Helen Phyllis Rosenthal, age 87, formerly of Brighton, Newton, and Chestnut Hill, died peacefully after a 4 month stay at the skilled nursing facility at New Bridge on the Charles in Dedham on Friday, December 27, 2013. Beloved wife of Joseph Rosenthal for 47 years, loving and devoted mother of David Rosenthal and his wife Dina of Rockville, MD, and the late Sheerah Roache and her surviving husband Brian of Columbia, MD. Cherished grandmother of Joshua and Michael Rosenthal and William Roache. Dear sister of the late Bernice Poster of Waban, MA.
Services at the Levine Chapels, 470 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA on Sunday, December 29 at 12:00pm. Burial will follow at Ohel Jacob Cemetery in Woburn, MA. The family will receive guests on Sunday after the burial at the function room in the lobby of the Imperial Towers, 280 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill and on Monday after 3:00 PM at her late residence 280 Boylston Street Apt. 1006 in Chestnut Hill.In lieu of flowers denotations can be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, P.O. Box 845945, Boston, MA 02284-5945.