Robert R. Mazer
August 11, 1923 - October 18, 2013
Date and Time
Monday, October 21, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Service
Chicago Jewish Funerals
Skokie Chapel
8851 Skokie Boulevard
Skokie, Illinois 60077
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Clergy
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
Entombment
Shalom Memorial Park
1700 West Rand Road
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004
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Shiva
Mazer Residence
800 North Michigan Avenue, Unit 5601
Chicago, Illinois 60611
312.664.5601
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Monday following entombment until 9PM. Valet parking is available
Shiva Coordinator
Susan Hyman 773.251.5459
Susanhyman@aol.com
Memorial Contributions
ORT America, The Claire and Bob Mazer Family Metropolitan Chicago Region Office
3701 Commercial Ave., Suite 13
Northbrook, IL 60062
www.ortchicago.org
or
American Israel Education Foundation
251 H. Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
www.aiefdn.org
or
International Fellowship of Christian and Jews
30 N. LaSalle St, Suite 2600
Chicago, IL 60602 www.ifcj.org
OBITUARY
Robert R. Mazer, 90
industrialist, philanthropist and longtime principal owner of the Chicago White Sox. Beloved husband for 56 years of Claire nee Glantz. Loving father of Dr. Neal (Zev Nathan) Mazer, Cliff Mazer, Julie Mazer and Leslie (Scott) Westfall. Proud grandfather of Ari Mazer, Amy Glasser, Eli Mazer, Benjamin Mazer, Mitchell Glasser, Corey Westfall, Ella Glasser and Andrew Westfall. Dear brother of the late Ed (the late Patches) Mazer, the late Adele (the late Harry) Bloom, the late Leo Mazer, the late Sylvia (John) Bensman, the late Bill (the late Fritzie) Mazer. Born in Milwaukee in 1923, Mazer attended the University of Wisconsin where he majored in Chemical Engineering. During WWII, Mazer served as an electronic technician in a Navy division headquartered at the Great Lakes Naval Center in North Chicago. He later founded Mazer Chemicals, a company that employed over 250 full-time employees in Gurnee, Illinois and became known for its innovative manufacturing and distribution of chemical emulsifiers and surfactants. In 1985, Mazer sold his company to Pittsburgh Paint and Glass (PPG), and soon thereafter realized a lifelong dream of acquiring a substantial ownership in the Chicago White Sox, of which he became the largest individual investor and held a permanent seat on the Board of Directors.
The Mazers were founding members of both Congregation B'nai Torah and the Birchwood Country Club in Highland Park, and became frequent patrons and donors to many charitable and community service, as well as political, organizations, including playing major roles in World ORT and its early development within the North Shore chapters of Women’s American ORT, the American Society for Technion - Israel Institute of UTechnology, the American-Israel Public Action Committee, the Jewish United Fund the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and the Republican Party.