Remembering Geoffrey Atkins
An unbeatable racquets champion who held the world title for 18 years straight, Geoffrey Willoughby Thomas Atkins—who died last month at 94—was the Roger Federer of the sport: graceful, coordinated…
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Obituaries
An Enduring Legacy
She changed lives. She changed the definition of rehabilitative health care. But most of all, Dr. Joanne C. Smith—who died September 6 following a private battle with cancer—changed the paradigm…
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May We Never Forget
Holocaust survivor and social activist Fritzie Fritzshall died June 19 at the age of 91. Frtizshall survived the death camps to become a leading voice for Holocaust education. She served…
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Remembering Nancy Hughes
Beloved longtime Lake Forest resident, mother, grandmother, and friend to many Nancy L. Hughes died on September 15 at Northwestern Memorial Lake Forest Hospital.The 68-year-old was the widow of the…
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A Bank Officer and a Gentleman
Mr. Philip W. K. Sweet Jr., former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Northern Trust Corp., who was a longtime leader in civic affairs in Chicago, passed…
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Thomas Henry Ritter
Former commodities trader and longtime Lake Forest resident Thomas Henry Ritter died on January 23, after living with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). He was 74. Mr. Ritter was a husband, dad…
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Peter Roy Carney
Former Lake Forest Academy Board Member and Superior Graphite Company Chairman Peter Roy Carney died on January 11, in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 87. Peter was born in Chicago…
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Former TV Anchor Skinner Lifted Spirits with Her …
It was a Maureen Skinner thing. A radio station would play an Elton John song. She’d turn the volume up on the car radio. She’d then sing along, at the…
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Maureen Jagier Skinner
Maureen Jagier Skinner—an accomplished news anchor-reporter in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for many years before returning to Illinois and starting a family with husband Jeffrey Skinner—died on December 23 after a…
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Harold Marshall Morrison
Harold Marshall Morrison, was born on February 21, 1932, in Alice Home in Lake Forest and passed away peacefully at home in Lake Forest on November 11, 2018. Harold spent…
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