Shirley Todd Antes

Shirley Todd Antes, age 87, a lifelong resident of Lake Forest, Illinois, passed away October 19, 2023 at Lake Forest Hospital. Shirley was born May 30, 1936 to her late parents, Willson Grant Todd and Mary Louise Todd nee Buell. After graduating from Lake Forest High School and the University of Michigan, she briefly moved to Hawaii with her first husband while he served in the Navy there, where she also worked as a schoolteacher. The family later settled in Lake Bluff and she returned to teaching with special ed students at Lake Forest Country Day School. Eventually she began working for Hildy Gathany at Lake Forest Book Store, which was perfect as she was a voracious reader, remarried and moved to west Lake Forest. Her talents were sought after by the Northern Trust in Chicago, where she became a VP, trust administrator. She finished her career at the Lake Forest branch of the Northern Trust. Outside of work she never stopped learning and growing. She was always active and inquisitive, pursuing a variety of passions, gardening her beautiful yard and traveling the world with her husband Roger. They spent a lot of time in Europe, and over the last 20 years, hiking nearly every trail in Sedona, Arizona during the winter, always with a camera and gear in hand. She was a talented photographer and spent countless hours in the dark room developing her black and white photography, a talent she learned from students of Ansel Adams. She exhibited and sold her photography at numerous juried art shows. Shirley was a board member of the Deer Path Art League and a member of the Friends of Lake Forest Library. Beloved wife of Roger S. Antes for 41 years; loving mother of Stephen (Denise) Hitchcock and Deborah (Scott Gertner) Hitchcock; stepmother of Deborah Antes; grandmother of Katie Hitchcock and Andrew Hitchcock; and sister of Lynn (Richard) Paolillo. A celebration of Shirley’s life is being planned for the Spring of 2024, a date to be announced. A private family interment will take place at Northfield Union Cemetery in Northbrook, Illinois. For information – Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Directors of Lake Forest, 847-234-9649 or www.RTfunerals.com. Memorial contribution in Shirley’s name may be made to the Deerpath Art League (https://deerpathartleague.org/how-you-can-help/donate) and the Friends of Lake Forest Library (https://www.lakeforestlibrary.org/friends-lake-forest-library#sctn6).

Shirley Todd Antes

May 30, 1936 - October 19, 2023