Artoe, Elaine Blatt (nee Strauschild), of Chicago, formerly of Wilmette, beloved mother of William Blatt and Beth Blatt; mother-in-law to Jennifer Bingham Hull and Michel Orengo; grandmother of Isabelle, Jessica and Andre. Elaine grew up in Addison, Illinois, the daughter of Herbert Strauschild and Louise Pfotenhauer Strauschild. She graduated from St. Paul's Lutheran School and York Community High School, where she was salutatorian. She attended Lawrence College and graduated from Northwestern University in 1948 summa cum laude and phi beta kappa. She was the only female in her 1951 class at Northwestern University School of Law; she was third in her class, Order of the Coif, and a member of the Law Review. She married William Blatt in 1953, who she met at Northwestern Law School. She worked in the law department of Butler Brothers before raising her family. She was president of the Women's Bar Association of Chicago, and when her husband died in 1974, she formed the law firm that is now Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker and Moore. She later married Lee Artoe, a former Chicago Bears player. Elaine loved to travel, and spent her last years at the Clare at Water Tower. An internment service will be held Friday, January 27 at 11 am at Memorial Park Cemetery, 9900 Gross Point Road in Skokie. A memorial service will be held in approximately 2 weeks' time at the Clare
Artoe, Elaine Blatt (nee Strauschild), of Chicago, formerly of Wilmette, beloved mother of William Blatt and Beth Blatt; mother-in-law to Jennifer Bingham Hull and Michel Orengo; grandmother of Isabelle, Jessica and Andre. Elaine grew up in Addison, Illinois, the daughter of Herbert Strauschild and Louise Pfotenhauer Strauschild. She graduated from St. Paul's Lutheran School and York Community High School, where she was salutatorian. She attended Lawrence College and graduated from Northwestern University in 1948 summa cum laude and phi beta kappa. She was the only female in her 1951 class at Northwestern University School of Law; she was third in her class, Order of the Coif, and a member of the Law Review. She married William Blatt in 1953, who she met at Northwestern Law School. She worked in the law department of Butler Brothers before raising her family. She was president of the Women's Bar Association of Chicago, and when her husband died in 1974, she formed the law firm that is now Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker and Moore. She later married Lee Artoe, a former Chicago Bears player. Elaine loved to travel, and spent her last years at the Clare at Water Tower. An internment service will be held Friday, January 27 at 11 am at Memorial Park Cemetery, 9900 Gross Point Road in Skokie. A memorial service will be held in approximately 2 weeks' time at the Clare
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