North Shore Death Notices: March 4 to March 10

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

Rogers A. Malmquist, 95, Wilmette
Service March 12

Theresa A. Widrich née Eccel, 87, Grand Haven, Michigan
Service March 16

John R. Savely, 95, Glenview
Services pending

David Sullivan, 54, Glencoe
Services pending

Eileen Craig née Martin, 91, Chicago

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Mary Ellen Dolvin Van Ness, 91, Evanston
Service March 30

Marguerite Cleary McNulty Remien, 101, Glencoe

Rose B. Ciccone née Melone, 94, Morton Grove

Jeffrey W. Vinley, 80, Skokie

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Engelberto Oliveroz, 80, South Chicago
Service March 23

Naomi W. Peralta, 94, Highland Park

Ernest A. Connelly, 90, Morton Grove

Thomas Paul Memmott, 86, Morton Grove

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

Sander J. Mussman, 83
Service March 11

Alan Laskin, 76
Service March 12

Jacob "Jack" Liebman, 101

Shirley Kaplan, 99

Ira Bornstein, 98

Shirley Sodikoff, 97

Sylvia Siskin, 94

Zara Novinsky, 91

David Nitzberg, 84

Elaine Craine née Glick, 82

Eleonora Nefedova, 76

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Joie Jacobson, 79, Lincolnshire
Service March 11

Arkadiy Milshteyn, 73, Des Plaines
Service March 12

Marion Adelman, 91, Evanston
Service March 13

Norman Slakter, Niles
Services pending

Marvin Weinberg
Services pending

Seymour Aaron Cohen
Services pending

Lawrence Alan Mishlove
Services pending

Margit Kirsche, 96, Chicago

DeVera Beller, 94, The Woodlands, Texas

Janet Eisenberg, 93, Long Grove

Genya Gutina, 91, Chicago

Marlene Necheles, 88, Chicago

Theodore Howard Century, 86, Chicago

Phyllis Kudan, 85, Northbrook

Michael David Miselman, 76, Chicago

Henry Michael Schaffer, 75, Chicago

Yefim Kolontyrskiy, 70, Wauconda

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

Teralandur Krishnaswamy Raghunath, 80, Northbrook
Service March 12

Raul M. Heredia, 86, Highland Park
Service March 23

James A. Healy, 87, Deerfield

Victor M. Renaud, 87, Deerfield

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Chantal Mathieu Moon, 85, Highland Park

Peter Anthony Dwyer, 69, Evanston

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

Daniel John Kelly, 78, Lake Forest
Service March 16

Stuart Lothian Scott, 80, Lake Bluff

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Narciso G. Modesto, 98, Lake Forest

Mary Virginia Fay, 88, McHenry

Herbert Richards, 88, Lake Forest

Charles Bennett “Ben” Stephens, 81, Lake Forest

Paul Francis Norris, 58, Libertyville

Andrew Block, 28, Lake Forest

Featured obituary:

Mary Ellen Dolvin Van Ness, born April 12, 1927, at rest February 26, 2019. A remarkable mom, wife, and friend, passed away during the early morning of February 26 after a short illness. She experienced many wonderful people and places during her decades on this earth, and each of us is grateful for her presence in our lives.

Mary Ellen grew up during the Depression on a farm near Spencer, Iowa, and always remained close to the local families and the land. Her 2007 "Memoirs of an Iowa Girlhood" leaves us with a vivid picture of her life without electricity or running water. Stories about her beloved pony, learning to drive a tractor, cooking with her mom, and going to the County Fair, reflect the joys and hardships of farm life. Until recently she visited the farm every year and reconnected with friends from those early years.

In 1948 she graduated in Home Economics from Iowa State. That month she also married the love of her life, Jim Van Ness, and they moved to Evanston the following year. They stayed in Evanston for the next 66 years and raised a family of four girls. They never quit learning or enjoying new adventures – whether through travels, cultural events or community education classes. After 68 years, their life together was brought to a close by Jim’s death in 2016. Jim taught at Northwestern University for 50 years and Mary Ellen eventually served on every committee and held every office of the University Circle, the organization of faculty wives and other women associated with the University.

She also served as the librarian for Lekotek, a toy lending library for children with special needs. While there, she moved their operations into modern times by computerizing the library system. Her volunteer work with Meals on Wheels, the Northwestern Rehab Center, and for many other causes left the world a more compassionate place.

Mary Ellen is survived by her four daughters, Becky, Barby, Meg and Julie, two sons-in-law, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her but memories of her love, influence and guidance, like her memoirs, will always bring smiles.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2019 in Elliott Chapel at Westminster Place, Evanston.

via Haben Funeral Home

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