veteran of both the Israeli and U.S. Armies; he fought in the War of Independence for the State of Israel and the Korean War.

He was active for many years in the Jewish War Veterans, Czestochowa Society, and the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
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