Himmel, Ivan

1926 - 2019  (93 years)

• Name	Himmel, Ivan  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Born	2 May 1926	Cook County, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Gender	Male
  Group	Bloodline
  Residence	1930	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1935	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Died	3 Aug 2019	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [16, 17]
  Buried	Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [16, 17]
  Person ID	I8692	Our Family | Weiss Lang Family Branch, Descendants of Lob Pfeifer
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Himmel, Louis Edward,   b. 2 Jan 1898, New York, New York, New York, USA ,   d. 1 Feb 1981, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Kahn, Vera Belle,   b. Jan 1898, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ,   d. 18 Sep 1959, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	2 Jan 1921	Cook County, Illinois, USA   [11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21]
  Family ID	F5933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Warshawsky, Lucille,   b. 14 Mar 1927, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ,   d. 6 May 2018, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	Abt 1968  [17, 22]
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2026
  Family ID	F2755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Altschuler, Lois,   b. 16 Jun 1926, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ,   d. 10 Oct 2017  (Age 91 years)
  Children	1. Himmel, Scott David   2. Himmel, Joan Elizabeth   3. Himmel, Jeffrey Alan
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2026
  Family ID	F2756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 May 1926 - Cook County, Illinois, USA Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1930 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 1935 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1 Apr 1940 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Died - 3 Aug 2019 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Chicago Tribune (IL) - August 6, 2019 Ivan Himmel, 93, died Saturday, August 3, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. Ivan was preceded by his beloved wife of 50 years, Lucille Himmel, his parents, Vera and Louis Himmel, brother Harold Himmel, sister-in-law Joyce Himmel, and sister Jeanne Friedman. He is survived by his devoted children, Jeffrey Himmel (Cindy), Joan Himmel Freeman (Rickey), Scott Himmel (Deborah), and Allyson Bass (the late Mark Bass), eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Born in Chicago on May 2, 1926, Ivan graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1948. He served in the Navy for eight years, first on the USS Providence and later, in naval intelligence. Foregoing joining the family's fur business, he started his own real estate construction and development company, Maritime Construction Co., at age 27, attending DePaul Law School simultaneously. A committed scholar of Judaism and advocate of Jewish causes, he was named Honorary Director of the Chicago Board of Jewish Education and later honored as a Lifetime Director of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Ivan's devotion to his family was paramount. With fierce intelligence, a constant thirst for knowledge and an endless sense of adventure, Ivan set the highest bar for himself and his children. His life motto was "never be bored." He was loved and admired by all, the rarest of true gentlemen. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, August 6, 12 noon at Anshe Emet Synagogue, 3751 N. Broadway, Chicago, followed by the interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.

  
  

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