Lloyd Mandel, Founder-Licensed Funeral Director

Email: Lloyd@Mitzvahfunerals.com

Office Phone: 630-MITZVAH (630-648-9824)

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 40 years.

A fourth generation Jewish 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 moving 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 Jewish 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 Houston Jewish Funerals and in 2006 he co-founded Dallas Jewish Funerals. He sold the Texas funeral businesses in 2009.

In July of 2010 Lloyd opened Mitzvah Memorial Funerals back in Chicago. Mitzvah has now served over 3600 funeral services since opening.