Spak, Nora Lee, nee Sherman, born October 13, 1936. Loving wife of Jay. Mother of Jodi (Jeffrey) Kirsch, and David (Deborah) Spak, Grandmother of Alexandra Kirsch, Jonathan Kirsch, Nathan Spak, and Aaron Spak. Loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. Daughter of Samuel (known as Sid) and Ann Sherman, nee Siegel. Also survived by sister, Lois Terry, and brother, James Sherman, brother-in-law, Lorin M. Spak (the late Susan); predeceased by brothers in law Barry (the late Audrey) and Donald (Char). Longtime resident of Northfield, Illinois and Rancho Mirage, California. Avid reader and golfer, who was the best putter in the family. Nora was very generous, philanthropic and was involved in charitable work her whole adult life. For many years Nora was City wide Co. Chair of the women's JUF Golf Day, and she served on the Executive Boards of The Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Research Fund and The Women's Div. of Chicago JUF. Nora's family is ever grateful for the excellent and compassionate care given by her doctors and nurses over the 17 years of her fight against multiple myeloma, led by Dr. Steve Rosen at Northwestern Memorial and then at the City of Hope California, Dr. Shoa Ma and Dr. Jayesh Mehta at Northwestern were instrumental in Nora living a very high quality of life despite this disease. Memorial contributions can be made to the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, United States Holocaust Museum, or the City Of Hope. A memorial service for Nora will be held Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM at Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Blvd, Wilmette, IL 60091. A shiva will occur Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at Northmoor Country Club, 820 Edgewood Rd, Highland Park, IL Immediately after the Memorial Service and again on Thursday, September 12, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Jodi ( Jeffrey) Kirsch, 442 W Wellington Ave #2E, Chicago, IL 60657.
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