Glendale resident Evelyn Matras Strauss died April 24 of complications from lung disease. She was 84.
Born in Milwaukee, she attended Whitefish Bay High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was a member of Congregation Shalom and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Strauss, in 1964. She is survived by daughter Sherry (Joseph) Ostrin-Allen of Henderson, Nev.; sister Joyce (Marvin) Smith of Palm Spings, Calif.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Rabbi Ronald Shapiro officiated at funeral services April 28. Burial was at Spring Hill Cemetery.
The family would appreciate memorial contributions to the Susan G. Komen Foundation or the Wisconsin Humane Society.