North Shore Death Notices: June 6 To June 12

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

Rose B. Alvarez, 96, Highwood
Visitation June 17, service June 18

Geraldine “Jerry” Williamson née McDermott, 96, Wilmette
Service June 17

Margie Ann Johnson née Bjorkman, 98, Highland Park
Service June 21

Gladys Marie “GG” Credi née Knudson, 107, Highwood

Marguerite Arlene Wilcox Graepp, 94, Deerfield

Patrick Walter Inman, 83, Highland Park

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Laurene Sierles née Cohn, 74, Mundelein
Service June 15

Marlene Williams, 90, Des Plaines

Harry Jay Melnick, 88, Morton Grove

Marilyn Jane Sprung née Weiss, 88, Evanston

Lois Ilene Berg, 85, Northbrook

Constance J. Walsh, 97, Evanston
Service June 16

Kevin Mark Hunter, 48, Glenview
Service June 16

Christine Larsen née Mikula, 66, Skokie
Service June 18

Gloria Tralmer née Pastorelli, 86, Glenview

Veronica Dakessian, 85, Glenview

Ramon Racelis, 84, Glenview

Barbara K. Griesser née Gorman, 83, Glenview

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Joseph F. Zawadzki, 87, Skokie
Service June 17

Judith A. Sassetti née Baima, 86, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Service June 18

Joan Ann Lindsay, 70, Glenview
Visitation June 14, service June 15

Linda L. Collins, 83, Northbrook
Service July 7

Gary R. Grendys, 77, Glenview

Jay Ryser Schloemer, 53, Lake Forest

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

Leo Livshutz, 82, Chicago
Service June 14

Marilyn Silkin, 90, Des Plaines
Service June 15

Herbert Brandwein, 96, Lincolnwood

Leonard Fein, 94, Pacific Palisade, California

Emma Davidson, 92, Lexington, Massachusetts

Jack M. Laurie, 92, Skokie

Donald G. Lubin, 88, Highland Park

Isabel H. Mussman née Samuelson, 86, Northbrook

Richard G. Goldman, 71, Chicago

Featured Obituary:

Marguerite Arlene Wilcox Graepp, 94, a 65-year resident of Deerfield, Illinois passed away on June 7th, 2022. Arlene was the beloved wife of Eric Graepp, loving mother of three daughters, and caring grandmother to four grandchildren.

Arlene was born and grew up in the town of Concordia, Kansas. She was the oldest of three, born just before The Great Depression to an old pioneer family with many artistic talents. She was often the object of her mother Lucile’s photography and sewing projects. As a child, she played with doll furniture made by her father, John. While growing up in the Depression Era, she traveled in a neighbor’s homemade camper using gas rationing cards to enjoy vacations around the western states and trips to Liberty, Illinois to visit her grandparents’ farm. Arlene also enjoyed activities like swimming and riding horseback in old cavalry saddles at Girl Scout camp. Being raised in a creative family, Arlene developed her own love for the arts. She nurtured this passion by attending Colorado Women’s College to major in fashion design and later transferring to Kansas State University to finish her degree in Art Education. After college graduation, she taught high school art in Wichita, Kansas and Chicago, Illinois. While teaching in Chicago, she met her husband Eric during a post-WWII dance.

Arlene and Eric were married in 1957 and then moved to Deerfield to raise their three daughters. Throughout her 65-year residence in Deerfield, Arlene was an active participant of the community, Zion Lutheran Church, Girl Scouts, Infant Welfare Society of Chicago, and Illinois Republican Women. She used her artistic gifts to serve these groups by creating beautiful decorative art, logos, campaign graphics, pins, jewelry, and letterheads. She was frequently asked to design decorations for large political events where she met presidents and first ladies, as well as many local politicians.

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