Olga Rothstein

Olga Rothstein, 87, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2009 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Sunday, March 29, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, 6830 Troost Avenue. Burial at Sheffield Cemetery. The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy or Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. Born in Karae Fulvae, Hungary, on March 14, 1922, to Rabbi Herman and Sally (Klein) Stark, she was a survivor of the Holocaust and immigrated to the United States in 1949. She was a member of Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner Synagogue since 1949, a past president of the BIAV sisterhood, Co-President of the BIAV married couples club, was devoted to the Israel Bond drive, organizing numerous successful Israel Bond dinners, treasurer for Hadassah for several terms and former president and treasurer of the AMIT Women’s Organization (formerly Mizrachi). Mrs. Rothstein was a woman of valor. A devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. The door to the Rothstein home was always open to friends and family from all over the world. She lost everything in the Holocaust but hope. Olga and Michael always believed anything is possible and inspired her family and friends to feel this way too. Along with her immediate family, she will be remembered by a host of relatives and dear friends. Mrs. Rothstein was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Shaindela Stark; her brother Ference Stark; and her son-in-law: Dr. Gerald Cromer. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Michael Rothstein, of the home; daughter, Chana Cromer of Jerusalem, Israel, by her son and daughter-in-law Steven and Karen Rothstein Of Mission Hills, Kansas, and by grandchildren Mayan and Ido Agmon, Ariel and Yael Israel, Elisha and Tzahala Cromer and Adam Cromer and his fiancée Shir Tsabari; all of Israel and Amanda and Justin Parks of Kansas City, MO; Elizabeth Ghadimi and Andrew Ghadimi of New York, NY; and her five great grandchildren Tuvia, Reysheit, Yehuda, Anaelle and Alexys. The family would like to thank Dr. Donald Cohen and her caregivers, Susana Sims and Glenda Pulliam.