Elaine Sue Schwartzbach

August 23, 1948 - January 3, 2021

Elaine Sue Schwartzbach died Sunday January 3 at Methodist Hospital North. Mrs. Schwartzbach who was 72 years old was the wife of Steven Schwartzbach for 52 wonderful years. Born in Manhattan she was the daughter of Harry and Ruth Lomant. She grew up in Mt. Vernon New York and graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo where she met her bashert marrying the year prior to graduating with a degree in Biology. Upon moving to Boston, she worked as a research scientist performing preclinical metabolic and efficacy studies of potential antitumor drugs. Her work and papers she coauthored were instrumental in initiating clinical trials of Adriamycin, an antitumor drug that is still used today. She obtained a M.Ed from Boston College and moved to Lincoln Nebraska where she lived for 25 years prior to moving to Memphis. She was a mentor for gifted students in the Lincoln Public Schools and taught in the Hebrew school. She enjoyed playing the piano at singalongs, travel by land, sea or air, dancing, cooking and a number of crafts. She was a devoted wife and mother to her daughters and a highpoint of her week was being with and traveling to visit her grandchildren. Mrs. Schwartzbach is survived by her husband, her three daughters, Lisa (Steve) Ryan of St. Louis, Amy (Ed) Kang of Chicago, Ilana (Daniel) Sellari of Memphis and six grandchildren. Services were held Tuesday, January 5, with burial in Baron Hirsch Cemetery.