North Shore Death Notices: Jan. 28 To Feb. 3

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

Joan Sugar Plotkin, 87, Northbrook
Service Feb. 4

Daniel P. Axelrod, 59, Chicago
Service Feb. 4

Alice L. Byron, 94, Glenview
Service Feb. 6

Yvonne S. Sor, 66, Wheeling
Service Feb. 9

Alfred Riederman, 98, Lincolnshire
Services pending

Jerome E. Abrahams, 95, Glenview
Services pending

Allen S. Liss, 76, Skokie
Services pending

Karyn Becker, Buffalo Grove
Services pending

Linda A. Link, Chicago
Services pending

Shirley R. Field, 95, Northbrook

Gerald Murray Strum, 93, Skokie

Doris E. Lubet, 92, Evanston

Rosalind M. Greenstein, 79, Wilmette

Vincent Headington, 79, Burr Ridge

Bruce M. Joseph, 78, Wheaton

Stuart Klein, 76, Surprise, Arizona

Marsha Kramer Keller, 74, Tarzana

Charles J. Masters, 70, Chicago

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Angelo Frank Marasco, 89, Fort Myers, Florida
Service Feb. 4

Eileen T. Navins née McHugh, 84, Evanston

John L. Klemmer, 83, Northfield

Patricia "Patty" Holterhaus, 73, Algonquin

Robert Bruce McKeever, 70, Winnetka

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Homer Gonzalez, 92, Chicago
Visitation and service Feb. 6

Sheila Anne Mehigan, 77, Wilmette
Visitation and service Feb. 6

Bernard D. "Skip" Weber, 70, Evanston
Visitation Feb. 6, service Feb. 7

Marie C. Obrzut née Martinez, 85, Niles

Evanston Funeral & Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Patricia Ruth Barrow née Wandelt, 89, Evanston

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

Ira J. Stone, 94, Deerfield

Herbert R. Shaffer, 93, Wilmette

Josef Chaba, 91, La Grange Park

Robert O. Isaacs, 85, Wilmette

Martin A. Smith, 85, Chicago

Bruce Lochtan, 73, Greenway, Arkansas

Robert Maslowsky, 72, Skokie

Wolfe Charny, 70, Evanston

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Stanley Skoczylas, 66, Chicago
Visitation Feb. 4

Mary Agnes Healy, 90, Morton Grove

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

Verne B. Churchill, 87, Northbrook
Visitation Feb. 6, service Feb. 7

Nell Marie Scogin Thomas, 99, Northbrook

John H. Secaras, 90, Kenilworth

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

Kimberly May Neill, 49, Riverwoods
Service Feb. 8

David M. Peterson, 50, Highland Park

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Anne Rose Caringello, 94, Highwood
Visitation and service Feb. 4

Jenni Maddalon, 99, Lake Forest
Visitation and service Feb. 4

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Kimberly "Kim" Hastings White, 65, Lake Forest
Visitation Feb. 4, service Feb. 5

Featured Obituary:

Verne B. Churchill Jr., an influential marketing executive and generous, larger-than-life family man of many talents, died peacefully Thursday at North Shore Evanston Hospital after various illnesses. He was 87.

Born in Chicago and a 60-year resident of Northbrook, Churchill was best known in his career as President, CEO, and later Board Chairman of Market Facts, Inc., an Arlington Heights-based marketing, research and information firm. During his 36 years there he was integral in building it from a smallish company to a powerhouse with $64.6 million in sales at the time of his retirement. He also was past president of the American Marketing Association, Chicago.

Churchill was a U.S. Army veteran, a college basketball player at his beloved Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, and, after his retirement, a prolific artist. He was an active member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Northbrook, a world traveler, an avid golfer and member of Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette, a horse racing enthusiast who frequented Arlington International Racecourse’s Turf Club, and a passionate, lifelong fan of the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cubs. He was most proud of his close-knit family, which includes his wife Lori, children Gary (Linda) Churchill and Elizabeth (Daniel) Curry, grandchildren Matthew, Christina, Madeline, and Jessica, and four great grandchildren.

Mr. Churchill was born in Chicago Oct. 8, 1932, and graduated from Foreman High School. He earned his undergraduate degree from Ripon College in 1954 and served as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army before his honorable discharge. He earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University in 1956. His marketing career began at Parker Pen Company in Janesville, Wisconsin, before his hiring at Market Facts as an analyst in 1959. He rose to President and CEO in 1984 and retired in 1996.

During his retirement his focus was on his family, his travels, and his oil paintings, which were frequently displayed at various locales in Northbrook. He also was an active volunteer at Gloria Dei church, and a faithful yearly visitor to Ripon College, where he retained his longtime circle of friends developed at the private liberal arts school. He lived 54 years on the same street in Northbrook.

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