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22 | October 11, 2018 | The lake forest leader FAITH
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Faith Briefs
First Presbyterian Church (700 Sheridan
Road, Lake Forest)
Social Bridge Play
7-9 p.m. Thursdays. The
Deacons of First Presbyterian
are hosting weekly
Social Bridge Play. Brief
Bridge lessons are given at
the beginning, followed by
social play. All levels are
welcome. Beginner Bridge
instruction available separate
from social play. October
lessons schedule: Oct.
4 – Weak Two/Preemptive
Bids & Responses; Oct.
11 – Balancing Bids; Oct.
18 – Strong Bids; Oct. 25
– Blackwood, Gerber.
St. James Lutheran Church (1380 North
Waukegan Road, Lake Forest)
Women’s Fall Bible Study
7 p.m. Tuesdays through
Nov. 13. “Beloved Disciple”
is an 11-session,
video-driven, in-depth
women’s Bible study of
John. Every disciple and
early follower of Christ
left a legacy for future believers,
John’s legacy was
love. Workbooks are $20.
For more information,
contact Shelly Holmstrom,
with questions or to sign
up email sholmstrom@
stjameslutheran.org.
Faith Lutheran Church (680 West
Deerpath, Lake Forest)
Mid-Week Bible Study
10-11 a.m. Wednesdays.
The Lord’s supper is offered
weekly after each
class.
Church of St. Mary (175 E. Illinois
Road, Lake Forest)
Eucharistic Adoration
Each Wednesday, the
Church of St. Mary offers
Eucharistic Adoration following
the 8 a.m. Mass. A
rosary will be prayed each
week at 6:40 p.m. with
Benediction following at
7 p.m.
Christ Church of Lake Forest (100 N.
Waukegan Road)
Senior High Youth Group
7-9 p.m. Sundays. All
are welcome for a time
of worship, teaching and
fellowship. Friends are
encouraged to attend. For
more information, call
(847) 234-1001.
Submit information for
The Leader’s Faith page to
alyssa@lakeforestleader.
com. The deadline is noon on
Thursday. Questions? Call
(847) 272-4565 ext. 35.
In Memoriam
William Johnson Hart
Captain
William
Johnson
Hart (Bill) –
more fondly
known as
Skipper
Billy Jigger, Hart
the Grand
Old Sea Captain – died
on Sept. 26, at the age of
75. Accomplished fireman,
fisherman, sailor, and
master harmonica player,
Hart was the son of Mary
Johnson Hart and Julian
Deryl Hart (Deryl) of Durham,
N.C. He was born in
Durham on Sept. 14, 1943,
the fifth of six children and
youngest of three brothers.
He graduated from Saint
Andrews College in Laurinburg,
N.C., in 1967 and
later in 1970 from Duke
University with a Masters
of Hospital Administration.
While at Duke, Hart
had the foresight to request
tutoring from a nice young
lady he met on the stairsteps
of the UNC-Chapel
Hill library during a summer
school session. This
tutor – Elizabeth Ann Reitzel
(Ann) – became his
wife on April 27, 1968,
and, in his own words, she
was the secret to his success.
Hart and Ann moved to
Chicago, in 1970 where
Hart became a hospital
administrator at the University
of Illinois Hospital.
After 10 years, Hart ventured
out on his own working
for 38 years on the
Chicago Board Options
Exchange. Hart’s life was
full of accomplishments.
Most notably, he was the
devoted father and grandfather
to five children, two
daughters-in-law, and two
grandchildren of whom
he was most proud. Other
accomplishments include
winning the 1992 first
place float award at the
annual Lake Bluff 4th of
July parade, captaining
ship voyages to the North
Channel in Canada and the
Dry Tortugas in the Gulf
of Mexico, and loyally
and faithfully serving the
Village of Lake Bluff and
the Lake Bluff Fire Department
for 30 years. Hart
joined the fire department
in 1989 and earned the title
of Captain in 2006. He was
also a member of the Lake
Bluff Zoning Board (1994
– 1996), Chairman of the
Zoning Board (1996 –
1999), and Village Trustee
(1999 –2003).
His children and grandchildren
will most miss
his amusement at his own
bad jokes, his mischievous
pranks, his faithful rendition
of “Happy Birthday”
on the harmonica, and
rides in his 1947 Ford fire
truck, which he parked in
the driveway in front of
his home on Prospect Ave.
He was a lover of the sea,
boats, old cars, bad jokes,
happy hour, and talking to
anyone who would listen.
He loved listening to music
in the dark while watching
the skies and the stars and
standing under the eaves
of the house watching
while it rained. He was notoriously
the last to leave a
party and the first to offer a
lending hand, and he never
failed to wave at a passerby.
His friends and family
will remember him always
as he taught us to live with
curiosity, playfulness, confidence,
grace, and joy.
Hart is survived by his
wife Ann to whom he was
married for 50 years, five
children, two daughtersin-law,
and two grandchildren:
Elizabeth Hart and
her son Fire Fighter John
William Naylor; Catherine
Hart; Will Hart and wife
Liska Havel; Mary Hart;
and Jack Hart, wife Elizabeth
Burkholder Hart,
and their daughter Avery
Ann Hart. He is also survived
by his two brothers
and their wives: Harvey
(Deryl) Hart and Pascale
Michel-Hart of Bow, WA,
and John and Annie Hart of
Phoenix, AZ, sister Margaret
Hart of Ann Arbor, MI,
24 nieces and nephews and
countless friends in Lake
Bluff, Chicago, North Fort
Myers, FL, North Carolina,
and beyond.
“When a man comes to
like a sea life, he is not fit
to live on land.” - Samuel
Johnson
Eugene Frank
Sikorovsky
Eugene
“Gene” Frank Sikorovsky,
89, of Lake Forest, died
Sept. 30 at his home. He
will be remembered
as a true
gentleman
of the highest
integrity.
Sikorovsky
was a retired
general
Sikorovsky
counsel and a devoted contributor
to the community.
He was born Nov. 27, 1927
in Jackson, Mich., to Frank
and Betty Sikorovsky. He
received a B.S. degree in
electrical engineering from
the University of Michigan
in 1948, where he was
President of the Michigan
Union and a member
of Michigamua. He was
granted honors by Tau Beta
Pi. Sikorovsky received an
LL.B. degree from Harvard
Law School in 1951. While
in law school, he met his future
wife Patricia O’Byrne,
and they were married in
July, 1953 in Kansas City,
Missouri.
Following law school,
Sikorovsky was commissioned
in the U.S. Naval
Reserve as an active duty
lieutenant with an early
warning airborne squadron
from 1951 to 1954 and
was stationed in Quonset
Point, Rhode Island. Following
his military duty,
Sikorovsky and Pat moved
to New York City, where
Sikorovsky joined the law
firm of Cahill Gordon &
Reindel. There, he practiced
corporate, securities
and banking law, becoming
a partner of the firm in
1964. After fifteen years
with the firm, he joined
Reynolds Metals Company
in Richmond, Virginia,
as Vice President, General
Counsel and Director. In
1977, Sikorovsky and Pat
moved with their family
to the Chicago area where
he became Vice President,
General Counsel
for Gould, Inc. in Rolling
Meadows. He later joined
Bell & Howell Company,
where he was Senior Vice
President, General Counsel,
and Director until his
retirement. He was a member
of the New York and
Illinois bars and the bars
of federal courts including
the U.S. Supreme Court. In
addition to his professional
accomplishments, Gene
dedicated his time to many
non-profit and community
endeavors and cherished
opportunities to support
those in need. He was a
member of the boards of
the Gateway Foundation,
CASA Lake County, Presbyterian
Homes, Career
Resource Center, and Bravo
Waukegan. He served
on the Lake Forest Board
of Education, and he was
a vestryman and longtime
choir member at the
Church of the Holy Spirit
in Lake Forest. Gene was
known for his exceptional
kindness, integrity, intelligence,
humility and love
for his family, extended
family and friends. He
was an accomplished violinist,
and enthusiastically
shared his lifelong passion
for music with all.
He is survived by his
wife of 65 years, Patricia
O’Byrne Sikorovsky; their
five children Paul Sikorovsky,
Charles Sikorovsky,
Catherine Lachenauer,
Elizabeth Sikorovsky and
Emily DiMiceli; sons-inlaw
Robert Lachenauer
and Joseph DiMiceli;
grandchildren Alexandra,
Rebecca, Anna, Elena,
Sophia, Julia and Elisa;
and his brother Edmond
Sikorovsky.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations would be
deeply appreciated by the
following: The Church of
the Holy Spirit, 400 East
Westminster Road, Lake
Forest, IL 60045 and Bravo
Waukegan (www.bravowaukegan.org).
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email
alyssa@lakeforestleader.
com with information about
a loved one who was part of
the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff
communities.