LAWRENCEVILLE… Sherry Bornstein, 95, passed away Friday, September 14, 2018.
Born in Poland, she emigrated to the United States in 1949 and thereafter resided most of her life in Fair Lawn, NJ.
Mrs. Bornstein was a Holocaust survivor.
There was nothing she enjoyed more than spending time with her family.
Wife of the late Morris Bornstein, she is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Bernard and Adriana Bernstein, two daughters, Molly Andes and Gitl Jean Bornstein, three grandchildren, Pam, Kim, and Caricia, and a great grandson, Nicholas. She is also survived by her beloved caregiver, Glenda Portillo.
Private funeral services and burial will take place Monday, September 17, at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Fairview, NJ. The family respectfully requests memorial contributions to Karma Cat Zen Dog Rescue Society (karmacatzendog.org)
I’d like to thank the funeral director, Max, which is obviously several months late. Max conducted the service (yes… a rabbi could’ve as well). However, I’ve been to more than several funerals over the years. Except for my mother. I think Max felt I was at a loss as to what to do. So I agreed that he can perform the service given that he’s done this before. And my mother’s rabbi was likely long gone (she was 95 and he’d be in about 115). The eulogy was unexpectedly well done in a way that I wouldn’t have imagined. Relatives who might have questioned this non-conservative approach at first were accepting afterward (yes, Cousins Rami, Steve…but since life has a 100 percent mortality rate I hand over any argument to Max in this domain. Thanks for taking care of the formalities in much more than one way.