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
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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