North Shore Death Notices: May 2 To May 8

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

Judith M. Kamen née Kaplan, 77, Highland Park
Service May 10

Arthur "Harpman" J. Solomon, 68, Skokie
Service May 10

Richard D. Glickman, 78, Chicago
Service May 10

Rae "Ginger" Smerling, 88, Highland Park

Elaine L. Bell, 100, Evanston

Ruthe G. Sacks, 99, Chicago

Sonia Goldberg, 93, Chicago

Harold Katz, 93, Evanston

Ronald M. Portugal, 91, Northbrook

Robert William Klawans, 90, Deerfield

Eve Barbara Schwartz, 87, Evanston

Aaron Klein, 86, Evanston

Benjamin Blumberg, 79, Chicago

Darryl Feder, 79, Round Lake

Galina Mann née Shenigson, 76, Northbrook

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Marvin Leo Kocian, 85, Northfield
Service May 10

George M. Baker, 94, Wilmette
Service May 12

Eleanor Marie McAllister, 88, Wilmette
Service Aug. 6

Mary Anne Janoski née Banahan, 83, Northfield

Maureen McGee Kogen, 54, Northbrook

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Medard D. “Duke” Hajduk, 92, Skokie
Service May 5

Stefan Bartl, 94, Skokie
Service May 9

David B. Sarmas, 62, Skokie
Service May 19

John D. Nikitow, 66, Skokie

Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Margaret Wideman, 88, Evanston
Visitation May 13, service May 14

Brittany Nicole Kinlow, 23, Chicago
Visitation May 12, service May 13

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Carol Ann Hatcher, 94, Evanston

Christine M. Smith, 70, Northbrook

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

William Gordon Fox, 92, Northbrook
Service May 11

Dorothy A. "Dee" Modica, 73, Northbrook
Visitation May 13, service May 14

Janet E. Fisher, 61, Highland Park
Service May 14

David Lasich, 87, Northbrook
Service May 14

Helen V. Basler, 98, Northbrook

Miriam Bandelier Frick, 91, Glenview

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

Isai Glickstein, 84, Round Lake
Service May 10

Edith Lipman, 95, Palatine
Service May 11

Steven Morris "Morry" Grant, 97, Evanston

Aviva May née Rabinowitz, 90, Chicago

Bernard L. Schwartz, 88, Forest Park

Ina Teplitsky, 84, Buffalo Grove

Albert L. Page, 77, Glenview

Jack C. Li, 74, Morton Grove

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

Rosemary J. Sheahen, 89, Lake Forest
Service May 17

Featured Obituary:

Steven Morris "Morry" Grant passed on Friday, April 29, 2022 in Evanston, Illinois. He was born in Chicago in 1925 to his parents Esther Greenberg (nee Shponka) and Nathan Greenberg and attended Von Steuben and Sullivan High schools.

After serving in the Merchant Marines as a radio operator during World War II, he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering. In 1957 he married the love of his life, Annalee, who he had known since childhood and subsequently shared a loving and joyful marriage for 65 years.

Morry was a prominent figure in modernizing, designing and shaping heating and air conditioning technology at many of downtown Chicago’s most important buildings as Partner of Heimann and Grant Inc, Consulting Engineers. He was considered an expert in humidity and consulted on special projects for the Field Museum of Natural History and Wrigley Field and made substantial HVAC design contributions to The Prudential Building, the Bernard Horwich Community Center, the Union League Club of Chicago, and the many Crate and Barrel satellite stores, including the former flagship location on North Michigan Avenue.

Morry was a lifelong learner, a voracious reader, student and teacher, participating as a coordinator for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Northwestern. In his final months, although restricted physically, his mind remained sharp and he enjoyed reading books from the Skokie Public Library on many topics including: outer space, British spies, Einstein, the theory of relativity, and Dickens novels. He was an avid student of history, particularly, the French Revolution, and was a member of the Napoleonic Historical Society.

Throughout his 60’s and 70’s, he and his wife Annalee sought out unique travel experiences, including biking in France, a barge trip through canals in England and multiple “Elderhostel” and educational trips abroad. In his 80’s and 90’s, he spent many happy winters in Laguna Woods, California.

In his spare time he enjoyed time in nature, sailing small boats, kayaking, swimming, biking on lake shore trails and walking through The Botanic Garden. He rode his bicycle regularly in the Apple Cider Century in SW Michigan, and at age 85, he rode his recumbent bike to the finish line as the oldest entrant in the event’s history. He took great joy in the time spent over the decades with his family and friends, particularly his six grandchildren in Union Pier, Michigan.

Morry, although soft spoken, left a big footprint. He had a keen interest in conversing on current events, history, science, culture and ideas as well as delivering truly funny jokes and commentary.

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