ELKE PASTERNACK, A STRONG WILLED, LOVING AND FREE SPIRITED WIFE AND MOTHER, DIED ON THURSDAY AT HER HOME IN FOREST HILLS QUEENS BORN IN DORTMUND GERMANY IN 1940, ELKE EMIGRATED TO THE THE US IN 1965 AS AN EMPLOYEE OF SIEMENS CORPORATION SHE ALSO HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER WITH DEUTSCHE BANK AND THE GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ELKE WAS FUNNY , KIND, CARING AND LOYAL. HER PASSION AND FOCUS IN LIFE WAS ON HER FAMILY AND HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY EACH ONE OF HER FAMILYMEMBERS. SHE WAS LOVING WIFE TO EDWARD PASTERNACKAND MOTHER TO FIONA (JAMES) BLANCO AND KEN (SARA) PASTERNACK. SHE WAS THE PROUD GRANDMOTHER TO ANNA, ALEX AND ISABEL BIANCO AND ALEXANDRA AND HARRY PASTERNACK AND WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED .
THE FAMILY WILL BE ARRANGING A MEMORIAL SERVICE
