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Friday, September 04, 2009

Baruch Dayan Emes

Hilda Goldish, a'h - better known as Grandma (or "Grandma Cleveland"). She was 95 years old. She had the biggest smile in the world, worked for the Hebrew Academy greeting card room until she was 87 years old, drank Coke (and only Coke) from 10-90, and lived in the same house on Shannon Road for nearly 60 years. She loved nothing more than little kids - "until they talk back" and her biggest complaint in life was that "that guy" on Jeopardy (her favorite show) who kept winning "wasn't letting other people have a turn". She also had a huge yellow cookie jar that was always full, a cheap plastic basket stuffed with strawberry (or Elite lemon) candies, and that bottom drawer in the kitchen with some of the oldest (but best) toys you've ever seen.

The accompanying picture is the last time we saw her, Pesach time.

The funeral will be in Cleveland on Sunday at 3:00pm at Berkowitz Kumin Bookatz.

Baruch Dayan Emes. We love you Grandma.

31 comments:

  1. So sorry for you and your family

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  2. Baruch Dayan HaEmes. I'm so sorry to hear of this.

    May you and your family only know of simchos from now on.

    The Wolf

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  3. Boruch Dayan HaEmes.
    I am very sorry for your loss.
    That is a lovely picture and what I see from it is that she loved her family and that her family gave her much joy.
    May she be a meilitz yosher for you, your family and all of klal yisroel.
    May you know simchas in the future.

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  4. :(

    I'm sorry Ezzie... I hope you're okay. If you need anything, you know where to find me.

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  5. Baruch dayan ha'emes. I'm so sorry.

    Her legacy lives on in her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

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  6. Baruch dayan ha'emes. May her memory continue to guide you.

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  7. Baruch Dayan Ha'emes. May the wonderful memories you have of your grandmother be a comfort to you, and may you and your family know of no more tzar.

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  8. BDE. :(

    95 was a full life. Just from what I know of you, Serach, Elianna, and Kayla (and I'm sure this holds true for the rest of your family, too), she had a lot to be proud of and has a really solid dynasty representing her.

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  9. So sorry Ezzie - condolences to your whole family from the Carusos

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  10. So sorry, Ezzie.
    What a blessing it is to have had such a wonderful grandmother.

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  11. Boruch Dayan Ha'emes. I'm so sorry for your loss, Ezzie. It sounds like your grandmother was a remarkable person who will be missed terribly.

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  12. Eric Halivni (Weisberg)September 6, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    Baruch Dayan HaEmet. Sorry to hear. I saw her a couple years ago on a visit to Cleveland. Such a nice lady - and to think I remember her mother, too (and I am only 36!)

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  13. Very sorry to hear of you and your family's loss. She sounds like an amazing woman.

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  14. Hamakom enacheim Eschem Besoch Sha'ar Avalei Tzion.

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  15. From what I've read about her, it's clear she was a special lady. Baruch dayan ha-emet, and our condolences to you and your family.

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  16. baruch dayan emes. she was much loved by all of you, and i'm sure that meant the world to her.

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  17. Sorry for your loss.

    95 is a tremendous age to reach and for her to see her great grandchildren

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  18. Hamakom Yenacham Eschem. I'm so sorry for your loss.

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  19. my heart actually hurts...words escape me...maybe a story/memory instead

    Mrs. Goldish (who w/ appologies to ezzie's mother is how i always knew her and will always remember her) is responsible for my first memory of what it means to be a friend.

    As a little boy i remember walking with my family after Kol Nidrei davening along with my grandmother a"h to Mrs. Goldish's house. My grandmother lived in a different neighborhood by that time but always came back to the shul for R"H and Y"K. She would need a place to stay and you see Ezzie's grandmother lived much closer to shul than we did (about a 10 minute walk compared to 25) and since it was hard for my grandmother to walk she would always stay there as apposed to our house..."because that's what what friend's are for".

    i have never forgotten that and i never will. it may seem like a small thing to others but to me it represented two people/famalies who had been friends longer than i could certainly remember and defined the simplicity of true friendship.

    BD"E

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  20. Thank you everyone for your kind wishes.

    Eric - Irving & Elaine's plots are right next to my grandparents, fitting, right? And a belated Hamakom on your grandfather.

    G - Thank you and exactly. "Simplicity of true friendship" - amen.

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  21. Baruch Dayan HaEmes, belated but heartfelt.

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  22. Chana/Jewess with HornsDecember 31, 2009 at 12:34 AM

    Baruch Dayan HaEmes, belated but heartfelt.

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