Who Was Stephen Straus? Another 88-Year-Old Victim Identified In A Brutal Highland Park Shooting<\/h2>\n\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n
\nStephen Straus was an 88-year-old financial advisor and stockbroker who is identified as one of seven victims in the brutal Highland Park mass shooting.<\/span><\/p>\nHe continued to commute by train from his Highland Park home to his Chicago office at a brokerage firm. Five days a week, he commuted into the city by train for work. He also found time for after-work outings to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Art Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nSteve Straus was 88, but he wasn’t slowing down. He commuted to work 5x a week, exercised regularly, and loved to paint.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got up every day, got up and did things,\u201d his niece said. \u201cLike go to a parade.\u201d<\/p>\n
On one of the Jewish victims in Highland Park:https:\/\/t.co\/WJG6n59s8U<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Louis Keene (@thislouis) July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/p>\n
Straus was a native of the Chicago area and the son of lifelong Midwesterners who supported a large number of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n Stephen Straus Twitter Tributes<\/h2>\n\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n
\nTwitter has been flooded with death tributes and condolences to Stephen Straus, an 88-year-old victim of the Highland Park shooting.<\/span><\/p>\nStraus’ relatives characterized him as the patriarch of the family and a busybody, adding that he was destined to live a very long time. In an interview on Tuesday, his niece Cynthia Straus remarked, “He had an inexhaustible thirst for life.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nWATCH: Officials release the names of 6 of the 7 victims in Highland Park shooting. https:\/\/t.co\/RdYLvfum24<\/a><\/p>\n\u2022Katherine Goldstein, 64
\u2022Irina McCarthy, 35
\u2022Kevin McCarthy, 37
\u2022Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63
\u2022Stephen Straus, 88
\u2022Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78 pic.twitter.com\/Pkh21xQzgA<\/a><\/p>\n
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Stephen Straus was an 88-year-old financial advisor and stockbroker who is identified as one of seven victims in the brutal Highland Park mass shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n He continued to commute by train from his Highland Park home to his Chicago office at a brokerage firm. Five days a week, he commuted into the city by train for work. He also found time for after-work outings to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Art Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Steve Straus was 88, but he wasn’t slowing down. He commuted to work 5x a week, exercised regularly, and loved to paint.<\/p>\n \u201cHe got up every day, got up and did things,\u201d his niece said. \u201cLike go to a parade.\u201d<\/p>\n On one of the Jewish victims in Highland Park:https:\/\/t.co\/WJG6n59s8U<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Louis Keene (@thislouis) July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Straus was a native of the Chicago area and the son of lifelong Midwesterners who supported a large number of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.<\/span><\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n Twitter has been flooded with death tributes and condolences to Stephen Straus, an 88-year-old victim of the Highland Park shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n Straus’ relatives characterized him as the patriarch of the family and a busybody, adding that he was destined to live a very long time. In an interview on Tuesday, his niece Cynthia Straus remarked, “He had an inexhaustible thirst for life.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n WATCH: Officials release the names of 6 of the 7 victims in Highland Park shooting. https:\/\/t.co\/RdYLvfum24<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022Katherine Goldstein, 64\n
Stephen Straus Twitter Tributes<\/h2>\n
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\u2022Irina McCarthy, 35
\u2022Kevin McCarthy, 37
\u2022Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63
\u2022Stephen Straus, 88
\u2022Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78 pic.twitter.com\/Pkh21xQzgA<\/a><\/p>\n