Longtime Milwaukee resident Sarah “Seky” Ostach (nee Goldman) died on April 15. She was 99.
Born in Leeds, England, Ostach moved to Wisconsin with her family in 1915.
Ostach graduated from North Division High School and was primarily a homemaker. She was active in a number of organizations including B’nai B’rith, Hadassah-Milwaukee Chapter, Women’s American ORT, Mount Sinai Auxiliary and the Milwaukee Jewish Home and she served as a volunteer for the Red Cross during the war.
Among Ostach’s many interests were reading, mahjong, golf and working with ceramics. She also enjoyed baking and cooking, making mandel bread, chopped liver, blintzes, rhubarb pie, cheese pie and all holiday dishes.
“Mom was so strong, so unselfish, so smart, so considerate and also funny,” her family said in a statement. “She never expected and was grateful for what we were or what we did…What a beautiful woman we were so lucky to call mom and nana.”
Ostach was preceded in death by husband William Ostach in 1981, and grandson Gary Katz. She is survived by daughters Jackie (Lee) Katz of Milwaukee and Barbara (Howard) Schnoll of Milwaukee; son Jim (Gail) Ostach of Northbrook, Ill.; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were handled by Blane Goodman Funeral Service, LLC. Services were officiated by Rabbi Ronald Shapiro at Congregation Shalom on April 18. Burial was at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gary Katz Fund at Congregation Shalom or a charity of the donor’s choice.
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