North Shore Death Notices: May 10 To May 16

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

Lynne Hefter née Bovarnick, 61, Northbrook
Service May 18

Jack Tuvin Rosen, 99, Highland Park
Service May 19

Bernard Shaffer, 92, Niles
Service May 19

Ronald B. Burstein, 85, Chicago
Service May 19

Jo Ann Sterling née Mitchell, 77, Skokie
Service May 19

Marlene Shirley Zamost Sandler, 89, Skokie
Service May 20

Elsa Ickovic, 102, Chicago

Abraham "Abe" H. Rosenblum, 99, Evanston

Phillip Wernikoff, 98, Lincolnwood

Mildred Weinstein née Schmidt, 96, Lincolnwood

Roger O. Brown, 95, Highland Park

Marge Fettman, 95, Lincolnwood

Marvin Taxer, 94, Buffalo Grove

Yosef Nadler, 91, Chicago

Sheila Slakter née Papernick, 90, Scottsdale, Arizona

Evelyn "Evie" S. Raden, 82, Evanston

Barbara Faye Barasch née Salkin, 81, Chicago

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Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Maryann Galvin Kofoed, 80, Wilmette
Service May 19

Emily Cisler Johnson, 105, Evanston
Service June 26

Diana F. Madden née Fisbeck, 88, Wilmette
Service July 8

Donald D. Clark, 95, Wilmette

James P. Kiefer, 78, Evanston

Celeste Sieracki, 66, Glenview

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Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Jose A. “Joe” Fernandez, 77, Skokie
Visitation May 20, service May 21

Glenn Gilbert Freres, 89, Skokie

Joaquin Chang, 86, Skokie

Virginia “Ginny” Nettleton, 83, Niles

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

Michele R. Davis-Cullem, 47, Evanston
Service May 22

Dorothy M. Palmer, 78, Evanston

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

Sherin Michael, 58, Chicago
Service May 19

Leslie Young Howell, 63, Glenview
Service May 20

Robert M. MacMillin, 85, Northbrook
Service June 16

Jack Griffith, 97, Northbrook

Betty Oswald, 92, Glenview

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Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Connie Rigney née Cumbo, 80, Morton Grove
Visitation May 20, service May 21

Gerald A. Arkus, 90, Morton Grove

Foster Michael "Mike" Sayles, 78, Glenview

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

Jerome Golden, 91, Chicago
Service May 20

Karl Edelshteyn, 93, Chicago

Mildred "Millie" Kirsch, 93, Highland Park

David Schechter, 85, Wilmette

Deborah L. Moore née Bennett, 64, Lake Villa

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

Lorraine M. Perkins, 95, Highwood

Raffael "Ralph" DeRose, 87, Northfield

Richard J. Donoval, 68, Deerfield

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Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Home, 1407 N. Western Ave. in Lake Forest

Thomas C. Burns, 57, Lake Forest

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Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Joseph Patrick Howard, 90, Lake Forest
Visitation May 21, service May 22

Arthur Bruen, 92, Lake Bluff

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Featured Obituary:

Abraham “Abe” Rosenblum died on May 16th, the day after he reached his 99th birthday, and on Erev Shavout, a particularly significant holiday to him, surrounded by Florence, his loving wife of 70 years, family and loving care givers. Abe was admired and respected by all that knew him, and was so warm and engaging that all he met fell under his charms and considered him their friend and inspiration.

In his century of being, his life did not always seem it would end so peacefully. He was born in Nehrovo, Ukraine, to Shmuel and Chaya Sarah Rosenblum and had four sisters and three brothers. All but Abe, one brother in America and his mother who died before the war, were victims and murdered in the Holocaust. Abe honored and remembered their memory all the days of his life.

After surviving the Shoah, Abe went back to his family farm to determine if he would remain. Leaving, he observed the Nuremberg trials, and provided some translations services. He eventually made his way to Chicago, where he briefly lived with and worked for this brother, William.

During that time, he received a degree with honors from Lakeview High School and attended the University of Chicago. It was then that he met the love of his life and his lifelong best friend and companion Florence, and initially struggled in founding and growing the soon to be extremely successful Public Vending Corporation.

He moved his growing family to Skokie and was one of the founding members of Skokie Valley (Agudeth Jacob) Synagogue, where he remained an active and observant member for all of his life. He lained the Torah many days for the Congregation, was honored with chanting the sacred text of the most sacred prayers at most major holidays. He was elected President of the Synagogue and President of his vending association.

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