Interviews
Morris (Mo) Anderson
Mo Anderson was born and raised in Northbrook. In this interview he talks about growing…
Recorded on November 13, 2015. Length: 31 Minutes.
Linda Kunstmann Anetsberger
Recorded on February 13, 2015. Length: 30 Minutes.
Suzy Anetsberger-Carter
Recorded on June 14, 2013. Length: 29 Minutes.
Nanette Barber
Recorded on July 27, 2011. Length: 24 Minutes.
Robert Bassler
Rob Bassler was born and raised in Northbrook and now owns an insurance there. In…
Recorded on April 13, 2012. Length: 25 Minutes.
Beth Bassler
A fifty-year resident, Beth Bassler describes her experience of growing up in Northbrook, attending the…
Recorded on February 8, 2013. Length: 29 Minutes.
Jim Bauer
Jim grew up in Northbrook, living and working at Techny where his father worked on…
Recorded on January 11, 2013. Length: 27 Minutes.
Laurie Baum
Recorded on August 8, 2014. Length: 31 Minutes.
Ron Bernardi
Ron Bernardi, a businessman in Northbrook since 1966 and a resident since 1970 talks about…
Recorded on March 9, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Gary Biederer
Recorded on April 18, 2016. Length: 30 Minutes.
Neil Blatchford
Neil Blatchford moved to Northbrook in 1950 when he was five. In this interview Mr.…
Recorded on April 11, 2014. Length: 33 Minutes.
Howard Borchardt
Recorded on October 11, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
William Borchardt
William Borchardt (Bill) was born in Northbrook as was his father. Bill is related to…
Recorded on February 10, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Nancy Brejc
Recorded on December 12, 2014. Length: 31 Minutes.
Jill Brickman
Recorded on February 8, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Pam Buchholz
DG: Good morning. Today is Friday, September 14, 2013, and welcome to Northbrook Voices, an oral…
Recorded on September 14, 2012. Length: 31 Minutes.
A. C. Buehler
A.C. Buhler has served as a Village Trustee for 19 years after living in Northbrook…
Recorded on November 8, 2013. Length: 32 Minutes.
Chuck Burke
Chuck Burke has lived in Northbrook since the early 1960s and was heavily involved in…
Recorded on July 12, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Bill Byrne
Recorded on February 14, 2014. Length: 31 Minutes.
Clifton Capp
Cliff Capp has lived in Northbrook since 1957 and was a faculty member at Glenbrook…
Recorded on February 10, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Susan Carrington
Susan Carrington has lived in Northbrook since the mid ‘80s and has raised her three…
Recorded on April 11, 2014. Length: 29 Minutes.
Eleanor Chambers
Eleanor Chambers moved to Northbrook with her family in the early 1950s to a new…
Recorded on March 9, 2012. Length: 29 Minutes.
Mary Ann Chambers
Mary Ann Chambers reflects on living in Northbrook in 1963 and what it was like…
Recorded on June 12, 2015. Length: 29 Minutes.
Ainsley Charlesworth
Anisley Charlesworth talks about being a part of the Gender Sexuality Alliance while attending Glenbrook…
Recorded on July 24, 2020. Length: 27 Minutes.
Kathryn Ciesla
Recorded on July 10, 2015. Length: 29 Minutes.
Muriel Collison
Muriel Collison is a fifth generation resident of Northbrook. She talks about her and her…
Recorded on March 11, 2016. Length: 31 Minutes.
Jack Coombe
Jack Coombe and his wife Peg moved to Northbrook in 1961 choosing a home near…
Recorded on November 11, 2011. Length: 30 Minutes.
Pat Crown
Pat Crown has lived in Northbrook for nearly his entire life. He reflects on his…
Recorded on February 6, 2015. Length: 30 Minutes.
Oscar Dahl
Oscar Dahl has lived in Northbrook since the mid 1960’s. He moved to one of…
Recorded on June 14, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Ron Dahlquist
Architect Ron Dahlquist grew up in Glenview where his father, also an architect had his…
Recorded on April 13, 2012. Length: 26 Minutes.
Mark Damisch
Mark Damsich served as Village President for 12 years. He and Judy discuss his career…
Recorded on January 10, 2014. Length: 28 Minutes.
Debbie DePalma
Recorded on October 11, 2013. Length: 28 Minutes.
Barb Dettman
Recorded on December 11, 2015. Length: 26 Minutes.
June Dettman
Recorded on May 10, 2013. Length: 25 Minutes.
Marcia Doniger
Marcia, a long time resident, spoke about moving to Northbrook, raising a family here and…
Recorded on April 12, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Doug Downey
Recorded on October 10, 2014. Length: 30 Minutes.
Dennis Downes
Recorded on January 9, 2015. Length: 33 Minutes.
John P. Drengenberg
Recorded on February 14, 2014. Length: 29 Minutes.
Dale Duda
Recorded on May 8, 2015. Length: 30 Minutes.
Tony Dussel
Tony Dussel a lifelong resident shares his perspective on the changes that have occurred in…
Recorded on April 12, 2013. Length: 29 Minutes.
Melissa Earley
Recorded on March 13, 2015. Length: 31 Minutes.
Gary Eberlein
Gary Eberlein is a livelong resident of Northbrook. He describes his experiences growing up in…
Recorded on January 13, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Susan Schwall Ellwanger
Susan Ellwanger describes her experiences growing up in Northbrook in the 1960s and 70s when…
Recorded on March 8, 2013. Length: 31 Minutes.
Cheryl Fayne-dePersio
Recorded on January 9, 2015. Length: 34 Minutes.
Iman Hazim Fazlic (Fazlich)
Recorded on June 10, 2016. Length: 33 Minutes.
Margery Strub Fejes
Recorded on September 13, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Don Ferris
Recorded on May 13, 2016. Length: 29 Minutes.
Debbie Bojan Figge
Debbie Bojan Figge was raised on the western edge of Northbrook and grew up as…
Recorded on July 13, 2012. Length: 29 Minutes.
Danny Fong
The first Chinese restaurant in Northbrook was opened by Danny Fong's parents in 1967. Danny…
Recorded on July 30, 2020. Length: 35 Minutes.
Gerald Friedman
Gerald Friedman served in Village Government during the rapid development of the community. He offers…
Recorded on January 13, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Carlos Frum
Recorded on May 9, 2014. Length: 30 Minutes.
Sandra Frum
Sandra Frum details the reasons she and her husband Carlos moved to Northbrook and the…
Recorded on August 10, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Tensley Garris
Recorded on November 14, 2014. Length: 29 Minutes.
Laurie Geiger
Recorded on August 12, 2016. Length: 28 Minutes.
Lorraine Georgeff
Lorraine Dettman Georgeff grew up in Northbrook. She was born prior to WWII and lived…
Recorded on November 11, 2011. Length: 29 Minutes.
Doug Gerleman
Recorded on January 13, 2017. Length: 29 Minutes.
Steve Gianni
Recorded on June 13, 2014. Length: 30 Minutes.
Honore Gibson
Honore Gibson has lived in Northbrook for 65 years in her home on Willow Road,…
Recorded on March 1, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Nancy and Lee Goodman
Recorded on January 13, 2017. Length: 31 Minutes.
Chris Greulich
Recorded on July 10, 2015. Length: 30 Minutes.
Charlotte Hadley
Recorded on November 13, 2015. Length: 31 Minutes.
Shirley Hallen
Recorded on December 9, 2011. Length: 29 Minutes.
Rick Hanetho
Recorded on February 13, 2016. Length: 32 Minutes.
Julie Hanson
Recorded on November 8, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Linda Blessing Hapner
Linda Blessing was raised in Northbrook, worked in Northbrook for a number of years and…
Recorded on September 13, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Sam Harris
Sam Harris, a holocaust survivor, came to Northbrook in 1948 and was adopted and raised…
Recorded on November 11, 2011. Length: 29 Minutes.
Mary Hayes
Recorded on November 14, 2014. Length: 30 Minutes.
Meredith “Merry” Nelson Hedrich
Recorded on October 11, 2013. Length: 29 Minutes.
Jan Heine
Recorded on December 12, 2014. Length: 31 Minutes.
Donald Hintz
Recorded on August 5, 2011. Length: 32 Minutes.
Jim Hoover
Jim describes his experience of growing up in Northbrook, raising his own family here and…
Recorded on October 12, 2012. Length: 32 Minutes.
Judith “Judy” Hughes
Recorded on March 13, 2015. Length: 45 Minutes.
John Hultman
Recorded on April 8, 2016. Length: 31 Minutes.
Dr. Ernst Janzen
Ernst Jazen was the first Orthodontist in the Town of Northbrook. He has lived here…
Recorded on May 11, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Daniel Jariabka
Recorded on December 12, 2014. Length: 29 Minutes.
Terri Jones and Cindy Ullrich
Terri Jones and Cindy Ullrich, daughters of the founders and now the owners of Red’s…
Recorded on April 13, 2012. Length: 29 Minutes.
Larry Kanar
Recorded on May 9, 2014. Length: 29 Minutes.
James Karagianis
Recorded on May 9, 2014. Length: 31 Minutes.
Lucinda Kasperson
Recorded on March 9, 2012. Length: 29 Minutes.
Tracy Katz Muhl
Tracy Katz Muhl has lived in Northbrook since 1979 and is the state representative for…
Recorded on August 15, 2024. Length: 17 Minutes.
Dan Kaye
Recorded on December 11, 2015. Length: 32 Minutes.
Colleen Keaveny
Recorded on February 8, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Richard Kelly
Recorded on July 12, 2013. Length: 36 Minutes.
Harley Korman
Recorded on April 13, 2012. Length: 29 Minutes.
Esmail Koushanpour
Recorded on June 14, 2013. Length: 31 Minutes.
Jim Kucienski
Recorded on May 11, 2012. Length: 32 Minutes.
Fred Lafnitzegger
Recorded on November 14, 2014. Length: 37 Minutes.
Bill Landwehr
Recorded on April 8, 2016. Length: 32 Minutes.
Irv Leavitt
Recorded on January 13, 2017. Length: 30 Minutes.
Marc Lonoff
Recorded on June 12, 2015. Length: 29 Minutes.
Alice Lonoff
Alice Lonoff has lived in Northbrook for 40 years. She discusses her work with the…
Recorded on March 25, 2024. Length: 22 Minutes.
Lona Louis
Lona Louis has lived and worked in Northbrook since 1968. In this interview, Lona explains…
Recorded on November 9, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Joyce Lucaccioni
Recorded on August 9, 2013. Length: 28 Minutes.
Bill Lutz
Recorded on July 8, 2016. Length: 31 Minutes.
Gina Manski
Recorded on May 9, 2014. Length: 32 Minutes.
Dave Masters
Recorded on May 13, 2016. Length: 31 Minutes.
Co Pfingsten McArthur
Recorded on March 10, 2017. Length: 31 Minutes.
Lauren McGinnis
Lauren talks about the racism she experienced growing up in Northbrook and being the co-creator…
Recorded on August 3, 2020. Length: 32 Minutes.
Gregg Melzer
Recorded on December 27, 2013. Length: 29 Minutes.
Dan Mennemeyer
Recorded on April 11, 2014. Length: 32 Minutes.
Vernon Mennemeyer
Recorded on April 11, 2014. Length: 29 Minutes.
Julia Miller
Recorded on March 11, 2016. Length: 31 Minutes.
Tom Moore
Tom Moore recalls his participation in multiple athletic programs while growing up in Northbrook in…
Recorded on December 16, 2011. Length: 29 Minutes.
Meir Moscowitz
Recorded on May 10, 2013. Length: 29 Minutes.
Susan and Glen Moss
Recorded on May 10, 2013. Length: 31 Minutes.
Sondra Mount
Recorded on September 11, 2015. Length: 26 Minutes.
Rich Nahrstadt
Recorded on March 13, 2015. Length: 26 Minutes.
Elaine Nekritz
Recorded on August 8, 2014. Length: 29 Minutes.
Barry Nekritz
Recorded on September 12, 2014. Length: 30 Minutes.
Joan Nemmer
Recorded on October 9, 2015. Length: 31 Minutes.
Mike Neumayer
Recorded on May 12, 2017. Length: 32 Minutes.
Don Nord
Recorded on October 9, 2015. Length: 31 Minutes.
John Novinson
John Novinson came to Northbrook in 1975 to work as the Assistant Village Manager under…
Recorded on December 9, 2011. Length: 32 Minutes.
Anita Oberg
Recorded on April 10, 2015. Length: 30 Minutes.
Samantha Shoden Odisho
As a Diplomatic Security Special Agent, Samantha needs to be able to work with people…
Recorded on August 2, 2020. Length: 31 Minutes.
James “Jim” Olinski
Recorded on February 6, 2021. Length: 31 Minutes.
Mark Orr
Recorded on October 10, 2014. Length: 30 Minutes.
Fred Outa
Recorded on January 13, 2017. Length: 38 Minutes.
Sharon Carol (Randall) Paolini
Recorded on January 11, 2013. Length: 29 Minutes.
Franz Pintz
JH: Hello. Today is January 20, 2012. Welcome to Northbrook Voices, an oral history project…
Recorded on January 27, 2012. Length: 32 Minutes.
Jay Pollak
Jay Pollak grew up in Northbrook in the 1940’s and as an adult, lived and…
Recorded on June 14, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Alex Prager
Recorded on July 11, 2014. Length: 27 Minutes.
Judy Pringle
Recorded on September 12, 2014. Length: 30 Minutes.
Yasmine Ramachandra
Yasmine talks about what it was like growing up in a mostly white suburb, discrimination…
Recorded on September 16, 2020. Length: 32 Minutes.
Chadwick Raymond
Recorded on June 3, 2011. Length: 30 Minutes.
Jim Reynolds
Recorded on November 3, 2014. Length: 30 Minutes.
Mike Riggle
Recorded on December 13, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Richard Rushkewicz
Recorded on February 13, 2016. Length: 27 Minutes.
Richard Rivkin
Recorded on January 8, 2016. Length: 30 Minutes.
Eric Robbins
Recorded on November 8, 2013. Length: 29 Minutes.
James Rohrabaugh
Recorded on June 8, 2012. Length: 31 Minutes.
John Rupley
Recorded on July 8, 2016. Length: 31 Minutes.
Mary Yore Rusch
Mary Yore Rush grew up in Northbrook in the same house on Church Street built…
Recorded on October 14, 2011. Length: 27 Minutes.
D. Milton Salzer
Recorded on November 11, 2016. Length: 29 Minutes.
Harold “Sam” Samorian
Sam Samorian is a former teacher and coach for the Glenbrook schools, talking about teaching…
Recorded on May 11, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Patricia Scherer
Recorded on January 10, 2014. Length: 31 Minutes.
Donald Schevers
Recorded on February 3, 2016. Length: 31 Minutes.
Gary Schiappacasse
Recorded on October 10, 2014. Length: 30 Minutes.
Bill Schildgen
Recorded on January 10, 2014. Length: 29 Minutes.
Bernie Schmidt
Recorded on October 21, 2011. Length: 44 Minutes.
Howard Schultz
Recorded on December 11, 2015. Length: 30 Minutes.
Barbara Schulz
Recorded on September 12, 2014. Length: 28 Minutes.
Rob Schinleber
Recorded on October 12, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
John Sellers
Recorded on June 8, 2017. Length: 29 Minutes.
Walter Sherman
Walter Sherman has lived and worked in Northbrook since 1930. Sherman describes his life experiences,…
Recorded on June 8, 2012. Length: 31 Minutes.
Edward “Bud” Smith
Edward “Bud” Smith has lived in Northbrook since 1938 when his family moved here. His…
Recorded on March 9, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Irwin Smith
Recorded on November 9, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Rae Stone
Recorded on September 11, 2015. Length: 30 Minutes.
Sally Stone
Recorded on August 12, 2016. Length: 32 Minutes.
Pat Strong
Recorded on August 14, 2015. Length: 29 Minutes.
Adele Sturgis
Recorded on May 10, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Cameron Swanson
Cameron talks about what it was like being one of the few black students in…
Recorded on August 5, 2020. Length: 32 Minutes.
Steve Szumowski
Recorded on May 8, 2015. Length: 30 Minutes.
Alta Thiel
Recorded on October 12, 2012. Length: 29 Minutes.
Ginnie Gilles Thinnes
Ginnie Thinnies has lived in Northbrook for almost her entire life. She recalls what it…
Recorded on January 10, 2014. Length: 32 Minutes.
Ed Thompson
Ed Thompson has lived in Northbrook since the 1970’s, and he talks about what made…
Recorded on July 11, 2014. Length: 28 Minutes.
Kathy Tschaen
Kathy Tschaen has lived in Northbrook for 43 years. Originally from New York, Kathy shares…
Recorded on April 8, 2016. Length: 30 Minutes.
Terry Turgeon
Terry Turgeon has lived in Northbrook his whole life. He explains how small Northbrook was…
Recorded on June 8, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Susan Vaickauski
Susan Vaickauski has lived in Northbrook since 1975. She talks about how she was a…
Recorded on August 12, 2016. Length: 31 Minutes.
Bill Valentine
Bill Valentine has lived in Northbrook since 1959. He shares his memories of growing up…
Recorded on April 1, 2024. Length: 36 Minutes.
Mary Ann Salvi Visoky
Mary Ann Salvi-Visoky has lived in Northbrook her whole life. She is well known in…
Recorded on January 17, 2013. Length: 23 Minutes.
Judy Warchol
Judy Warchol has lived in Northbrook since 1963 and is a volunteer in Northbrook with…
Recorded on April 12, 2013. Length: 29 Minutes.
Mort Wax
Recorded on July 12, 2013. Length: 30 Minutes.
Karen Wells
Recorded on February 10, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Will Werhane
Recorded on August 8, 2014. Length: 30 Minutes.
Richard Werner
Recorded on December 13, 2013. Length: 29 Minutes.
Jack West
Recorded on August 10, 2012. Length: 27 Minutes.
Ann Weston
Recorded on May 2, 2011. Length: 25 Minutes.
Richard Widmark
Recorded on January 11, 2012. Length: 30 Minutes.
Debbie Williamson
Recorded on December 12, 2014. Length: 29 Minutes.
Linda Ann Wilson
Recorded on November 8, 2013. Length: 31 Minutes.
Elizabeth Wolf
Elizabeth Wolf celebrates her 100th birthday in 2012. She is a current resident of Crestwood…
Recorded on December 30, 2011. Length: 33 Minutes.