By the Family

Jun. 24, 2015:  Chester J. Straub, Jr., of Bronxville, passed away, peacefully with his family, on Sunday, June 21, 2015, after fiercely and courageously, but with admirable composure, battling metastatic melanoma.

He is lovingly survived by his wife, Jennifer, three stepchildren, Jonathan, Amanda, and Mallory, and two step-grandchildren. 

Born on October 4, 1960, Mr. Straub grew up in Brooklyn and Bronxville, the eldest son of Chester J. and Patricia Straub, brother of Michael (wife Rachel), Christopher (wife Ann), and Robert (wife Dorothy), and uncle to seven nephews and nieces.

Mr. Straub enjoyed some 30 years of progressively responsible executive positions in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, with a focus on business, community, and economic and real estate development in the states of New York and Florida and numerous urban and rural communities nationwide and in the British Virgin Islands. 

He served in the Clinton administration as deputy assistant secretary, then acting assistant secretary for economic development, DC; executive director of Technological Research and Development Authority, FL; president of Ulster County Development Corporation, NY; managing director of Latitude 18 Associates LLC; chief executive officer of Bougainvillea Hospital, BVI; corporate secretary of Battery Park City Authority, NY; and executive director of the New York State Democratic Party; and he served in various capacities in the campaigns of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Governor Mario M. Cuomo, as well as the New York presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Walter Mondale.

He was educated at Xavier High School, Tufts University, and St. John's Law School.

Mr. Straub had a deep love for all his family, the centerpiece of his life, and was kind, caring, deeply ethical, and fiercely loyal. He practiced his belief in one's obligation to participate in public and political life and made the world a better place. He will be sorely missed.

Family and friends will gather at the Fred H. McGrath & Son Funeral Home at 20 Cedar Street in Bronxville on Thursday, June 25, 2015, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm and from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Joseph's Church on Friday, June 26, 2015, at 9:45 am, directly across from the McGrath funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. May God have him rest in peace and save his soul.