“Os” was born on February 11, 1937 in Baltimore, MD. He received a scholarship to Friends School and then attended The Johns Hopkins University, where he was awarded the Alexander K. Barton Award for outstanding graduating senior in 1958.
He attended University of Maryland School of Medicine, graduating in 1962. During his surgical training at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, he served in the US Army for two years, stationed in Panama. Thereafter, he started his career in the Baltimore area in 1970. In 1974, Os relocated back to Chicagoland, at Lake Forest Hospital where he was a busy practicing plastic surgeon, Chief of the Medical Staff and elected President of the Chicago Society of Plastic Surgeons. In the 2000's he volunteered his time and surgical talents with Interplast, traveling around the world to help perform and teach plastic surgery, and had more recently participated with Volunteers in Medicine in Florida, aiding those in need without health care.
He is survived by his loving wife of 38 years, Nancy Steinwald, his sister Lee Widhelm, brother Bruce Steinwald, his three children Paul, Susan and George, and his two step-children Todd Burkitt and Ashley Margulis. He has 11 grandchildren who adored him as “Pops." He is preceded in death by his parents, Minnie Lee Steinwald and Osmar P. Steinwald, Sr. and his brother-in-law Gus Widhelm.
A beloved father, grandfather, husband, surgeon and friend to countless people, he will be always loved and greatly missed by many. Services will be held at the Christ Memorial Chapel on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 2pm at 52 S. Beach Road, Hobe Sound, FL 33455. In lieu of flowers, charitable donations in his name may be directed to Volunteers in Medicine Stuart, FL Clinic at www.vimclinic.net/donate.
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