Stanley Maharam

MAHARAM: Stanley Maharam, 72, son of Bess and Aaron Maharam (z’l), passed away on Nov. 10, the 19th of Cheshvan, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Stanley was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He spent his summers at Camp Ramah in Canada growing up, where he made lifelong friends, and developed a deep love and appreciation for Jewish summer camp. A swimmer and French horn player through high school, he graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School and attended Oberlin College. There, he helped establish the kosher food co-op and watched the Steelers win the Super Bowl via a masterfully rigged up television of which he remained proud for years. After college, Stanley moved to Israel where he joined the army and trained as a welder and a tank driver. It was in Israel that he met his wife, Cherie (Lewin), on Yom Ha’Atzmaut in 1977. The two ultimately made their way back to Pittsburgh, where Stanley received his MBA at the University of Pittsburgh. He began working in banking and had a long and successful banking career, eventually becoming a senior vice president at Citizens Bank. But this wasn’t the work he was most proud of; that honor was reserved for his volunteer work. He volunteered for the Rainbow Kitchen and the Hebrew Free Loan Association and chaired the board of directors of Bridgeway Capital. He also served on the board of directors at Beth Shalom Congregation, where his family has been members for over 70 years and both of his daughters had their b’not mitzvah. Beth Shalom awarded him the Young Leadership Award in 1996 and the Nathan E Snader Distinguished Service Award in 2004. Stanley was known for his dry wit, directness, generosity and intolerance for empty rhetoric. He enjoyed playing golf and was a solidly average player. While his ability to communicate verbally was taken from him by Parkinson’s disease, he was still able to give a side eye to his trainer who jokingly requested a line of credit from him just before he passed away. In addition to Cherie, Stanley is survived by his two daughters Alexis and Edie (Matt Styen), two grandchildren, Morgan and Clayton Styen, his older brother David (Janet), niece Jill (Josh Zucker) and nephew Jason, and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Services at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., 5509 Centre Ave., Shadyside on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, at 11 a.m. No prior visitation. Interment Homewood Cemetery. His family thanks Linda Gordon and the staff at the JAA Ahava Memory Care Center who helped us care for him during his final years. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to a charity meaningful to you. Some of his favorites were Beth Shalom Pittsburgh, Rainbow Kitchen, The Michael J Fox Foundation, or Camp Ramah in Canada. schugar.com PJC