Elinor G. Kamen Obituary (2006) - Kansas City, Missouri

Elinor Gertrude Kamen, a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Missouri, died March 9, 2006. Graveside services will be held Sunday, March 12, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri. Kindly omit flowers, the family suggests donations to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund at the New Reform Temple, 7100 Main, Kansas City, MO 64114. Mrs. Kamen was born June 11, 1911, to Elsa and Nathan Allmayer. She married Morris Fox in 1932. After his death in 1939, she utilized her degree in education to create a series of radio programs sponsored by a children’s encyclopedia. Subsequent broadcasts featured the new generation of career women that were created by the demands of World War II. Her career in advertising began as cofounder of the Allmayer Fox Advertising Agency. She married Morris Kamen in 1949, a marriage that endured until his death in 1996. Mrs. Kamen was also preceded in death by her daughter, Linda Fox Bortnick, her sister, Alice Allmayer Kamen, and her brother Benjamin Allmayer. Survivors include grandsons and their wives Jonathan and Heather Bortnick, Daniel and Lila Bortnick, and Benjamin Bortnick, and eight great-grandchildren, Lyndse, Gregory, Hannah, Noah, Joshua, Gabrielle, Elinor and Joseph Bortnick.