Obituaries
North Shore Death Notices: June 28 To July 4
Recent obituaries and upcoming services on Chicago's North Shore.

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.
Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home, 1787 Deerfield Road in Highland Park
Lois J. Rozak, 95, Highland Park
Harold Charles Carlson, 94, Grayslake
Susan S. Adler, 90, Highland Park
Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood and 11 West Belvidere Road in Grayslake
Frank Anthony Dumelle, 78, Park City
Carlos Raul Escobar, 61, Mundelein
Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest
John Gelston Smith, 97, Lake Forest
Service July 29
Robert Meers, 70, Lake Forest
Reuland & Turnbough, 1407 N. Western Ave. in Lake Forest
Basil S. Burrell, 97, Lake Forest
Service July 10
Audrey R. Burrell, 96, Lake Forest
Service July 10
Michael J. McKiernan, 65, Lake Forest
Service July 11
Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie and 195 N. Buffalo Grove Road in Buffalo Grove
Nettie Meltzer, 98, Deerfield
Service July 7
Frederick Salzberg, 96, Northbrook
Service July 7
Samuel Tepper, 91, Buffalo Grove
Service July 9
Helene Chaseman née Weiss, 74, Buffalo Grove
Service Aug. 1
Ruth Bezin, 100, Skokie
Diane Cohen, 100, Skokie
Edward B. Melnick, 98, Wilmette
Chester S. Pomeranz, 96, Highland Park
Sarah L. Davis, 94, Wilmette
Serafima "Sima" Friedman née Nemezhanskya, 92, Northbrook
Arnold Evan Reingold, 92, Highland Park
Norma Brand, 88, Buffalo Grove
Jewell Diamond née Zohott, 88, Arlington Heights
Millis Gross, 83, Skokie
Sherwin David Goldberg, 78, Chicago
Galina Sister, 72, Palatine
Russell Pearl, 71, Park Ridge
Daniel Cedarbaum, 62, Evanston
Rob Greenwald, 60, Chicago
Earl Steven Zimmerman, 53, Phoenix
Jada Ilana Altschul, 22, Lincolnshire
Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie
Mary Sue Gillan née Watson, 77, Morton Grove
Service July 7
Richard H. “Dick” Vlerick, 92, Chicago
Service July 8
Kevin Howard Axe, 80, Evanston
Visitation July 9, service July 10
Barbara Bixby Seibel, 94, Kenilworth
Service July 17
Carmel Veronica Orlando, 103, Wilmette
Constance Sirotzki née Nicholson, 86, Northbrook
John I. Laudermilk, 83, Northfield
James John "Jim" Dalton, 80, Chicago
Heather Christine Alvarez-Fila, 80, Wellington, Florida
Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie
Hanumantha Rao Bapu, 87, Chicago
Services July 7, 14
Rita Mallin DeRosier, 93, Skokie
Robert D. Ericsson, 92, Lincolnwood
Marilyn Van Cleave née Lumpp, 91, Skokie
Judith G. Bransky-Flasch née Markin, 85, Skokie
Mercedes Marin, 81, Chicago
Frank E. Keres, 68, Lake Bluff
Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave., in Evanston
Michael Massaquoi, 66, Evanston
Service July 8
Dorothy A. Cole, 81, Evanston
Visitation July 16, service July 17
Glen Lee Smith, 83, Evanston
Shirley Jean Davis West, 73, Des Plaines
Lewis Evans Hall, 65, Chicago
Mark Anthony Young, 50, Park Forest
Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston
Herbert Anderson Reece, 91, Skokie
Faith Milazzo, 69, Chicago
William H. Rickard, 64, Wilmette
N. H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home, 1240 Waukegan Road in Glenview
Ingrid Ella Papanek, 82, Evanston
Service July 17
Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove
Robert “Bobby” J. Morse, 64, Morton Grove
Service July 10
Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Blvd. in Wilmette
Samuel Dashefsky, 90, Highland Park
Service July 8
Featured Obituary:
Susan S. Adler, 90, passed away July 1, 2021. Born in Chicago, raised in Highland Park, Sue spent much of her adult life in California until she returned to Chicago.
Sue was certified as a Physical Therapist at Northwestern University and received her Master of Science in Physical Therapy at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She was a world-renowned Physical Therapist, while also co-authoring several books, teaching, and mentoring PT’s.
An amateur pilot, Susan loved being in the air. She tried hang gliding and skydiving and was a part of a female plane-racing group, participating in the Powder Puff Derby. She was also a certified flight instructor and HAM radio operator.
Sue was an avid learner, taking classes in various topics, even making the switch to virtual classes for the last year.
Always thinking of others, Sue was a philanthropist both financially and volunteering her time. She supported the Arts – the Lyric Opera and The Chicago Symphony. She was also an election judge and a voter registrar.
An animal lover from birth, Sue volunteered at animal shelters, spent early morning hours rescuing birds in Chicago and was an animal foster parent – several times turning into a “foster failure”.Read more via Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home »
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