Fanny J. Himmelstein Obituary (2006)

Fanny J. Himmelstein, 90, of Kansas City, MO, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at her home. Funeral services will be 10:00am Friday, July 14, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, 6830 Troost Avenue. Burial at Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers. Contributions may be sent to Alzheimer’s Association, 3846 W. 75th, Prairie Village, KS 66208 or Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, 9221 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114. A lifelong resident of Kansas City, Mrs. Himmelstein was born May 29, 1916, the daughter of Carl and Anna Hamer. She attended Central High School, graduating in 1933. After many years as an Avon sales representative, she was employed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a clerk in the Internal Revenue Service. On the occasion of her retirement from the I.R.S. in 1983, she received a Special Achievement Award for her years of dedicated service. Immediately thereafter, she turned her attention to volunteer service for the Alzheimer’s Association, Kansas City Hospice, Shalom Geriatric Center and Jewish Family and Children’s Services for which she received the Volunteer of the Year Award in 1988. She was a longtime member of Congregation Beth Shalom, a fomer member of its Sisterhood, Kehilath Israel Synagogue, its Sisterhood and Hadassah. Mrs. Himmelstein was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Himmelstein, in 1987 and by sisters Pearl Brown and Esther Klassen. She is survived by her son Hal Himmelstein of Marlboro, VT; sister Florence Jacobson of Kansas City, MO; sister-in-law Ann Studna of Kansas City, MO and fifteen loving nieces and nephews and their families