Tanya Tabak (nee Hodes) of Verona, NJ and Boca Raton, FL died February 10th, 2020 with her family by her side, she was 83. She was born April 11, 1936 to Sam and Rose (nee Klatsgo) Hodes. She grew up in Brooklyn, NY and lived in Bellmore NY before moving to Livingston, New Jersey in 1969.
Mrs. Tabak was an educator teaching high school social studies, co-owner of two child care centers and was employed by Catholic Charities as a child care director for many years. Mrs. Tabak devoted many years of volunteer service to the Foundation for Diabetes Research and National Council for Jewish Women.
She was married to the love of her life S.Charles Tabak for 63 years until his passing in 2017. Together they traveled the world and made their dreams come true.
She is survived by her two daughters; Elissa (Frank) Lombardo and Karen (Steven) Honig,5 grandchildren; Andrea (Juston Monroe), Traci (Hilton Seibert), Daniel, David, Michael, a great grandchild Caleb Samuel and a brother Eugene Hodes.
Services will be held February 13th with arrangements by Bernheim,Apter, Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel of Livingston.
Memorial donations may be made in her name to; the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research and the Foundation for Diabetes Research, 513 West Mount Pleasant Avenue, Suite 220 Livingston, NJ 07039, www.diabetesnj.org.
