Miriam Gartler

Miriam “Mimi” Gartler, of Chicago’s Near North Side, passed away on October 13, 2026, at the age of 94.

Born August 11, 1932 in Milwaukee, Miriam was the middle of three children born to Henry Gartler and Sophie Shon Gartler. Miriam graduated from Washington High School and moved to Chicago in the 1950s to began a long career in the travel industry, working for American Express Travel Service and Pan American Airlines before launching her own travel agency, Miriam Gartler Travel, which served clients in Chicago and beyond into the 21st century.

Happily unmarried, Mimi traveled internationally extensively from her twenties into her eighties. In addition to travel she enjoyed art, food, classical music, fashion, and spending time with friends and family. She researched and tracked down family scattered by or lost in the Holocaust, reconnecting with relatives in Europe and Australia.

Miriam was close to her siblings Elaine (Morris) Liberman and David (Beatriz) Gartler, both of whom preceded her in death.

She was a loving aunt to Jacqueline Shuster, Joshua (Shana) Gartler, Marc (Christine) Gartler, Martin (Lisa) Liberman, and Richard Liberman and great-aunt to Ash, Ezri, and Oliver Gartler; Andrew and Nicole Liberman; and Danielle and Gabrielle Shuster.

Services are private.

Arrangements by Inclusive Funeral Care 773-318-1305 or www.InclusiveFuneralCare.com.