Obituaries

In Memoriam

by Bill McLean • November 23, 2022

Ellen Stirling changed rooms when she entered them. “She walked in and was like a breeze of elegance and warmth,” says photojournalist Ellen Warner. “She was, by nature, beautiful, but…
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A Lawyer’s Lawyer, Bar None

by Bill McLean • July 6, 2022

Dentons Senior Counsel Linda Chaplik Harris hoped for one thing whenever she’d drive esteemed colleague Donald G. Lubin from their law office in Chicago to his home in Highland Park….
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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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An Enduring Legacy

by Sherry Thomas • September 15, 2021

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

by Rochelle Newman Rubinoff • June 30, 2021

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

by Ann Marie Scheidler • September 30, 2019

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

by DNS Contributor • March 11, 2019

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

by DNS Contributor • January 31, 2019

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

by DNS Contributor • January 21, 2019

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 …

by Bill McLean • January 15, 2019

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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