Root, Sylvia Tomash (née Tomash)
appeared in Glenview Announcements, 29 Oct 2009, B21
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1917-11-04
Spouse: Morris (Morrie( J. Root
Survived by: Her brother, Erwin (Its( (Adelle) Tomash; a daughter, Janice (Norman) Sheppard; a grandson, Noah
Age 91; born in a Jewish shtetl in Russia to Noah and Malka Erhlich Tomash; 1920 fled the pogroms of Russia to St. Paul, MN; worked for Works Project Administration; married December 25, 1938; 1952 moved to Highland Park, IL; community leader in PTA, Girl Scouts, League of Women Voters and Hadassah; renowned baker of hammentashen; attended Lyric and Metropolitan Opera; worked as a secretary 1964-82; 2002 moved to Madison, WI; bridge player, world traveler, folk dancer; preceded in death by her husband, Morris in 1986, her sister, Bee (Joe) Topel, two brothers, Morris (Sadie) Tomasch and Sam Tomasch, her son, Avram David Root in 1995 and her daughter Joyce Root Tedlow in 2003
Cemetery: Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL - Date of Publication
- 29 Oct 2009
- Date Of Event
- October 13, 2009
- Last Name(s)
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Root
Tomash
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
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- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
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