Mayer, Lucy C.

1914 - 2013  (98 years)

• Name	Mayer, Lucy C.  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	27 May 1914	Niederhochstadt, Germany   [1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	22 Oct 1934	New York, New York, New York, USA   [18]
  	Europa
  Residence	1935	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
  Died	24 May 2013	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [1, 19]
  Buried	Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [1, 19]
  Person ID	I14812	Our Family
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Mayer, Albert,   b. 27 Jan 1880, Niederhochstadt, Germany ,   d. 10 Feb 1966, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Westheimer, Mina,   b. 24 Sep 1892, Grosseicholzheim, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 13 Jul 1974, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lopata, Stanley Lester,   b. 30 Aug 1914, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA ,   d. 19 Jan 2000, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	8 Feb 1939	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [4, 6, 12, 17]
  Children	1. Lopata, James Randolph   2. Lopata, Lusette Kathleen   3. Lopata, Roger Anthony   4. Lopata, Steven Lee
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2024
  Family ID	F7386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lucy Lopata was a philanthropist who grew up in a prosperous family in Germany and lost nearly everything when she fled to the United States as the Nazis came to power. She died last month at age 98. In St. Louis, she worked at the old Stix, Baer and Fuller department store, helping customers with credit problems make their payments. She met Stanley Lopata, a chemical engineer, over a bridge game. They married in 1939. He founded the Carboline Co. and invented protective paint products for industrial use. Lucy Lopata was the company's first bookkeeper and secretary. Business was good, and the Lopatas had money to share. They used it to help support MERS Goodwill, COCA, the Miriam School in Webster Groves, the Art Museum, the Botanical Garden, the History Museum, the Jewish Federation and numerous other charities. At Washington University's engineering school, there is Lopata Hall; endowed professorships in chemical and biomedical engineering; student scholarships; and the Lopata Classic basketball tournament, promoting the concept of scholar-athletes. Beginning in 1986, the Lopatas donated more than 25 French Renaissance enamels and Italian ceramics. Lucy Lopata became interested in Renaissance art while at finishing school in Switzerland. One of her four children, Roger Lopata of Philadelphia, recalled that his mother wasn't content to simply write checks to charities. He remembered watching her with other volunteers gather at the family's home to make bandages for cancer patients. "She was somebody who was hands-on," he said. Lucy Mayer Lopata died May 24, 2013, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She lived at 1 McKnight Place in University City. She died of complications from a fall on April 22, her family said. She previously lived in Clayton and Ladue. The Jewish Light newspaper described her as one of the most generous philanthropists for both Jewish and general causes. Services were private, and burial was at Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery on Ladue Road in Ladue. In keeping with her wishes, there will be no public service. Survivors, in addition to her son, include two other sons, Steve Lopata of Little Rock, Ark., and James Lopata of Chicago; a daughter, Lusette "Andy" Smith of Great Falls, Va.; a sister, Ruth Rosenberg of Godfrey; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Stanley Lopata died in 2000 of complications from cancer. Lucy Lopata was a philanthropist who grew up in a prosperous family in Germany and lost nearly everything when she fled to the United States as the Nazis came to power. She died last month at age 98. In St. Louis, she worked at the old Stix, Baer and Fuller department store, helping customers with credit problems make their payments. She met Stanley Lopata, a chemical engineer, over a bridge game. They married in 1939. He founded the Carboline Co. and invented protective paint products for industrial use. Lucy Lopata was the company's first bookkeeper and secretary. Business was good, and the Lopatas had money to share. They used it to help support MERS Goodwill, COCA, the Miriam School in Webster Groves, the Art Museum, the Botanical Garden, the History Museum, the Jewish Federation and numerous other charities. At Washington University's engineering school, there is Lopata Hall; endowed professorships in chemical and biomedical engineering; student scholarships; and the Lopata Classic basketball tournament, promoting the concept of scholar-athletes. Beginning in 1986, the Lopatas donated more than 25 French Renaissance enamels and Italian ceramics. Lucy Lopata became interested in Renaissance art while at finishing school in Switzerland. One of her four children, Roger Lopata of Philadelphia, recalled that his mother wasn't content to simply write checks to charities. He remembered watching her with other volunteers gather at the family's home to make bandages for cancer patients. "She was somebody who was hands-on," he said. Lucy Mayer Lopata died May 24, 2013, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She lived at 1 McKnight Place in University City. She died of complications from a fall on April 22, her family said. She previously lived in Clayton and Ladue. The Jewish Light newspaper described her as one of the most generous philanthropists for both Jewish and general causes. Services were private, and burial was at Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery on Ladue Road in Ladue. In keeping with her wishes, there will be no public service. Survivors, in addition to her son, include two other sons, Steve Lopata of Little Rock, Ark., and James Lopata of Chicago; a daughter, Lusette "Andy" Smith of Great Falls, Va.; a sister, Ruth Rosenberg of Godfrey; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Stanley Lopata died in 2000 of complications from cancer.

  
  

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