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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitch Dudek

Family recalls Stephen Straus’ hysterical zest for life, ended by Highland Park parade shooting

Mourners arrive Friday morning at Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston for the funeral of Stephen Straus, 88, one of seven people killed in a mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade. More than three dozen others were injured. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Peter Straus had a secret to share about his dad, Stephen Straus, killed Monday in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade massacre.

“My dad, who worked in the Loop for six decades, made a point of pressing his nose, the side of his nose, against the glass of every revolving door he encountered, leaving a naughty, nasal signature,” a smiling Straus told those gathered for his father’s funeral on Friday at Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston.

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