Musician, teacher Iris Zahara, who played for pope, instructed hundreds, remembered as caring mentor

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When John Paul II became the first pope to ever visit Chicago in 1979, longtime Flossmoor musician and teacher Iris Zahara had no problem getting a great seat to that historic event. She was on the stage.

Iris Zahara was a longtime Flossmoor resident, musician and teacher in the area. She died June 3, 2022, at age 90.

Iris Zahara died June 3 at age 90 and people came from all over to pay respects at the Tews-Ryan Funeral Home and Infant Jesus of Prague June 7-8. Zahara was the wife of the later Paul Zahara and mother of Rebecca Shafir, Susan Troppoli, Jamie Zahara, Jodie Brugler and Trojan and all were a part of the music and arts scene at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.“She had a way of ingraining passion into her students unlike anyone else,” Trojan said. “She would hit all age groups. During the school hours, she would have some adults. After school hours and all day Saturday kids would study with her. Some would study 15 years with her.

 

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