Rose "Bubbie" Sapitsky Levine Obituary (1920 - 2012)

Rose “Bubbie” Sapitsky Levine left us to join her beloved husband Morris and their cherished daughter Shelley Levine Farbman on Monday, February 20, 2012 at Village Shalom. Graveside services will be at 11:00am Thursday, February 23, at Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers; the family suggests contributions to The City of Hope, Village Shalom or Kansas City Hospice. Rose was born in Nur, Poland on December 9, 1920, to Sol and Ida Sapitsky. At the age of 3, Rose and her parents, along with her younger brother, Sam, left Poland to cross the Bug River and the Atlantic Ocean to Ellis Island and settled in Kansas City. Rose attended and graduated from Manual High School at the age of 16. In January 1948, she married the love of her life Morris, who she met at a USO dance in August 1947. They were married for 40 years until his death in February 1988. They were blessed with two daughters, Shelley and Terri. Rose devoted over 40 years volunteering for the City of Hope, taking donations by phone. She was a member of Kehilath Israel Synagogue for over 60 years. She loved playing Pan anytime, anywhere. She had many kind and loving friends who offered so much support during this last very difficult year. A very special thank you to her kind and compassionate doctor, Dr. Donald Cohen, the support of KC Hospice, the unbelievable caring staff at Village Shalom and her lunch bunch there. Bubbie will be missed tremendously by her daughter Terri and husband Brian Jacobs, her son-in-law Stu Farbman, her grandchildren, Carly Farbman, Aaron and Ryan Jacobs, who loved and adored her and all of the people who called her Bubbie so endearingly.