North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 15 To Sept. 21

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

Martin William Nye, 86, Highland Park
Service Sept. 22

Marvin E. Cooper, 98, Lincolnwood

Melvin Arye Shapiro, 95, Chicago

Seena Swibel née Minkus, 94, Northfield

Shulamith Leichtman, 92, Chicago

Marvin Koffman, 91, Wilmette

Paul Schultz, 79, Vernon Hills

David M. Clark, 71, Highland Park

Barry Abrams, 67, Oak Park

Margot J. Parnass née Bruckenstein, 59, Lincolnwood

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Camilla Marie Racine née Kennell, 81, Evanston

Sharon Marlin, 72, Glenview

John P. Curran, 71, Wilmette

Maura Jean Kelly, 62, Evanston

Jamie Pierce Tuttle, 58, Evanston

Richard Matthew “Keef” Keefer, 54, Northfield

John Patrick Marlin, 33, Chicago

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Lloyd P. Holden, 82, Morton Grove
Service Sept. 23

Dolores S. Jankun née Serpe, 72, Northfield
Service Sept. 23

Vasilios A. Tsironis, 54, Chicago
Visitation Sept. 23, service Sept. 24

Charlotte L. Busscher née Witt, 104, Marshfield, Wisconsin

Richard Berggren, 79, Niles

Thompson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1917 Asbury Ave. in Evanston

Raevon T. Brown, 44, Glenview
Service Sept. 23

Valerie Shavers, 52, Evanston
Service Sept. 25

Gerald E. Noel, 69, Chicago

Evanston Funeral & Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Cruz S. Izaguirre, 69, Antioch

Ontario Lorenzo "Terry" Phillips Sr., 68, Chicago

Joseph Wayne Ruklick, 82, Evanston

Nantambu Ano Wright, 48, Evanston

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

Jose Angel Lopez, 79
Visitation Sept. 27

Alice Silverman, 100

Waren Robert Rife, 82, Chicago

James M. Schreiber, 82, Highland Park

Mark S. Heilbron, 69, Cleveland

Joel Dosik, 65, Evanston

Matthew Rudnick, 49, Highland Park

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Helen L. Wilson née McNeil, 89, Morton Grove
Service Oct. 10

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

Ralph W. Gilliland, 92, Glenview

Robert Forbes "Roy" Robertson, 92, Northbrook

Kay Van Cleave, 85, Evanston

Jeff Waldbeser, 73, Northbrook

Scott L. Mcmanigle, 57, Gurnee

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

Caesar A. Fiocchi, 93, Riverwoods

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Mary Louise Franchine née Amidei, 81, Highland Park

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Martha Smith Simpson, 78, Lake Forest
Service Sept. 23

John "Jack" Lee Knoll, 87

Betty Hook Benton, 86

Robert “Bob” W. Pike, 79, Incline Village, Nevada

Jamee Jacobs Field, 72, Lake Forest

Steven Raymond Madsen, 65, Rochester Hills, Michigan

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

James Carl Wenzel, 73, Lake Bluff
Service Sept. 26

Barbara Kukič Djilas, 73, Lake Villa

Alexandra Festin Burd, 38, Lake Forest

Featured Obituary:

The world lost a giant of a man and beloved husband, father, Papa and Great-Papa on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. Marvin Earl Cooper, M.D., aged 98, passed away exactly as he would have wished. In his mind, "...today was the day." At his side was the love of his life for nearly 70 years, Marcia, and he slipped away comforted in the knowledge that his five children, his sons and daughters in laws, his 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren would carry on his legacy with the strength and love of family he instilled in them every day.

Born on November 19, 1921, Marvin lived his entire life in Chicago with the exception of his college years in downstate Illinois and brief stint in the Army during the Korean War. After Medical School at University of Illinois, he joined a pediatric practice in West Rogers Park and continued actively practicing until he was 90, touching the lives of and caring for multiple generations of children (and, he would say, their parents) during those years. He was fond of saying that he didn't retire, instead he "resigned." A lifelong learner, he chose to continue his work and imparted his wisdom to first and second-year medical students at Northwestern counseling them in the art of medicine and the importance of treating their patients as people-not just people who were ill. The students loved him and he loved seeing the energy and passion they had for their new careers.

Marvin was methodical and deliberate in everything he did from packing a suitcase with the proper amount of tissue and plastic to building and taping a near impenetrable box for shipping. His desk was a maze of special pens, rubber bands, envelopes, stamps and paper clips. Everything had a place and there was a place for everything. He was a prolific reader of history, a collector of antiques, a master of crossword puzzles-although made words up from time to time. At the age of 95, he penned and self-published his autobiography. It was mostly true.

He spent time, over the past year, talking about his final wishes. Several weeks ago, he dictated the following about his obituary: "It should say I was a hale and hearty guy, honest and true. A lifelong Democrat who hated Trump."

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