Elisabeth “Liesel” Joan Shineberg passed away peacefully at her home in Ogden the morning of February 20, 2020 at the age of 92. She was a generous, loving woman who brought light and peace to everyone she met.
Liesel was born in Aachen, Germany in 1928 to a loving Jewish family, including her father Max, her mother Anna, and her sister Lotte. After her mother passed when she was 8 months old, she was raised by her stepmother Minna. Her family escaped from Nazi Germany to Amsterdam and from there to America, arriving in New York on February 22, 1940, President’s Day.
Despite the difficulties of being refugees in a strange country, the family thrived and eventually settled in Los Angeles. She became a citizen at the age of 16 and loved her adopted country, celebrating each President’s Day with a cake.