Margaret (Zucker) Stein-Sturc was born on March 15, 1906 and died
September 14, 2007. A Holocaust survivor, she was born in Bucharest, Romania and moved to Vienna, Austria when she was a few weeks old. She and her three older brothers grew up and were schooled in Vienna where she graduated from college with a degree in home economics. At 20 she met Vienna's "most eligible bachelor," George, and they married 2 years later in 1928, in a union which lasted until his death 35 years later in 1963. During the early years, they traveled and skied the Alps. Her Viennese parties were legend. Their only son, John, was born in 1935. As Hitler spread his empire over Europe and annexed Austria in 1938, it was Margaret who saw the danger and mobilized her small family to move out of Vienna at first to Sweden, then to England and finally to New York City, where they arrived on December 24, 1938. Until her death, Margaret lamented her inability to get her parents out of Vienna; they perished in Auschwitz. From 1938 until 1941 Margaret was the bread winner of the family both in New York and in Boston, where her husband went to school in order to resume his practice of oral surgery. Despite limited funds at the end of The Depression, she convinced a local bank in Larchmont, NY to sell her a house, and engineered the rental of a professional office for George on Fifth Avenue in NYC. The office opened in NYC in September, 1941; the United States entered World War II after Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. With incredible energy she served as mother, office manager, home maker and hostess. In Larchmont she continued to host charming dinners and parties. Even with food rationing during World War II she saved up the coupons to throw a soiree. With her graciousness, she made friends at every turn. She hosted Nobel laureates, Harvard professors, opera stars, concert violinists, museum curators, maharajas from India, baseball club owners and construction tycoons. She also hosted the neighbors, the Cub Scouts, the local teen theater group and high school band. Her life changed again in the late 1950s when George became ill. She nursed and supported him until his death in 1963. Then she went to work to support herself. It was her great fortune to meet Ludo, and marry him in 1968. With him came a whole new and loving family. Unfortunately, Ludo died in 1976; it was too short. But the newly created expanded family remained with her. She moved to Arizona in 1979 with her son and his family. Once again she made multiple friends and volunteered for years at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts. She died peacefully in her Scottsdale home at 101 years of age. She is survived by her son, John, Ludo's daughter Susan, six grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren as well as nieces and nephews in the USA and Israel. A memorial service will be held at the Clubhouse of Scottsdale House, 4800 N. 68th Street, Scottsdale, AZ at 2 pm on Sunday September 23rd. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions in the Honor of Margaret Stein-Sturc to: Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation, 10001 N. 92nd Street, Suite 120, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. tel. 480-882-4517.
Published in The Arizona Republic from 9/18/2007 - 9/23/2007.
September 14, 2007. A Holocaust survivor, she was born in Bucharest, Romania and moved to Vienna, Austria when she was a few weeks old. She and her three older brothers grew up and were schooled in Vienna where she graduated from college with a degree in home economics. At 20 she met Vienna's "most eligible bachelor," George, and they married 2 years later in 1928, in a union which lasted until his death 35 years later in 1963. During the early years, they traveled and skied the Alps. Her Viennese parties were legend. Their only son, John, was born in 1935. As Hitler spread his empire over Europe and annexed Austria in 1938, it was Margaret who saw the danger and mobilized her small family to move out of Vienna at first to Sweden, then to England and finally to New York City, where they arrived on December 24, 1938. Until her death, Margaret lamented her inability to get her parents out of Vienna; they perished in Auschwitz. From 1938 until 1941 Margaret was the bread winner of the family both in New York and in Boston, where her husband went to school in order to resume his practice of oral surgery. Despite limited funds at the end of The Depression, she convinced a local bank in Larchmont, NY to sell her a house, and engineered the rental of a professional office for George on Fifth Avenue in NYC. The office opened in NYC in September, 1941; the United States entered World War II after Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. With incredible energy she served as mother, office manager, home maker and hostess. In Larchmont she continued to host charming dinners and parties. Even with food rationing during World War II she saved up the coupons to throw a soiree. With her graciousness, she made friends at every turn. She hosted Nobel laureates, Harvard professors, opera stars, concert violinists, museum curators, maharajas from India, baseball club owners and construction tycoons. She also hosted the neighbors, the Cub Scouts, the local teen theater group and high school band. Her life changed again in the late 1950s when George became ill. She nursed and supported him until his death in 1963. Then she went to work to support herself. It was her great fortune to meet Ludo, and marry him in 1968. With him came a whole new and loving family. Unfortunately, Ludo died in 1976; it was too short. But the newly created expanded family remained with her. She moved to Arizona in 1979 with her son and his family. Once again she made multiple friends and volunteered for years at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts. She died peacefully in her Scottsdale home at 101 years of age. She is survived by her son, John, Ludo's daughter Susan, six grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren as well as nieces and nephews in the USA and Israel. A memorial service will be held at the Clubhouse of Scottsdale House, 4800 N. 68th Street, Scottsdale, AZ at 2 pm on Sunday September 23rd. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions in the Honor of Margaret Stein-Sturc to: Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation, 10001 N. 92nd Street, Suite 120, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. tel. 480-882-4517.
Published in The Arizona Republic from 9/18/2007 - 9/23/2007.
Margaret (Zucker) Stein-Sturc was born on March 15, 1906 and died
September 14, 2007. A Holocaust survivor, she was born in Bucharest, Romania and moved to Vienna, Austria when she was a few weeks old. She and her three older brothers grew up and were schooled in Vienna where she graduated from college with a degree in home economics. At 20 she met Vienna's "most eligible bachelor," George, and they married 2 years later in 1928, in a union which lasted until his death 35 years later in 1963. During the early years, they traveled and skied the Alps. Her Viennese parties were legend. Their only son, John, was born in 1935. As Hitler spread his empire over Europe and annexed Austria in 1938, it was Margaret who saw the danger and mobilized her small family to move out of Vienna at first to Sweden, then to England and finally to New York City, where they arrived on December 24, 1938. Until her death, Margaret lamented her inability to get her parents out of Vienna; they perished in Auschwitz. From 1938 until 1941 Margaret was the bread winner of the family both in New York and in Boston, where her husband went to school in order to resume his practice of oral surgery. Despite limited funds at the end of The Depression, she convinced a local bank in Larchmont, NY to sell her a house, and engineered the rental of a professional office for George on Fifth Avenue in NYC. The office opened in NYC in September, 1941; the United States entered World War II after Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. With incredible energy she served as mother, office manager, home maker and hostess. In Larchmont she continued to host charming dinners and parties. Even with food rationing during World War II she saved up the coupons to throw a soiree. With her graciousness, she made friends at every turn. She hosted Nobel laureates, Harvard professors, opera stars, concert violinists, museum curators, maharajas from India, baseball club owners and construction tycoons. She also hosted the neighbors, the Cub Scouts, the local teen theater group and high school band. Her life changed again in the late 1950s when George became ill. She nursed and supported him until his death in 1963. Then she went to work to support herself. It was her great fortune to meet Ludo, and marry him in 1968. With him came a whole new and loving family. Unfortunately, Ludo died in 1976; it was too short. But the newly created expanded family remained with her. She moved to Arizona in 1979 with her son and his family. Once again she made multiple friends and volunteered for years at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts. She died peacefully in her Scottsdale home at 101 years of age. She is survived by her son, John, Ludo's daughter Susan, six grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren as well as nieces and nephews in the USA and Israel. A memorial service will be held at the Clubhouse of Scottsdale House, 4800 N. 68th Street, Scottsdale, AZ at 2 pm on Sunday September 23rd. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions in the Honor of Margaret Stein-Sturc to: Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation, 10001 N. 92nd Street, Suite 120, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. tel. 480-882-4517.
Published in The Arizona Republic from 9/18/2007 - 9/23/2007.
September 14, 2007. A Holocaust survivor, she was born in Bucharest, Romania and moved to Vienna, Austria when she was a few weeks old. She and her three older brothers grew up and were schooled in Vienna where she graduated from college with a degree in home economics. At 20 she met Vienna's "most eligible bachelor," George, and they married 2 years later in 1928, in a union which lasted until his death 35 years later in 1963. During the early years, they traveled and skied the Alps. Her Viennese parties were legend. Their only son, John, was born in 1935. As Hitler spread his empire over Europe and annexed Austria in 1938, it was Margaret who saw the danger and mobilized her small family to move out of Vienna at first to Sweden, then to England and finally to New York City, where they arrived on December 24, 1938. Until her death, Margaret lamented her inability to get her parents out of Vienna; they perished in Auschwitz. From 1938 until 1941 Margaret was the bread winner of the family both in New York and in Boston, where her husband went to school in order to resume his practice of oral surgery. Despite limited funds at the end of The Depression, she convinced a local bank in Larchmont, NY to sell her a house, and engineered the rental of a professional office for George on Fifth Avenue in NYC. The office opened in NYC in September, 1941; the United States entered World War II after Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. With incredible energy she served as mother, office manager, home maker and hostess. In Larchmont she continued to host charming dinners and parties. Even with food rationing during World War II she saved up the coupons to throw a soiree. With her graciousness, she made friends at every turn. She hosted Nobel laureates, Harvard professors, opera stars, concert violinists, museum curators, maharajas from India, baseball club owners and construction tycoons. She also hosted the neighbors, the Cub Scouts, the local teen theater group and high school band. Her life changed again in the late 1950s when George became ill. She nursed and supported him until his death in 1963. Then she went to work to support herself. It was her great fortune to meet Ludo, and marry him in 1968. With him came a whole new and loving family. Unfortunately, Ludo died in 1976; it was too short. But the newly created expanded family remained with her. She moved to Arizona in 1979 with her son and his family. Once again she made multiple friends and volunteered for years at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts. She died peacefully in her Scottsdale home at 101 years of age. She is survived by her son, John, Ludo's daughter Susan, six grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren as well as nieces and nephews in the USA and Israel. A memorial service will be held at the Clubhouse of Scottsdale House, 4800 N. 68th Street, Scottsdale, AZ at 2 pm on Sunday September 23rd. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions in the Honor of Margaret Stein-Sturc to: Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation, 10001 N. 92nd Street, Suite 120, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. tel. 480-882-4517.
Published in The Arizona Republic from 9/18/2007 - 9/23/2007.
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