Kate (Catherine Ellen) Mahoney, 61, died on Feb. 17, 2021, of mesothelioma. Kate’s entire life, including her career, was devoted to helping others. Kate graduated from Northwestern University, where she studied sociology and women’s studies, and proudly worked on the feminist journal, Mountain Moving. She earned a master’s degree in social work from the University […]
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Syed Abdul Majid
Syed Abdul Majid, a Truman College professor and pillar of the South Asian Muslim community in the Chicago area, passed away Feb 2, 2021 at the age of 84. Mr. Majid was born in a small village outside of Hyderabad, India, the eldest son of 15 children. His father was a surgeon who provided medical […]
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Thomas Linkowski: Former Evanston Division Fire Chief Had a Real Zeal for Fire Prevention
No one at the Evanston Fire Department quite lived and preached fire prevention the way Tom Linkowski did. He was second in command in fire prevention when I started covering the department. I had a standing appointment to meet him every week at Station 2 on Madison to go over the reports. He’d go through […]
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G. William Friedlander
G. William Friedlander of Evanston died Dec.20. Born March 1, 1929, in Evanston, and named for his maternal grandfather Gustav, he was known to one and all as Bill. The only son of Julius and Helene Friedlander, Bill was raised in Wilmette and Glencoe and was a 1947 graduate of New Trier High School. He […]
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Robert Edward Janes
Robert Edward Janes, 91 of Evanston, passed away on July 24, 2020, at Auberge Orchard Park Assisted Living in Morton Grove of COVID-19 complications. Born July 25, 1928, in Evanston, Bob was the son of the late Leonard Reed Janes and the late Lucie Janes, nee Fogel. Brother to the late Nancy and the late […]
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Suzanne Raphael Berkson
Suzanne Raphael Berkson, 87, died peacefully on Dec. 12 in the company of Gershon, her beloved husband of nearly 68 years. Suzie was an artist whose creative life force imbued all of her endeavors. From the publication of one of her early woodcuts in the UNICEF calendar to her sketches and illustrations of the world […]
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Joan Mansfield Brannigan
Joan Mansfield Brannigan of Evanston, native of Arlington, Mass., died on Dec. 8 2020. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Walter J.; her parents Frederick and Margaret (nee Grannan), sister Ann O’Neil, brothers Frederick A. and James L., and her son James W. “Jay”. Beloved mother of Susan, Mark (Merrily Goodrich), and […]
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Alma Lockwood Wright Woods
Alma Lockwood Wright Woods, 82, died unexpectedly but peacefully in her sleep on December 5, 2020, at Westminster Place in Evanston. Alma was born on June 20, 1938 in Claremont, N.H. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1960 with a degree in occupational therapy, and moved to Hyde Park in Chicago to […]
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Harriet Treon Friedlander
Harriet Treon Friedlander died on Nov. 24 at age 89. Harriet Ann Treon was born on May 20, 1931, in Recife, Brazil, where her father was working; she was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Like her parents and sisters, Harriet was a graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie-Mellon University. She married William Friedlander […]
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Rodney Lowe, Longtime Advisor to ETHS Student Journalists
Rodney Lowe spent 31 years at Evanston Township High School nurturing young journalists in his role as adviser to the Evanstonian, the ETHS newspaper, died on Aug. 25. In 2018 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Journalism Education Association. Jonathan Baum, who was a member of the District 202 School Board at the […]