Penny Goldin

Penny was born in January 25, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan, to James and Marjorie Rossin. After graduating from Mumford High School, with highest honors. She attended the University of Michigan and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Detroit in 1962. She taught high school Spanish & English for 5 years in Detroit and Southfield, Michigan.

Penny married Martin Goldin on August 22, 1960. They traveled the world in pursuit of Marty’s career, living in London, England, Mexico City, Mexico and Adelaide, Australia, as well as several states in America.

Penny’s passions were writing about her various travel and cruise adventures, reading her favorite British authors and shopping for souvenirs. She accepted the various challenges of raising a family abroad while integrating the various cultures and traditions. She was an avid Spanish speaker and taught English to natives of the countries she lived in.

She’s survived by her husband; Marty, her daughter; Julie Janowitz, son; Kevin Goldin, and daughter, Sabrina Young (Jason), granddaughters; Annabelle Goldin-Mertdogan; Megan Goldin; Samantha Goldin and grandsons; Joshua Goldin, Michael Goldin-Mertdogan (Hannah) and great grandson; Damien Mertdogan, and her brother; Keith Rossin.

Funeral services will be held at King David Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, March 29 at 12:00 pm with interment to follow.

Eulogies

Joyce “Penny” Anne Rossin Goldin, 81, a 21 year-old resident of Las Vegas, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by family, on March 24, 2022, after a long battle with cancer.

Penny was born in January 25, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan, to James and Marjorie Rossin. After graduating from Mumford High School, with highest honors. She attended the University of Michigan and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Detroit in 1962. She taught high school Spanish & English for 5 years in Detroit and Southfield, Michigan.

Penny married Martin Goldin on August 22, 1960. They traveled the world in pursuit of Marty’s career, living in London, England, Mexico City, Mexico and Adelaide, Australia, as well as several states in America.

Penny’s passions were writing about her various travel and cruise adventures, reading her favorite British authors and shopping for souvenirs. She accepted the various challenges of raising a family abroad while integrating the various cultures and traditions. She was an avid Spanish speaker and taught English to natives of the countries she lived in.

She’s survived by her husband; Marty, her daughter; Julie Janowitz, son; Kevin Goldin, and daughter, Sabrina Young (Jason), granddaughters; Annabelle Goldin-Mertdogan; Megan Goldin; Samantha Goldin and grandsons; Joshua Goldin, Michael Goldin-Mertdogan (Hannah) and great grandson; Damien Mertdogan, and her brother; Keith Rossin.

Funeral services will be held at King David cemetery on Tuesday, March 29 at 12pm.

~Sabrina Young

My Mom:

• Loved her family

• Mom always wanted to know what everyone was up to in their lives; she loved the little details. Even in her last days when I was caring for her here at home and I had to step away to take a call or meet with clients via zoom-she would ask who I spoke with and what the general purpose of the meeting was about. She had such a passion for being involved and a zest for details/information-a lot like me.

• She loved to travel- Every Channukah we would all get gifts from the various countries and places my parents had been whether by land or sea. Cruises were her passion. She relished in all the new experiences which added to her personal growth and fed her soul.

• Wherever my travels took me, Mom would always offer her insights-where she’s been or just wanted to know the details as to where we ate/explored, anything

• She loved her red wine! Even in her last days she would want wine with her dinner. She didn’t each much but she made sure to start and finish her little cup of wine.

• Mom loved art-especially the art auctions on cruise lines. She needlepointed and knitted too! Their home is filled with various pillow, framed needlepoint knickknacks hand made Mom. Even a enormous, framed needlepointed picture of my son’s Josh Bar Mitzvah

• She even taught me how to latch hook. I’m proud to say that in 1985, I even l latch hooked a poster of the Superbowl winning Chicago Bears.

• Mom loved to cook. When I began taking an interest in cooking, she would share her recipes and I would send a picture of my final product. Never as good as hers. Mom always made a point of making her delicious tuna salad when we came to visit. Such good memories. Thanksgiving was one of her favorite holidays. She loved having a full table of family and friends. For Thanksgiving she would have her grandchildren pick green apples form their tree in the yard and they would all make apple pie from scratch.

• She loved her football. She would make a point of watching all the NFL games on Sunday. Thank goodness for John Madden back in the day. My Mom learned a lot about football with his color commentary. Although her phone calls and texts never ceased during the games on Sunday as she would always have a question about a play or rule. For some odd reason Mom became a huge Tom Brady fan. A few years ago Dad got her one of her favorite gifts for Channukah-an authentic Tom Brady Jersey.

• Mom was the queen of birthdays! It would start with getting a beautiful handwritten card with here beautiful handwriting. Then, accompanied by a personalized gift and sometimes followed by a small trinket from the latest country she had travelled to.

A few other memories of my mom…

She loved to gamble! For my 21st birthday my parents took me to Las Vegas. As a young adult, I thought a trip Vegas with my parents-how much fun will this be? They probably go to bed early. How wrong was I. Our first night there-Bally’s hotel. We gambled until midnight or so and then around 4 or 5 in the morning, Mom was ready to hit the slots again! That was the coolest thing ever! My Mom became cool! She loved playing the slot machines, even to the point where they would fly her in to play in slot tournaments. When she gamed, I would sit next to her and play a little and keep her company. I’d watch her rotate through the machines. She would feed me bills so we could gamble together.

Mom always knew how she wanted her meal prepared when eating out and she made a point of asking the server to bring it “piping hot.” If her dish wasn’t hot enough (temperature-wise) Mom had no qualms in sending in back.

Mom was a great swimmer. One of my fondest memories when I was a kid was when she would have me hold on to her in the pool and she would take me on her back and we would submerge together. She was my “whale”

She was such a strong woman. She spoke her mind, rarely holding back for good or for bad. She was so stoic. Even in her final months when she knew the end was near, she never wanted us to know to her pain, her fears, nothing. She never wanted to be a burden to anyone.

One of her last texts to me was-“No one lives forever honey and it’s my time to go.”

After a long week of my Dad and I playing “caretaker”-we did the best we could given the quickly unfolding circumstances. I told her I had to fly back to Denver for a quick business meeting and I’ll never forget her whispering to me Thank you as she raised both of her weakened hands up to grab my face one last time and gave me the longest kiss on my cheek.

No Mom………..thank you for everything….I love you!!!!

- Kevin Goldin

• Mom excelled in H.S. and college. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Cappa

• She taught Spanish and English for 5+ years in Detroit, MI

• She showed Dad where the library was @ University of Miami in Coral Gables after he was there for three years.

• Every opportunity Mom corrected everyone for their poor use of English and Spanish-whether it be a child or adult and even Dad

• Mom was eager to learn from all her experiences. For example, in London, they had hired a cleaning group for their apartment/flat. Upon Dad’s return from work, some 8 hours had gone by, Mom was still discussing the Vietnam war with the cleaning crew. They never even got a chance to clean their flat that day. Dad was sent out to get pizza so Mom could finish their conversation. Mom loved their accent and everything about the brits.

• In London, Mom loved to eat with a knife and fork like the Brits did. She amazed herself on getting all the peas on her fork from her knife!

• Mom was so independent. On one of my Father’s trips to London (they had moved back to the states), Mom never made it directly to meet my Dad as she had met up with a group of tourists while on their flight to the UK and joined their tour group. No cell phones back then. She let my Dad know by a phone call to the hotel

• While we lived in Mexico City, Mom taught English to Mexican children of our piano teachers. She traded the kids’ piano lessons for their English lessons.

• Mom loved a challenge and adventure no matter how difficult. She adopted a positive attitude at all times.

• When Dad was offered a job in London with Chrysler, Dad was supposed to go first, then return home and pick up their 2 young infant daughters-Melissa and Julie. She said “no way, we’ll all go together at one time” and convinced Dad’s company to make an “exception” to their established overseas policies.

• Mom also insisted on living downtown London while abroad like the other Chrysler executives vs. the suburbs.

• While in London, Mom relished converting British currency and balancing her checkbook. Apparently, there were 4 columns in a UK checkbook-one for pence, one for schillings, one for pounds and then one for a guinea.

• Mom loved the foreign idioms and the understanding of them while living overseas.

• While living in Australia, she convince our private school “Scotch College” that her children would not attend their mandatory daily morning religious services.

• Mom would tell Dad “You just go to work and be a success at your profession and I’ll figure this out. Marty, you the easier part of this job, I’ll have to figure out the kids-their schools, doctors, various other service providers, clothes, groceries (there were no supermarkets back in those days)

• They would even take off the brand labels on items they wanted to smuggled back from the states into the various countries where we lived.

• Mom was a voracious reader and an active of many book clubs. She enjoyed reading all novels especially her favorite British authors-Mave Binchy/Elizabeth George as well as many history books from the countries we lived in.

• Mom had an exceptional ability to write letters to family and friends with her insights into politics, current events, entertainment and even Sports. She loved Tom Brady.

• Mom kept a detailed diary of our time in London and presented me with a journal back in 2010 when I went back to visit my birth place for the first time.

• Mom raised a family of 4 children-two born overseas in 3 different cultures-UK/Mexico and Australia.

• Mom took charge of organizing the family’s annual home leave to the US and various vacations within the countries we lived in.

• Mom loved to travel, especially cruises, to see the different ports in parts of the whole world. She also enjoyed shopping and wrapping gifts for all of her kids and grandchildren. For their birthdays/Channukah or other special occasions. Shopping for Chachki’s also meant so much to her.

• When the children became adults, she put her mind into what cruise we would take from 2-4 weeks aboard a Crystal or equivalent luxury liner. She always felt we deserved to go First Class on planes, hotels and ships. Mom researched all the ports of entry so she could organize our tours and always, her being the teacher, lectured Dad 3 weeks prior to their U.S. departure as to what they were going to visit and the significance of what they were going to see and learn from that planned experience

• Mom was a dog lover-from dalmatians to poodles to chihuahuas to her now Cavalier/King Charles

• Mom was my Dad’s “better half” as Mom taught him many things in their 61+ years of marriage. Rules that Dad learned to live with:

• Don’t procrastinate-“Do what you have to do, NOW!

• Don’t be afraid to take chances-“GO FOR IT.”

• Keep learning about other things-art/literature/ballet/rock and even rap music that are not in your DNA

• Treat other the way you want to be treated

• Be respectful of all our relationships, even if they are Democrats!

• Speak up and share your opinions and thoughts as long as they don’t hurt anyone

• Keep our Family and friends close to us as this is our “circle”

Mom loved being the Matriarch of our family with her 3 children and 5 grandchildren. She loved hearing about their lives, what they were doing or planning to do. Mom was very eager to express her opinion on a majority of issues.

The main thing that Dad recalls and would never forget “Penny always wanted Dad to be happy and strove to make that happen during all of their time together. She will be missed tremendously.

-Martin Goldin