2019. Beloved wife to the late Seymour for 64 years. Devoted mother to Sharon and Paul
Kazaras, Wendy and Robert Plasko, Davida Rosenblum, and the late Carl. Cherished
grandmother of Meredith Hackett (Geoff) and Allison Kazaras, Rachel Eichen (Tom Pokorny),
Marissa and Daniel Plasko, and Jared Rosenblum. Loving daughter of Max and Celia Kraus
and dear sister of the late Jacob Kraus (Jack) and the late Herbert Kraus (Harry). Also
survived by caring sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, and nieces and nephews.
Raised in the Bronx, NY, Mom met Dad at a blind-date party arranged with a girlfriend in
early 1946, inviting eligible bachelors chosen from want-ads placed by returning GIs. For
Seymour (Chemist, age 24, single, from Brooklyn), it was love at first sight! Her future father-inlaw,
Sam Eichen, took her to buy her wedding gown in NYC’s Garment District during her
lunch hour, and her in-laws were delighted to finally have a “daughter” after four sons. Mom
spent 35 years in Allentown, PA raising her family, and was an active member of Temple
Beth-El and the Jewish Community Center. She and Dad moved to South Florida in 1985,
where they started a new chapter as devoted members of Temple Beth-David. Mom was a
die-hard Yankees and Michigan Wolverines fan, avid reader, knitter, and lifelong
Democrat. Although Alzheimer's diminished her last few years, she was spared the pain of
losing our brother Carl in 2014.
Mom baked delicious mint brownies but had an unfortunate affinity for pressure-cooking
unpopular vegetables. Instead of eating with us, she sat on the pink bench from the
telephone table and waited on us, having eaten a jar of Vita pickled herring an hour
before. She loved making chopped liver from scratch, grinding it into brown worms while we
watched, horrified. She cooked like HER mother did...most things in a covered pot with a
few inches of water. In her later years, she was known for her Apple-Pear cake, made
without sugar, and for storing things in their old microwave, which actually went on with the
door OPEN!
Mom was always our advocate when we were wrongly persecuted by narrow-minded
school teachers. She took us to innumerable eye doctor, dentist, and orthodontist
appointments (4 kids with glasses and braces), clipping coupons with her folding scissors from
the waiting-room magazines. She was an expert at hiding cookies and other forbidden
goodies in the dryer, the piano, etc. in a vain attempt to keep us kids from getting fat. Once
we caught on, we began to hide the treasure we found from HER!
Mom was devoted to her family and lived a good and righteous life. She put up with a lot
from Dad, but could dish it out as well. She didn’t tolerate fools and if she didn’t want to do
something, she’d say “Ohh, no!!” She spent her last 7 years in the Memory Care unit of
Brookdale Palm Beach Gardens, and was surrounded by her wonderful group of caregivers
when she died. Their genuine kindness and caring clearly made a qualitative difference in
Mom’s life, for which our family will always be grateful.
A loving tribute to Mom was held on Friday, September 20, 2019 at IJ Morris Star of David
Funeral Chapel of the Palm Beaches, 9321 Memorial Park Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33412,
(561) 627-2277. Donations may be made to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum at
ushmm.org or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
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