Mitzi Trachtenberg. Photo: Dennis Letbetter
One year ago (Feb. 8, 2020), right before the world started spinning backward, Mitzi Trachtenberg (née Tyrnauer) took her last breath surrounded by her children, their partners and many of her grandchildren. She was 90. “Mitz,” always one for drama and good lighting, passed away with a full moon illuminating a wildly windy Bay Area night. Her loved ones imagined that they’d have a memorial service for her and publish her obit but events intruded. Here we are a year later.
Born in Pittsburgh, PA, on Nov. 29, 1929, a month after the start of the great depression, Mitzi’s father, a traveling clothes salesman, was the only man in the extended family with a steady income. As was common during the depression, Mitzi’s family opened their home to two other families and thus seven cousins and their five parents ended up living under one roof together for nearly a decade. The house was a perpetual party and the stage for a nightly parade
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