Stoll, John Robert ‘Bob’

John Robert “Bob” Stoll, 73, of Kenilworth IL, died April 8, 2024, from a progressive neurological disease while in hospice care at Three Crowns Park, Evanston IL. Bob was born in Philadelphia PA. His early years were spent in Tubingen Germany where his father studied mathematics and, later, taught. Upon the family’s return to the United States, his father took a position at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend IN. While in high school in South Bend, Bob met his future wife, Christine Larson. After graduating from Haverford College, Haverford PA, Bob and Christine married and moved to New Jersey for graduate school. Bob received his J.D. from Columbia University Law School, New York City, in 1975. After graduate school, Bob and Christine returned to South Bend where Bob joined the law firm of Thornburg McGill Diehl. In 1980 Bob and Christine moved to the Chicago area where Bob joined the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization practice of Mayer Brown. He retired from Mayer Brown in 2018. Bob enjoyed extensive travel in the US and Canada, Europe and Asia for business and pleasure. He reveled in teaching and had stints introducing US bankruptcy law to students at Northwestern and DePaul, as well as international students in Budapest, Hungary and Belgrade, Serbia. At home he was known as the “LegoMaster” by his grandchildren with whom he helped construct an operable train/city layout in his basement made entirely of Lego materials. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Christine, of Kenilworth, sons Andrew of Kenilworth and Michael (Jennifer) of Kansas City MO, daughters Meredith Iwane (Christopher) of Philadelphia PA and Alison of Evanston IL, brother Dieter of Villa Rica GA, sister Elisabeth Pelfery of Pam Coast FL, grandchildren Claire Stoll, Alexandra Stoll, Andrew Stoll Jr, Charlotte Stoll, Benjamin Iwane and Ashton Stoll. He was preceded in death by his parents Wilhelm and Marilyn Stoll and sister Rebecca Wise. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday, April 27, 2024, 2:00 pm at Kenilworth Union Church, 211 Kenilworth Avenue, Kenilworth Il. Memorials may be made to Three Crown Park, 2323 McDaniel Avenue, Evanston IL 60201 whose staff provided outstanding care and comfort to him and his family over the past months. Info: donnellanfuneral.com or (847) 675-1990