North Shore Death Notices: May 8 - May 14

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

Faith A. Wenger née Beaumont, 74, Northfield
Service May 14

Francis “Frank” L. Cunniff, 66, Lincolnshire
Visitation May 15, Mass May 16

Dennis Michael Robb, 78, Skokie
Mass May 16

James P. Harvey, 59, Wilmette
Visitation and Mass May 16

Jane Burke née Doyle, 84, Glenview
Visitation and Mass May 16

James W. Lo, 77, Chicago
Service May 19

Mary Williams née Cossarek, 84, Evanston

Sylvia Zastrow Schmitt, 93, Evanston

Virginia C. Bennett, 92, Wilmette

Robert H. May, 76, Wilmette

Linda Sue Holman née Lang, 74, Lake Forest

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Rd. in Skokie

Geraldine Sophie Laughlin, 90, Skokie

Harvey S. Taylor, 99, Morton Grove

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Rosemary Oehm McNichols, 92, Morton Grove
Service May 14

Nancy Castello née Rametta, 93, Northbrook
Service May 16

Harry Wolf Schlag, 88, Morton Grove
Visitation May 17, service May 18

Helen T. Guziec, 90, Schaumburg
Visitation May 19, Mass May 19

Edgar Chiquini, 43, Morton Grove

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

Gertrude Spangler, 97, Chicago
Service May 14

Sidney Aronoff, 99, Northbrook
Service May 15

Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home, 1787 Deerfield Rd. in Highland Park

Jack R. Gagne, 93, Deerfield

Karen Suzanne Hamblet, 62, North Aurora

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

Stephen Joseph Yarina, 69, Deerfield

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Lillian Pam, 101, Highland Park
Service May 14

Abe Sachs, 90, Lincolnshire
Service May 14

Anita Fullett, 88, Grayslake
Service May 14

Mitchell L. Slotnick, 76, Northbrook
Service May 15

Ida M. Fisher, 77, Skokie

Clifford Wolper, 89, Highland Park

Aaron Charles Yesnick, 67, Buffalo Grove

Meyer Pincus, 89, Northbrook

Evelyn Tenenbaum, 81, Evanston

Vera Povitsky, 96, Evanston

Mohtaram Makhani Nikanjam, 86, Highland Park

Sue Magidson, 101, Chicago

Bernard M. Walchak, 93, Evanston

Bernard Silberman, Chicago

Sheila Lurie, Evanston

Anna Novak-Heller

Linda J. Wasserberger, Chicago

Gary Peckler

Featured obituary:

Sylvia Zastrow Schmitt, of Evanston, passed away May 8 at the age of 93. Sylvia was born in St Louis on December 10, 1924 to Frank and Theodosia nee Cain Horning.

She was the beloved wife of the late Robert John Zastrow, Sr. and the late Elmer W. Schmitt; loving mother of Robert (fiancée Courtney Shepatin) Zastrow, James (Ann) Zastrow and the late Frank Zastrow; devoted and delighted grandmother of Emma Zastrow.

Schmitt possessed a bright and curious mind, earning her MFA from the University of Utah in 1966 and PhD. from Northwestern University in 1975; her teaching posts included Winona State University, Loyola University, Cal State Chico and Cal State Fullerton.

Sylvia was a passionate traveler, and she saw the world with her second husband, Elmer.

Her favorite role may have been that of grandmother, and nothing gave her more joy than spending time with Emma.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to:

Webster University
Office of Advancement
Loretto Hall, 4th Floor
470 East Lockwood Avb
Saint Louis, MO 63119

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