Obituaries

North Shore Death Notices: May 24 To May 30

Recent obituaries and upcoming services on Chicago's North Shore.

North Shore funeral homes published the death notices below for the week of May 24–May 30.
North Shore funeral homes published the death notices below for the week of May 24–May 30. (Patch)

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

Geraldine "Gerrie" Harriet Osimowicz, 88, Chicago


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

Tonya Dee Wells, 57, Indian Creek
Service June 5

Kevin Clark, 32, Highland Park
Vigil June 12, service June 13, celebration June 17

Eugene "Bozo" Hainchek, 94, Highwood

Nichole Ann Dykes, 45, Grayslake


Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Katalin Khorzad, 77, Lake Forest


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

Howard Henry Sockel, 83, Skokie
Service June 2

Lawrence A. Joseph, 68, Schaumburg
Service June 13

Roger O. Brown, 95, Highland Park
Service July 25

Vera Brook, 99, Broomall, Pennsylvania

Joseph Glick, 99, Coconut Creek, Florida

Gerda Abramchik, 97, Chicago

Lorayne Rose, 94, Northbrook

Raymond Lincoln Weiss, 91, Evanston

Florence Pearl, 90, Lincolnwood

David Zaslavsky, 80, Skokie

Margarita Scebeda, 59, Deerfield

Marlene Zamost Sandler, 89, Skokie


Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Thomas J. McCabe, 88, Wheeling
Service June 5

Marie-Therese Charles, 86, Evanston
Service June 5

Peter L. Mangione, 78, Chicago


Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Richard V. Ermoian, 91, Skokie
Service June 2

Marisa J. Luna, 57, Wheeling


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

Evelyn Wilson, 92, Evanston
Service June 3

Thelma Thompson, 78, Evanston
Service June 4

Leah Holloway, 57, Evanston
Service June 5

Isaiah Gunartt, 69, Chicago
Service June 11

Beverly Williams, 67, Evanston
June 12

Helen Dyer, 73, Chicago


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

Dolores T. Manella, 89, Des Plaines
Service June 3


Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

John Paul Trippi Sr., 94, Morton Grove


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

Arlene Block Weinstein, 93, Chicago

Lorraine Serota, 87, Lincolnwood

Sandra Parlin, 83, Chicago

Elga Sapozhnikov, 83,Skokie

Leon Wool, 83, Evanston


Featured Obituary:

Kevin Clark lived every day with music in his soul and joy in his heart. From the moment he started banging on pots and pans as a toddler until his very last day, he loved nothing more than to rock out. Everywhere he went, the drumbeat of his positivity echoed throughout the room, turned up the volume in each person he met, and inspired them to be more loving, gracious, and present. Despite the intensity with which he beat his drums, Kevin was a gentle and loving soul.

While many knew Kevin for his early fame as Freddy, the face-melting kid-drummer in School of Rock, his greatest accomplishment and truest calling was his career as a professional musician and music teacher. As a devoted, passionate, and skilled teacher, Kevin got so much joy out of mentoring dozens of young people to completely shred like there was no tomorrow. As a musician, he got to play at his dream venues, meet his idols, travel the country, rock out on stage and on the big screen, and proudly inspire millions to pick up an instrument and “Stick it to the Man!”

Along with music, Kevin loved to cook (but not clean), spend time in nature, root loyally and loudly for the Bears, Cubs, Blackhawks, and Bulls, and laugh at his own jokes.
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