North Shore Death Notices: Sept. 3 - Sept. 9

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

Roberta S. Lotsoff, 82, Northbrook
Visitation and service Sept. 10

Chong-Tong Chen, 82, Chicago
Visitation and service Sept. 15

Dixie Lim Go, 82, Chicago
Visitation Sept. 21, service Sept. 22

George Frank Warga, 94, Niles

Joseph N. “Joe” Warga, 88, Glenview

Jane B. Ritz, 88, Northfield

William Howard Doughty, 85, Evanston

Herbert John Theisen, 78, Lincolnwood

Thomas J. McGovern, Jr., 67, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Aleli R. Punzalan née Rendor, 72, Chicago
Visitation Sept. 13, service Sept. 15

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Reynaldo D. Castillo, 68, Morton Grove

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Rebecca S. Cohen, 69, Winnetka
Service Sept. 12

Jay Frankel, 88, Highland Park
Service Sept. 12

Doris Steinman, 98, Sarasota, Florida

Frances Chavin, 93, Chicago

Joan S. Finke, 94, Deerfield

Lionel B. Gilbert, 92, Skokie

Rakhil Shapiro, 90

Leonard S. Shaw, 88, Chicago

Stephen Daar, 78, Chicago

Rachel Wirth, 77, Deerfield

Kevin Stuart Halstuk, 66, Chicago

Andrew Zucker Rabinowitz, 60, Chicago

Barb Hondros, 56, Highland Park

Susan Berland, Northbrook

Carole Schilling, Chicago

Betty A. Kaufman, Morton Grove

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

James M. Anderson, 67, Deerfield

Featured obituary:

Roberta S. Lotsoff, 82, Northbrook

Bertie wrote this herself, and we couldn’t have said it any better. We love and will miss her dearly.

"Some of us follow the routine - Check the obits and if your name is not there, start the day with breakfast. OMG - guess what! - no breakfast for me! Bummer! As most of you know, I opted for 7 weeks of radiation, not for a cure, but to extend time with family and friends. It has worked since mid-October until now and it was worth it! On to the basics - I was born 4/11/1936 at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, IL and lived in Austin as the middle child of Bruce Strachan and Hazel Frances (Bright) Bailey. Older sister is Beverly Jane (Robert A., Dec’d) Jones, their children Scott Jones and Susan Jones Kwon (Charlie, kids Matthew and Kiley). “Baby brother” Bruce Edward and Vivian “my second sister” Bailey, their children Bruce and Mark (Christina, kids Lucas, Charlotte and Cameron) Bailey. I was married in 1965 to Kenneth Donald Lotsoff (Dec’d 2008). I also leave behind one of the funniest and most caring people I know, my sister-in-law, Myrna Lotsoff Romanoff and her family, Beth Lotsoff Polinsky (Mark, kids Alexa, Jenna and Blair). I cannot thank my children enough for their support. My daughter, Jennifer, who gave up her life in Santa Barbara, CA, to be here with me since the middle of October 2017, and my son, Jonathan, for dinners, Deadpool 2, many old memories and both of us learning things about each other, as well as his wonderful wife Anne and my precious grandchildren Ben and Sarah, who are my pride and joy.”

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place in Memphis, Tennessee, 38105

Visitation and services Sept. 10 at Donnellan Family Funeral Home in Skokie.

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