Glass, Eleanor (Elly) Christine (née Knopp)
appeared in Glenview Announcements, 18 Feb 2010, B23
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1915-03-04
Spouse: Henry Glass
Survived by: A daughter, AnneKarin (Clebia Nunes DeSenna); a son, Peter; a granddaughter, Katherine Nicole
No date of death given, service at N.H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home in Glenview, IL on February 20, 2010; born in Vienna, Austria to Alois and Anna Knopp who were leatherware manufacturers; graduated from public schools and entered dressmaker's trade; 1936 youngest master dressmaker of the Viennese Guild; 1937 married, opened dressmaking business; 1939 immigrated to America; 1941 taught dressmaking at Art Institute of Chicago and YWCA; preceded in death by her husband, Henry; documentary film made of Elly's journey to the Berlin Gestapo for release of husband Henry from Buchenwald concentration camp, recounts his success in industrial design and her role behind him - Date of Publication
- 18 Feb 2010
- Date Of Event
- January 1, 2010
- Last Name(s)
-
Glass
Knopp
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
Website:
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