Helen Widen Obituary

Widen, Helen

Helen Ann Widen passed from this world on March 1, 2025 in Evanston Illinois. She was born on May 15,1933 to parents Samuel and Celia Frank. For more than three decades, she worked at Northwestern University's Student Health Service and conducted a successful private practice as a psychotherapist. She was an educator and a lifelong learner, participating in programs at the University of Chicago's Graham School and Northwestern University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in her retirement. Throughout her life, she shared her vivid mind and full heart with others. She helped her patients, family and many friends understand themselves better, and she made the world a better place, taking part in civil rights and peace movements. She was an avid reader and world traveler. She was married twice (Arnold Widen and Philip Lottich) and had four children and six stepchildren. Through the years, she remained the matriarch of her beloved extended family, including her children Claire (Dan and Lisa), Mark, Brent (Sabina), Jeanne (Rodolfo); grandchildren Carolyn (Zach), Tanya (Clayton), Sofia, Isi, Sebastian, Jack, Samuel, Shalev, Asher, and Remez; great grandchildren: Amelia, Zoe, and Levin; step-children David (Chizu), Marilyn, Sandra, Alan, Mark (Marica), and Brian (Estrella); step-grandchildren Matt (Kylan), Derrick (Brittney), Melissa (Lawrence), Elena, and Andrew; and step-great grandchildren: Grace, Matthan, Christian, Landon, Ariella, Calla. A service will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday March 6 at Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Blvd., Wilmette, and after the burial a reception will be held at her home, 425 Greenwood Street apt. 1E in Evanston.

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