Obituary of Rose Kassirer

ROSE KASSIRER MARCH 7, 1925 - NOVEMBER 1, 2008 PEMBROKE PINES FLFORMERLY BLOOMINGBURG NY ROSE KASSIRER, OF PEMBROKE PINES FL. PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HOME ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2008, WITH HER HUSBAND AT HER SIDE. SHE WAS 83. ROSE WAS BORN IN CINEDEVA CZECHOSLAVKIA TO JOSEPH AND PEPI GRUNSTEIN.ROSE IS A HOLACAUST SURVIVOR. SHE WAS IN AUSCHWITZ, MATTHAUSEN AND WAS LIBERATED IN 1944 FROM BERGEN BELSEN WHERE HER ENTIRE FAMILY PERISHED. SHE MET HER HUSBAND, ABRAHAM KASSIRER IN A DISPLACED PERSONS CAMP IN GERMANY AFTER THE WAR. THEY THEN IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AND RESIDED IN BROOKLYN FOR 25 YEARS SPENDING EACH SUMMER IN BLOOMINGBURG, NY WHERE THEY EVENTUALY MOVED AND LIVED FOR 20 YEARS. ROSE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF HADASSAH, ORT, BLOOMINGBURG RESTORATION AND WURTSBORO HEBREW CONGREGATION. ROSE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND OF 60 YEARS, ABRAHAM KASSIRER AT HOME, HER SON JOEL KASSIRER OF ANGELICA, NY, HER DAUGHTER GAIL SCHWEDA AND HUSBAND PETER OF CORNWALL NY, FOUR LOVING GRANDCHILDREN, STACY WARRINGER AND HUSBAND ZACK JARAD KONSKER AND WIFE MICHELE, DAWN AND DAVID KASSIRER AND ONE GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, ARIELLE. SHE WAS PRE DECEASED BY HER SON DANIEL IN 1992. FUNERAL WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2008 AT 11: 00 AM AT JOSEPH N GARLICK FUNERAL HOME, 388 BROADWAY MONTICELLO, NY. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE WURSTBORO HEBREW CEMTERY ROUTE 209 WURSTBORO, NY. SHIVA WILL BE AT THE HOME OF DAUGHTER GAIL SCHWEDA IN CORNWALL, NY, MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION OR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. FUNERAL ARRAGEMENTS BY JOSEPH N. GARLICK FUNERAL HOME INC. MONTICELLO. FOR DIRECTIONS OR TO SEND THE FAMILY A CONDELENCE NOTE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.JOSEPHNGARLICKFUNERALHOME.COM