Bernard Kaye

Bernard Kaye MD, 93, Prominent Chicago North Shore Physician who delivered thousands of babies over a 61-year career practicing obstetrics and gynecology, passed away on March 1, 2018, after a lengthy illness. Dr. Kaye was the consummate physician, dedicated to his patients until illness sidelined him at the age of 84. He served on the medical staff of Highland Park Hospital (now part of North Shore University Health System), for 51 years and held several leadership positions there, including chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chief of Staff and longstanding member of the Ethics Committee. He had a treasured professional partnership with the late Dr. Burnell Reaney for forty years. Dr. Kaye was active in the community; he was a lifelong member of Rotary International and regularly volunteered his services at the the ARK. His hobbies included being an avid gardener, and playing golf, tennis, and bridge with close friends. Dr. Kaye was born in Newark, NJ, on August 29, 1924, to Lillian and Benjamin Kaye, who emigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe and eventually settled in Brandon, Vermont, where they raised their family and ran a general store. Dr. Kaye was the oldest of three children. He received a BS degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Vermont in 1944, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and he obtained his medical degree with highest honors from the University of Vermont in 1947. After graduating from medical school, he completed his medical training in Newark, New Jersey, and at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago under the tutelage of the late Irving F. Stein Sr. He served his country honorably at numerous military postings, including as chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Dow Air Force Base in Bangor, Maine. From 1957 until 1973, he served as a faculty member at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. He co-authored numerous articles in medical journals over the course of his career. In 2002, he received the Service to Medicine and Community Award from the University of Vermont Medical School, where a scholarship was established in his name to support medical students from Vermont. He was a member of the American Fertility Society, the Institute of Medicine of Chicago, the American Medical Association, and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Kaye leaves his beloved and devoted wife, Edith, after recently celebrating their seventieth wedding anniversary. He leaves his children, Dr. David and Emily Kaye of Buffalo, NY; Margery Kaye and Bill Padnos, of Chicago; and Steven and Judith Kaye of Wayland, MA. In addition, he leaves his cherished grandchildren, David and Shanna Jadwin, Kate Jadwin and Ari Jadwin, Dr. Madeline (Eric Weiner) Kaye and Eliza Kaye, and Allison Kaye, Laura Kaye and Thomas Kaye, and his great grandchild, Sella Jadwin. He also leaves his sister Esther Kossoff and his sister-in-law Beverly Kaye, and was pre-deceased by his younger brother Jerry Kaye and his brother-in-law Arnold Kossoff. Chapel service Sunday, 10:00AM at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Interment will follow at Shalom Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Jewish United Fund of Chicago, juf.org, and The Ravinia Festival, ravinia.org. For information and condolences: 847-255-3520 or www.shalommemorial.org

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Service Information

Service : Sunday, March 4th at 10:00 am
Service Location: Shalom Chapel Service -Shalom Memorial Funeral Home

Interment:
Shalom Memorial Park
1700 W. Rand Road
Arlington Heights