North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 10 - Sept. 16

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

Sebastian Alante Duncan, 20, Glenview
Service Sept. 22

Paulette Leconte, 94, Evanston

Robert "Bob" B. Wall, 93, Glenview

Carmelita Firth, 67, Skokie

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Donna R. Couvall, 65, Waukegan
Visitation and service Sept. 21

Gertrude “Trudy” Kuhl née Kutz, 87, Morton Grove.

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

John F. "Jack" Slevin, 82, Park Ridge
Visitation and service Sept. 22

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Beatrice Cummings Mayer, 97, Chicago
Service Sept. 23

Marcia J. Lipetz, 71, Evanston
Service Sept. 23

Simon Cin, 95, Lincolnwood

Chaim Y. Banker, 95, Chicago

Toby Schayer, 94, Chicago

Rochelle V. Chasin, 88, Deerfield

Saralee I. Cowen née Izenstark, 88, Chicago

Bruce Edward Stein, 82, Schaumburg

Richard Gordon Lazar, 79, Arlington Heights

Gary I. Gutwillig, 73, Riverwoods

Barry N. Robinson, 73, Chicago

Arnold Klein, Chicago

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

Eugene Lewandowski, 91, Highland Park
Service Sept. 17

Joseph Bernardi, 96, Highland Park
Service Sept. 19

Jeanette "Jean" Russo, 87, Highland Park
Visitation and service Sept. 22

Evelyn I. Carr Harris, 104, Highland Park

Mary T. Sullivan, 88, Northbrook

David Alan Bock, 68, Highland Park

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

Martin Paguyo Canero, Jr., 80, Atlanta, Georgia

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Judith M. Philipp, 83 Lake Bluff
Service Sept. 22

Featured obituary:

Robert B. Wall (Bob), one of the few remaining OSS operatives from WWII, passed away on September 10, 2018 at 93. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the US intelligence agency during the Second World War and the forerunner to the present Central Intelligence Agency.

He was born on July 19, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in the city along with his beloved sister Frances. His aunt and uncle, Helen and Bob Minton, raised the pair. Mr. Minton was a distinguished investment banker with The Chicago Corporation.

After graduating from Loyola Academy in 1943 where he was a member of the track team, Mr. Wall enlisted in the armed forces and was chosen to serve in the OSS.

In 1945 he was sent on missions in the European, African and Pacific theatres of war earning numerous medals. While stationed in Southern China, he was selected to serve on a mission supporting Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh in Vietnam. At the last moment he was reassigned but later noted the irony of the US backing Ho Chi Minh in the fight against the Japanese.

He returned to the United States in 1946 and graduated from Loyola University in 1949. He later worked in executive positions at the Pure Oil Company and the Forest Atwood Paper Co.

In 1950 he was united in marriage with Marylou Connolly and the couple had four children –three sons and one daughter. The couple raised their family in Wilmette and Kenilworth, Illinois and were parishioners of SS. Faith, Hope and Charity in Winnetka, Illinois since 1957.

Mr. Wall was proud of the success that his children had and demanded excellence in their pursuit of lifetime goals. As the patriarch of the family, his children nicknamed him the Chief.

In retirement he enjoyed golfing and traveling with his wife Marylou whom he dearly loved. He was very close to his sister, Frances, and in retirement lived a few blocks away from her. He counted as one of his closest friends, his wife’s brother, Frank A. Connolly, Jr.

He was very appreciative of the thoughtful care his daughter Marylouise proved in the couple’s later years. He passed away peacefully while receiving care at Presence Maryhaven in Glenview.

Surviving is his wife Marylou of Glenview, Illinois; sister, Frances Reynolds of Glenview, Illinois; sons, Robert (Sheryl) Wall of Kenilworth, Illinois; Frederick Wall of Chicago, Illinois; and Stephen Wall of Jacksonville, Florida; and daughter Marylouise (Peter) Mayer of Lake Bluff, Illinois; grandchildren, Elizabeth, Madeleine, Margot, Jack, Greta and Ingrid and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

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