Ann Agron Rosenblum Obituary (2007)

Ann Agron Rosenblum, Overland Park, 94, died December 19th at Carondelet Manor. Mrs. Rosenblum was born to Gershon and Yehudith Gitnick on March 10, 1913, in a village near Kiev, Russia. At age three, she accompanied two older brothers to Hebrew school on yheir tutor’s shoulders. At age six, she immigrated to the United States with her mother and brothers to rejoin her father in Omaha. In addition to English, she spoke, read and wrote Yiddish and read and wrote Hebrew. She earned an associate college degree. In 1934, when she married Gus Agron and move to Kansas City, she was an administrative secretary at Omaha’s Brandeis Department Store. In Kansas City, she went to work as a demonstrator for Hostess Cupcakes. As a young mother during World War II, she worked the night shift at the Pratt Whitney munitions plant. With her children of school age, she worked as a secretary and troubleshooter for George Durbin’s industrial laundry. Additional activities included serving as a Boy Scout den mother, a room mother, and a P.T.A. mother. She was an active member of Hadassah, the Kehilath Israel Synagogue Sisterhood, and Beth Shalom Synagogue Sisterhood. She was one of Rabbi Gershon Hadas’s most active volunteer readers during his last several years. A life long learner, she took all fourteen years of Rabbi Morris Margolies’ Bat Torah classes. A strong-minded woman who adhered to cherished models of behavior, she determined never to be a burden on anyone. Sociable but private, she attributed her long life to acceptance of all life’s ups and downs. She was preceded in death by Gus Agron, her husband for twenty-four years; Ira Rosenblum, her husband for six years; Gary Agron, her son; and Bennett, Nathan, and Isaac Gitnick, her brothers. She was always grateful to Ira Rosenblum’s daughters and family for their loving welcome and was preceded in death by Marjorie Rosenblum Kantor, Sevi Rosenblum Krigel, Mel Krigel, and Robert Krigel. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Rabbi Gilbert Shoham; daughter-in-law, Lori Agron, Sedalia, Missouri; grandsons and their wives, Lon and Cathy Lowenstein; Glenn and Nicole Lowenstein, Houston and Chicago; John and Amy Lowenstein, Chicago; and Reed Lowenstein and Melanie Hanan, London; by great-grandchildren, Lane, Paige, Sari, Joshua, Raphael, Jacob, Ariel, Abigail, Bram, Coby and Ariela; by Dr. Julius Kantor, and by Ira Rosenblum’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 1:00pm Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Mount Carmel Cemetery; The family suggests contributions to Carondelet Manor, Catholic Community Healthcare hospice, Beth Shalom Synagogue, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.