Myra Lambert Stang

Myra Lambert Stang died on Sunday, April 19. Funeral will be held on Tuesday, April 21 10:30 A.M. at Beth David Synagogue with burial to follow at the Greensboro Hebrew Cemetery. Myra was born in the Bronx, NY August 6, 1925, the eldest of 3 children of Irvin and Gussie (Golda) Lambert. She attended Hunter College. Her first jobs were as a secretary for organizations that helped identify and reconnect Jewish families whose lives had been devastated by the Holocaust and also worked to document and identify biases in the admission of Jewish students to major universities. Myra married David Stang in 1946 and had their first child (Michael) in 1949 in the Bronx.

In 1951, Myra and David moved to Greensboro with their extended family to start Lane Rexall Drug. In the ensuing 7 years, they had 3 more children - Howard, Fred, Paul. Mrs. Maggie Lash helped raise the children and remains an important member of the Stang family. Myra worked in the drug store in a variety of roles, was actively involved in Beth David Synagogue, and was a volunteer for the local public schools and hospitals.

Myra’s cheerful and engaging personality drew people to her and she became friend, mother, sister and confidant to them all. Her sweet smile and highly infectious sense of humor became her hallmark because “It beats the alternatives.”

Myra passed away peacefully surrounded by Dave, her 4 sons, family and friends on Sunday, April 19. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, David Stang, her brother Jack Lambert, her sons and their wives: Michael (Eileen), Howard (Jill), Fred (Claire), and Paul (Wendy), her grandchildren Becky, Erik, Hannah, Ethan, Danny, Gabrielle, and Noah, and one great-grandchild, Addison.

The family wishes to thank caregivers: Vanessa Barrett, Yvonne Billingsley, Erica Noell, and Anita Wheeler; Doctors Osborne, Dunham, Fox; staff at Friends Home at Guilford, Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, Frescenius Care Northwest, and the many friends and people in the area who have touched her life.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Beth David Synagogue, 804 Winview Drive, Greensboro NC 27410.