Ira Glick Obituary

I was very sorry to learn of Ira's passing. I met him when I worked in the Chevrolet Marketing Research Department around 1977. I always looked forward to my conversations with him and he contributed greatly my development as an analyst. Plus he was a neat guy.

Dear Nancy, Susan, Ellen and Linda,

I am so sorry for your loss, and such a loss it is. We only just heard this week. I don't think I need to tell you how important your father was in my family's lives. We were connected through relatives on my mom's side and occupation on my dad's. My father held yours in such great esteem, with much admiration and trust - as do all the Coups. Ira's eulogy at my own father's memorial was both caring and eloquent, and provided me with much comfort. It's been both a gift and a pleasure to know the Glicks. Warmly and sincerely, ~Kim Coup

Dear Nancy, Susan, Ellen and Linda,
I was so sorry to read of Ira's death. We were friends since we first occupied adjacent offices in 1975. Ira was a constant inspiration to me through his superb professional work, his exuberant spirit, and — most of all — his devotion to family. I wish that I could have been more like him. Please accept my
condolences and my apologies for any transgressions that I may have committed.

Sincerely,

Dear Susan, Ellen and Nancy. I am very sorry for your loss. Your father was a beloved friend of mine and of my family for many years. We will miss him. Yoel Raban.

Dear Ellen, Susan, Nancy and Linda,

Ira was a wonderful man, a close friend of the Sharkey/Pittges family, and a significant influence on my life. I am deeply saddened by his passing. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Dear Ellen, Susan, Nancy and Linda.

I have known Ira since the summer of 1943 when he was a counselor at Camp Avodah and I was a camper. In the next few years we were both active in the Jewish Youth League, where I had the opportunity to get to meet Lillian. For a while we were both graduate students at the University of Chicago. I started in sociology and switched to economics. He got his PhD in sociology studying floor traders on futures markets. I did some research on the same subject from an economic point of view. Somewhere at home, I still have a copy of his PhD dissertation somewhere on my shelves at home. Although I moved from Chicago to Ithaca in 1956, we stayed in touch, exchanging New Year’s greetings and seeing each other every couple of years when I came back to Chicago on visits to see my family. It was one of these rare but precious relationships in which one could restart a conversation after a gap of a few years and never feel awkward or strained. Ira was always the same smart, kind, caring, thoroughly decent person that I first got to know at Avodah. At our last meeting Ira told me that he had Parkinson’s and that he was planning to move in with Linda. I didn’t realize that it would be our last meeting. I will cherish his memory for as long as I live.

To Ellen, Susan and Nancy,
Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories at the service Tuesday. It was not surprising to hear that Ira's contributions to family and friends were at least as great as those in his professional life. Ira was a real mensch, to be remembered always.

Dear Susan and Family,
I just learned of your fathers passing this evening.
My memories of your father from my childhood are of a kind and gentle man. I remember how proud he always was of his daughters, the look in his eyes when he spoke of you. I always enjoyed talking with him.
I am thinking of you at this most difficult time.
all my love,
Janet Faurer

Susan, Ellen, Nancy and the rest of the Glick family. I only had the pleasure of meeting your father once and I'm so grateful for the opportunity. Ira was truly a wonderful man, who is now with his wife and other family members.

You will all remain in my prayers.

Dear Ellen, Susie, Nancy and Family,

Nearly 38 years have passed since I left the old neighborhood at Dewey and Kirk Streets. However, I never forgot the many remarkable people whose lives touched mine during those memorable childhood and teen years, and your father was certainly one of them. Ira was incredibly kind, extraordinarily bright, always pleasant, and his love for all of you will live on forever. Over the years, I ran into him on a few occasions, and the sparkle in his eyes was still there -- particularly when he talked about his "girls". My condolences are with all of you at this very sad time.

Ellen, Susan, Nancy and All: My thoughts and prayers are with you. It's been years since I have seen you or your father. However I will always remember my childhood memories with your family!

Your Evanston neighbor,Jack Fischer

Dear Glick family and Linda.
I was saddened to hear of Ira's passing. He was always one of my favorite dancers and I missed waltzing with him around Judea Mitzpa waiting for Israeli dance to begin. Zichron Livracha. Erica Friedman

Susan, Carey and Noa,

We are so sorry to hear of your loss and wanted to send our thoughts and prayers to you now, even if it is over many miles. Take heart that you will have wonderful memories of the good times shared with Ira and keep those good thoughts with you in the days ahead. Time will soften the hurt, but you will always have his funny sayings and smiles to remind you of your connections.

All our love,

Dot and Mort

Susan, Carey and Noa,

We are so sorry to hear of your loss and wanted to send our thoughts and prayers to you now, even if it is over many miles. Take heart that you will have wonderful memories of the good times shared with Ira and keep those good thoughts with you in the days ahead. Time will soften the hurt, but you will always have his funny sayings and smiles to remind you of your connections.

All our love,

Dot and Mort

Susie, Ellen, Nancy and families:

My heart and love is with you as you grieve the loss of your beloved father. Such a wonderful, brilliant, moral, caring man, who I always held dear in my heart. I got the chance to see him last April, and meet Linda, and it is a memory I will hold forever dear. May his memory always be for a blessing.

Love,

Bonnie

Susan,
Dana and I are so very sorry for your loss. We have fond memories of your dad. We wish you strength and peace during the coming days.
Dana Yugend-Pepper
Larry Pepper

January 4,2010,
Dearest and Nearest of Ira's family and Linda Soreff Siegel.
Wally has known Ira for many years, since he was at camp Avodah, and he respected him for his knowledge of Jewish History, his intelligence, and his quiet, and unassuming leadership. Chaya has known Ira for but a brief time in our lives: in Israel, in 1967, in Tivon, we spent some fun days together with our joint families. And at the Holocaust Educational Foundation we interviewed Adult survivors together.Ira was always serious, caring, understanding and moved to the core by the experiences he heard. Later, before his illness took hold, he edited one of my papers on transmission of the Holocaust to the 2nd and 3rd generations. And as usual he was the sharp, serious reader; critiqued and questioned as any knowledgeable professor would. How grateful I was!
When we shared with our Kids, Ari, Judy and Miriam (all living away from Chicago)the Sad News of Ira's passing, they were deeply moved. They also felt for us, the Glick family, and for Linda. There was no time that Linda and Ira did not ask about the kids, or tried to see them when they were either in town or at Lake Michigan. We all shared a deep common caring for each other.
Ira was, as it is said,
an Important Man, "Ish Hashuv" among the Jewish People.
With love to all, Walter and Chaya Roth

To Ira's family and to Linda: It was an honor to know such an elegant, intelligent man and to see how he loved those close to him. He led a wonderful life and he will be missed greatly. Susan Tatnall

Dear Glick Family
Your Dad, Ira, and your mother were friends of mine in High School - we were all members of the Jewish Youth League. Ira was a good man and tho' we haven't been in touch for a long time I have never forgotten either him or Lillian. The last time I saw him was at the dedication of the JCB school on Pratt and Kedzie, as I started the school many years ago in the basement of a JCB facility on California. We had a delightful visit together and with Seymour Okner another dear friend from those times. It's never easy to lose a parent and it is never easy to lose a friend. I grieve with you.

Nancy, Mike, and families:

We are saddened by your loss but know that your efforts delivering comfort and care to your father were an important lifeline for him and for you. His passing during sleep is a treasure as were the months prior, a testament to the love he felt, the love received and given.

Our hearts are glad for the life he lived.

Anne Sills and family