Funeral Details

Lotte Schaalman

January 13, 1915 - January 13, 2017

SERVICE INFORMATION

Date and Time

Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM

Service

Emanuel Congregation
5959 North Sheridan Road
Chicago, Illinois 60660
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Clergy

Rabbi Michael Zedek
Rabbi Craig Marantz
Cantor Michelle Drucker Friedman
Emanuel Congregation

Interment

Rosehill Cemetery
5800 North Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60660
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Shiva

Emanuel Congregation
5959 North Sheridan Road
Chicago, Illinois 60660
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Sunday from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Minyan at 6:00PM
and
Schaalman Residence
6145 Sheridan Road, Unit 20D
Chicago, Illinois 60660
773.274.4023
Monday and Tuesday from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Minyan at 7:00PM

Memorial Contributions

Emanuel Congregation
5959 North Sheridan Road
Chicago, Illinois 60660
www.emanuelcong.org
or
Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute
1121 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
www.osrui.org




OBITUARY

Lotte Schaalman, 102.
Beloved wife of Rabbi Herman Schaalman for 75 years and 8 months. Loving mother of Susan (Charles Shulkin) Youdovin and Michael (Roberta) Schaalman. Proud grandmother of Julie (Justin Shriver) Youdovin, Joshua (Sheri) Youdovin, Johanna (Adam Goodman) Schaalman, Keren (Dan Jackson) Schaalman and Jeremy (Giulia) Schaalman. Cherished great grandmother of Annie Rose, Michael, Ilse, Elijah and Miriam. Dear sister of the late Ilse Stern of Israel. Mrs. Schaalman was a strong supporter of The Women of Reform Judaism and Hadassah. Service Sunday 2PM at Emanuel Congregation, 5959 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660. Interment Rosehill Cemetery. Memorials to Emanuel Congregation, www.emanuelcong.org or Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, 1121 Lake Cook Rd, Deerfield, IL 60015, www.osrui.org would be appreciated. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals - Skokie Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com


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We may never again know a Rebbetzen quite like Lotte. She was our quintessential hostess, welcomer, and social connector for decades. Totally devoted to her brilliant husband, she also reached out to everyone she knew or met. Years after Rabbi Schaalman was our Emeritus Rabbi, it was still Lotte who reached out to me when I joined, to ask me to light shabbat candles -- as she did to generations of Emanuel women. We are honored and blessed to have had her with us for so long. Her memory is and will always be a very great blessing.



Jill Gardner
January 13, 2017
The only reason ever to be reluctant to visit Rabbi Schaalman was that Lotte could not be stopped from going into full hostess mode, taking far more trouble than a small visit needed.
We are blessed by her memory.

Neil Rest
January 14, 2017
Lotte, you inspired all of us who knew you. You were a right hand and a heart for your soulmate and the example you were gave direction to all who saw you in action!

Trudy Isbitz Brodsky
January 14, 2017
We, at Emanuel Congregation, are saddened as we have lost a member of our family, an example, a friend, a Rebbetzen Emeritus, and some of the heart and glue of our community.

Our family is richer for knowing her and having her in our lives and we are sure her memory will be for a blessing.

Ted and Donna Raichel and Melkonian
January 15, 2017
Lotte will always be in our hearts. Even from a continent away, I will miss her.

Bayle Goodman
January 16, 2017