North Shore Death Notices: March 28 To April 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 and 195 N. Buffalo Grove Road in Buffalo Grove

Joan Lois Green, 90, Vernon Hills
Service April 5

Bonnie S. Lindenbaum née Steiner, 83, Glenview
Service April 5

Barbara Joan Rosenbloom, 68, Rolling Meadows
Service April 5

Hubert I. Sommerfeld, 91, Wheeling

Robert "Bob" Matzkin, 81, Chicago

Stanley G. Rabinowitz, 81, Palm Beach, Florida

Yehudit Adler, 73, Skokie

Nancy Halperin Gandelman, 65, Northbrook

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Michael B. Ryan, 50, Glenview
Visitation April 5, service April 6

Mary Margaret Elizabeth Cavanagh, 69, Evanston
Visitation April 6, service April 7

Frances Irene Delaney née Daley, 95, Evanston
Visitation April 7, service April 8

Joan Z. Murnane, 87, Glenview

Thomas J. Conway, 62, Morton Grove

Mary Kathleen Phelan, 22, Wilmette

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Marie Moran née Penny, 66, Chicago
Visitation April 5, service April 6

Noah William Rogers, 33, Evanston
Service April 6

Jay L. Radom, 73, Des Plaines
Service April 7

Horst B. Froemming, 86, Skokie
Service April 8

Jane H. Durfee née Hickok, 100, Evanston

Rudolph Valentino Carrero, 94, Evanston

Joseph M. Tralmer, 67, Niles

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave., in Evanston

Albert Matthews, 75, Evanston
Visitation April 7, service April 8

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

Tom Klemczak, 76, Arlington Heights
Visitation April 7, service April 8

George Allen Hides, 80, Glenview
Visitation April 10, service April 11

Karl J. Hanson, 70, Glenview
Service April 23

Edward "Ed" Lee Cross, 86, Northfield
Service April 29

Jane Baehler Wicklund, 90, Evanston

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

Ludmilla Coven née Ross, 91, Highland Park
Service April 6

Dorothy S. Cohen, 98, Chicago

Mark Palmer, 96, Highland Park

Ariel David, 92, Chicago

Marvin Spivack, 89, Tucson, Arizona

Bianca Pekin née Scaffi, 88, Highland Park

Noreen Rubin née Crane, 80, Highland Park,

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Marilyn Zaslowsky, 86, Skokie
Service April 6

Debra L. Ridge née Spalla, 62, Barlett

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

Marvin Maurice Baker, 82, Highwood
Visitation April 7, service April 8

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

Richard Neal Capps, 71, Round Lake Heights
Service April 10

Jerome "Jerry" R. Preston, 75, Ingleside

Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Home, 1407 N. Western Ave. in Lake Forest

David “Dave” Ralph Bibbs, 63, Lake Forest
Service June 24

Featured Obituary:

A whole passel of people awakened the morning of April 2, 2022 to find a piece of their heart missing: stolen by the passing of Frances Irene Delaney nee Daley of Evanston, IL. Those hearts will never be quite the same again.

Fran was born in Detroit, MI October 15, 1926 to James Arthur and Mary Helen Daley, eventually becoming the middle child of five beautiful sisters. She was a 1944 graduate of St. Benedict’s High School in Highland Park, MI and then Saint Camillus School of Nursing – Nazareth College at Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI in 1947.

Shortly after WWII ended, she met Harry W. Delaney Jr., a sailor just returned home from the war. He was charmed by her “star eyes” and dazzling smile. They married in 1950, honeymooned at Niagara Falls, and then Harry took up a job in Elmira, NY. Soon they were back in Detroit again at Gesu Parish, and the first of eight children was born in August 1951. Eight. Fran thought that becoming a nun would be too easy for her, and figured she would raise at least one priest and one nun amongst a brood of that number. Didn’t happen, although the children were considered quite well-behaved. One night while expecting one of the neighborhood teenagers to babysit, they were surprised when the mother arrived instead. She explained that she was expecting a quieter evening at the Delaney household.

The family moved to Evanston, IL in 1967 and into St. Mary’s Parish, where Fran faithfully served on numerous committees at church well into her 80’s. After her retirement from the Visiting Nurses Association, she volunteered at St. Francis Hospital for uncounted years. She is still remembered there as a tireless worker racing up and down the halls performing her assigned duties.

At modern social functions the first question that often arises is “what do you do,” usually meant to inquire about your education, career, avocations, and such. In the 1950’s when Fran chose to be a housewife, it wasn’t considered a “career.” However, in this case “housewife” encompasses more than any single job. Fran was the doctor attending to wounds and sickness; she was the lawyer adjudicating quarrels; she was the assembly line worker doing laundry; she was the executive secretary planning calendars and appointments, buying cards and gifts for all the birthdays and holidays, keeping it all running smoothly. She was the executive chef doing all the meal planning, and the sous chef and the line cook all in one, preparing three timely meals a day every day, as well as baking the most fabulous pies anyone ever tasted. She did get an occasional break when Harry would make our Sunday morning breakfast (eggs and bacon or maybe corn-fritters!).

Basically, if you were to ask Fran “what do you do” she could have just answered EVERYTHING. But she would never have said that. She was humble in all things and undertook most anything thrown at her without complaint. She just got on with it, and usually with a smile. Did I mention that smile? She was known for her smile.

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