Jean Braunstein Katz, mother of Froma Fallik, passed away in Chicago on Friday just short of her 95th birthday. Froma reported that her mother had a very peaceful end, reciting the Shema with Froma's sister just before she died. The funeral is at 2pm on Sunday May 2nd in New Jersey with one night of shiva there, then Monday in Chicago . Froma and husband Josh Fallik will be returning to Boulder on Tuesday where Froma will sit the rest of shiva.
All at the home of Josh & Froma, 830 McIntire Street, Boulder CO 80303.
Froma will also be sitting in the afternoon if anyone wants to pay a shiva call.
We will need the community's help with food for the shiva minyanim as well as providing meals for Froma, Josh and Yoni through next Shabbat. The Fallik's home is kosher and vegetarian so meals will either need to be prepared in a kosher home or bought and hechshered (certified kosher). If you would like to help, please email Amy Stein astein@adl.org and let her know what and when you can bring food. She will also be able to answer any questions about kashrut.
Hamakom y'nachem – May God grant strength and comfort to Froma and her family. Alah hashalom – peace on the soul of Zahavah bat Yitzhak HaCohen v'Rivka.
Jean Braunstein (Bratt) Katz, 94, of Deerfield, Il, formerly Perth Amboy, died Thursday, April 29, 2010 at Glenbrook Hospital Glenview, Il. Born June 20, 1915 in Kansas City, she married William Braunstein and lived in Perth Amboy. Bill died in 1977. Her second husband Seymour Katz is also deceased.
Surviving are daughters Froma Fallik and husband Joshua, Rosalie Villano and husband Mark, son Marc Braunstein and wife Claudia , grandchildren Naomi Grun and husband Yoel, Jed, Rachel and Yoni Fallik, Bryan, Jeffery, and Elizabeth Villano, William Braunstein, Rosalie Schulman and husband Sol and Philip Braunstein, great grandchildren Sara, Zippy and Moshe Grun, sister Mary Gortenburg, Harry Bratt and late France Duberstein and Helen Sokol, treasured aunt, cousin and friend of many.