Selma Henrietta Margolis Obituary (2008)

Selma Margolis, 88, of Iowa City, IA and formerly Kansas City, passed away Tuesday June 24, 2008 in Iowa City. Funeral services will be 10:00am Friday, June 27 at the Louis Memorial Chapel, 6830 Troost Avenue. Burial will follow at 12:15pm at Leavenworth National Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers; the family suggests contributions to The Autism Society of America. Mrs. Margolis was born in Albany, NY to Meyer and Fannie Waxman. She enlisted in the US Army and served in the Woman’s Air Corp. She was discharged as a Staff Sergeant, and in 1946 she moved to the Kansas City area where she and her husband Paul Margolis, Jr. were married. Mrs. Margolis worked for the Internal Revenue Service for nearly 20 years as a manager in the auditing department. She retired in 1986. Mrs. Margolis was a former member of The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah, the Autism Society and an Officer in the NW Autism Project. She and her husband were very active in the civil rights movement and members of CORE. She returned to college at the age of 65 and received an associate degree. Mrs. Margolis was preceded in death by her parents, Meyer and Fannie Waxman; her loving husband of 50 years, Paul; her young brother Jerry; and her older brother, Dr. David Waxman. Mrs. Margolis is survived by sons and daughters-in-law: Dr. P. David and Lynne Margolis, Oklahoma City, OK; John Richard Margolis, NY, NY; Dr. Michael Thomas and Andrea Margolis, Oconomowoc, WI; daughters and son-in-law: Karen Ann Margolis, Kansas City, MO; Laura Ellyn Margolis, Hudson, NY; Amy Lynne Margolis and Gary Rick, Iowa City, IA; brothers and sisters-in-law: Arnold and Kathy Waxman; Irwin and Irma Waxman; sisters: Lillian Kupperberg; Annette Adams; 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.