North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 29 To Oct. 5

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

Harriet Evnin née Bank, 67, Chicago
Service Oct. 7

Shirley Schwartz née Popper, 96, Skokie

Beverly B. Glieberman née Bernstein, 95, Buffalo Grove

Paul Eugene Schneider, 95, Glenview

Doris Elaine Cassidy née Levy, 94, Waukegan

Greta DeBofsky, 92, Northbrook

Konstantin Rudyak, 92, Wheeling

Norma L. Gordon née Lindner, 91, Northbrook

Doris J. Kaufman née Simonson, 88, Chicago

Norman Schnitzer, 86, Skokie

Sheila Schnitzer, 85, Skokie

Norman L. Weil, 75, Richton Park

David Robinson né Howard David Kobernik, 74, Champaign

Dov "Dubi" Fishel, 71, Northbrook

Jerrold Aaron Shumsky, 70, Chicago

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Mary Ann Connell Ford, 95, Winnetka

Mary Ann Jensen, 93, Crystal Lake

Ami Fahrenbach Swiderski, 93, Lemont

Joan C. Planos née Enger, 91, Evanston

Sondra D. Fargo, 91, Evanston

R. Douglas Petrie, 90, Kenilworth

Mary Ellen Krejci, 89, Northfield

Maryann Semer née Hawlick, 85, Glenview

Maria Rosario Bismonte née Afable, 84, Vernon Hills

Camilla Marie Racine née Kennell, 81, Evanston

John C. Carlson, 65, Evanston

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

William Dale Todd Jr., 92, St. Charles

Ingrid Gordon née Baumert, 89, Skokie

Docia Joyce “Jody” Stoneberg née Gazaway, 88, Skokie

Jacqueline Mau Adams, 83, Lake Bluff

Helen Mary Hyland née McCormack, 56, Chicago

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

Pearline Wadsworth Solas, 91, Evanston

Judy Ann Edelen, 71, Evanston

Evanston Funeral & Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Deanna Marie Youkhanna, 22, Skokie

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

Tilly Freed-Passman, 107, Chicago

Sonia Rossenfeld née Levy, 97, Carlsbad, California

David Joravsky, 95, Evanston

Miriam S. Rakley, 93, Leawood, Kansas

Joyce Yohai, 91, Chicago

Barbara Jane Frankston, 80, Skokie

Susie Greenberg née Wertheimer, 71, Highland Park

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Anthony H. Irmen, 86, Morton Grove

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

Irene Buller, 98, Park Ridge

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

Georgeta “Gica” Chirica, 85, Highland Park
Service Oct. 7

Elizabeth Ann "Betty" O’Sullivan, 93, Highland Park

Wenben Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

John Floyd Ruffolo, 60, North Chicago
Service Oct. 11

Kent William Woloson, 55, Lake Forest

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood

Catherine Mary "Samp" Bednar, 96, Chicago

Martin Edward Martinek, 75, Cary

Michael Ivey, 62, Gurnee

Edgar Herrera, 30, Round Lake Beach

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

Bernadine Dorothy Abuja, 93, Riverwoods

Joseph Alaimo, 90, Lake Forest

Featured Obituary:

Paul Eugene Schneider, who represented everything good and admirable about the Greatest Generation, died peacefully at his home in Glenview on September 28 at the age of 95. Born to Eva (Smith) and Samuel H. Schneider, he was raised in South Shore and graduated from Hyde Park High School, with dreams of playing third base for the Chicago Cubs.

The onset of WWII, however, led him to a different field — of combat. As a result of his nearsightedness, Paul was classified 4F but memorized the Snellen Eye Chart and was thus able to pass the vision test to serve his country. His reason for enlisting, Paul would later explain, was a sense of duty — both as a Jew and as an American — to fight what Hitler and Nazism represented.

Trained as a combat medic and serving with the 5th Armored Division in Europe, Paul was severely wounded at the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, in Germany. While administering first aid to a wounded soldier, Paul was blown from a landmine into barbed wire fencing. Paul was awarded two Purple Hearts and two Bronze Stars.

After more than 50 surgeries and nearly three years at various VA hospitals, Paul attended Northwestern University. He graduated first in his class from the School of Commerce (now the Kellogg School of Management).

Paul secured a position with the Chicago accounting firm of Checkers, Simon & Rosner, where he worked for almost 60 years as a C.P.A. This included ten years as managing partner (and much longer as a rainmaker), still going into the office into his 90s.

Paul was remarkably loyal to family and friends, often lunching with those he'd known for more than 80 years. He was an avid Cubs and Bears fan, but was not unhappy when the White Sox won the World Series.

Despite his badly damaged leg, Paul enjoyed playing doubles tennis into his late 60s and golf into his 90s. Though there is some debate as to the number of holes-in-one he made, he absolutely, positively had at least one.

Paul had a strict moral compass. "It's either right or it's wrong," and he adhered to the former. He demanded perfection of himself but could accept less than that from others as long as an honest effort was made. He quietly looked out for less fortunate relatives, discreetly paying their rent or helping with medical or funeral expenses. Almost as beloved as family and friends were his five o'clock martini, listening to Ella Fitzgerald, and his boundless appetite for reading.

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