North Shore Death Notices: June 7 To June 15

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.

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

Ruth Murtaugh Sportiello, 94, Bannockburn
Visitation June 17, service June 18

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Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood and 11 West Belvidere Road in Grayslake

Phillip C. Ravid, 80, Chicago
Service June 15

Lilli Edith Taraschewsky née Heider, 85, Lincolnwood
Service June 18

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Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie and 195 N. Buffalo Grove Road in Buffalo Grove

Anne Rubin née Gibbons, 95, Skokie
Service June 15

Alvin S. Lauter, 86, Chicago
Service June 15

Donald Kenneth Bloom, 75, Northbrook
Service June 15

Nina Alison Goldstine, 51, Hillside
Service June 16

Gary Marc Rosenthal, 52, Niles
Service June 17

Jack S. Weissman, 100, Evanston

Revekka Shteysel, 95, Chicago

Joyce R. Isaacs née Wexler, 94, Glencoe

Rachell Leah Eisenberg née Shachter, 92, Bethesda, Maryland

Ruth Arkiss née Heumann, 91, Lincolnshire

Riva Volvovskaya, 84, Des Plaines

Mitchell J. Gilbert, 70, Chicago

Lawrence A. Joseph, 68, Schaumburg

Albert Vayman, 66, Chicago

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Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Ann Marie Walsh née McConville, 77, Wilmette
Service June 17

Yoneo Fukuda, 95, Des Plaines

Anne Marie Flood née Kepner, 91, Wilmette

Patrick Joseph Freely, 68, Wadsworth

Jeannie Balsam née Righeimer, 53, Glencoe

Samantha Marie Cerrone, 16, Wilmette

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Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Elsie B. Brennan née Herz, 92, Arlington Heights

Jill L. Dick née Singer, 88, Skokie

Joseph J. Hasman, 79, Evanston

John W. Wood, 79, Oak Park

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Thompson Funeral and Cremation, 1917 Asbury Ave., in Evanston

Daphne Clayton, 78, Glenview
Service June 16

Helen Louise Horcher née Brehm, 94, Northbrook

Annie "Ann" Vivian Gulley, 73, Evanston

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

Dorothy Kerber, 100, Glenview
Service June 8

Michael Dennis Downing, 77, Glenview
Service June 9

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Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Nancy Jean DiMaria née Frankenberg, 74, Niles

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

Florence Greenberg née Kurbatzky, 100, Plainfield

Sara Bunes née Barenberg, 99, Skokie

Alan Saul Berger, 81, Chicago

Linda Alsberg née Weil, 77, Chicago

Rosagitta "Rosie" Podrovsky, 76, Skokie

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Featured Obituary:

Jeannie Balsam (nee Righeimer) of Glencoe, IL passed away on June 7, 2021, she was 53. Jeannie was the loving wife of Douglas and the wonderful mother of three beautiful, intelligent and caring daughters – Mira, Petrea and Alexa. Jeannie was the beloved sister of Mary Ellen (Tom) Rucks, Jim (Lene) Righeimer, Brian (Vicki) Righeimer, and Laura (Chris) Janssen. Jeannie was a dear aunt to many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, and the fond daughter to the late Therese and the late James Righeimer.

Jeannie grew up in Lincolnshire, IL and attended Holy Cross School and Regina Dominican High School before heading to Indiana University, earning a B.S. in marketing and making lifelong friends as a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority. Jeannie earned an M.B.A. from the Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business, working as a marketing graduate assistant.

After an initial stint in the corporate world, Jeannie channeled her immense creativity, zest for life and love of people in building a successful interior design business on the North Shore – Jeannie Balsam Interiors. Gathering inspiration from a favorite pursuit – travel with her family – Jeannie wowed her clients and designed thoughtful living spaces that seamlessly meshed style and function. She dubbed the north Winnetka Green Bay corridor “the Hubbard Woods Design and Dine District” and the name stuck. Her legacy is in full view in the many design business that, after Jeannie’s impassioned speech at a city council meeting, now operate on street level.

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