Funeral Directors

Meet the Funeral Directors behind our company

Our funeral directors have over 120 years of combined experience.

We treat every family as if they were our own family.

Lloyd Mandel

Founder-Licensed Funeral Director

Email: ljmandel@comcast.net

Office Phone: 847-648-0086

Fax: 847-282-1635

Lloyd Mandel has a Bachelor of Science in business from The Ohio State University and a degree in Mortuary Science from Worsham College of Mortuary Science. Lloyd is a licensed funeral director in both the State of Illinois and in Florida. Lloyd has been licensed in Illinois for over 35 years.

A fourth generation funeral director in Chicago, he began his career at his family's firm-Piser-Weinstein-Gratch-Mandel-Menorah Chapels from 1983 through 1988.

He opened Lloyd Mandel Funeral Direction in January 1989 at 3939 Dempster Street in Skokie. He was the first funeral director in the country to operate from a store-front and he was featured on the front page of Chicago Crain's in October, 1991 with the title "The Maverick Mortician". After this unique concept was featured in Crain's, Forbes, USA Today and CNBC did similar stories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhYe-aZ7Tn4

Lloyd re-named his business Lloyd Mandel Levayah Funerals in 1992. In 1993, he moved his business to 4750 Dempster Street in Skokie.

In 1995, after directing over 2500 funeral services Lloyd Mandel sold his business to Service Corporation International (SCI). He became a Vice-President with SCI in Corporate Development opening a new funeral home in Montreal, acquiring Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie for SCI, and acquiring 10 other funeral homes for SCI.

In 2001, he co-founded Paradigm Funerals in Houston and Houston Jewish Funerals and in 2006 he co-founded Paradigm Funerals in Dallas and Dallas Jewish Funerals. He sold the Texas funeral businesses in 2009.

In July of 2010 Lloyd opened Mural Funerals and Mitzvah Memorial Funerals back in Chicago. These firms have now served over 2450 funeral services since opening.

Lloyd Mandel has 3 children-Travis (Katy), Taylor and Rene "Rainy" Mandel, and grandchildren Nora and Adam

Seymour Mandel

Funeral Director

Email: syandilene@aol.com

Office Phone: 847-648-0086

Fax: 847-282-1635

Mobile Phone: 312-316-2491

Seymour Mandel is a third generation funeral director. Father of the founder of Mitzvah Funerals (Lloyd Mandel), Seymour grew up above the funeral home owned and operated by his parents, Mollie and Arthur. Gratch-Mandel was located at 2235 Division Street.

Seymour is a graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Mortuary Science (1956). He became a funeral director in the late 50's and joined his parents and brother-Eugene-in the family business which had merged with Piser. Seymour has been a licensed funeral director in Illinois for over 60 years.

Seymour is a past president of the Jewish Funeral Directors of America

(JFDA-1974).

Seymour left Piser several years ago and opened his own funeral business-Seymour Mandel Funeral Direction-which worked with Goldman Funeral Group.

Seymour continues to run this business through Mitzvah Memorial Funerals.

In addition to Lloyd, Seymour has another child-Paula and 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren