Shelley Levine Farbman Obituary (2008) - Prairie Village, Kansas

Shelley Levine Farbman of Prairie Village, KS, passed away early Friday morning, October 3, 2008 at Village Shalom in Overland Park. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Sunday, October 5, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, 6830 Troost Ave. Burial at Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Shelley was born in Kansas City on November 1, 1950, to Rose and Morris Levine. She grew up in Prairie Village, KS and graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School in 1968. She attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, graduating with a B.A. in Education in 1972. She met and married her husband, Stu, and they settled in Prairie Village. Their daughter Carly, the light of Shelley’s life, was born in 1980. For most of her long teaching career, Shelley substituted for absent faculty members at Shawnee Mission South High School. She was a long-time member of the Shawnee Mission South Parent-Teachers Association, and was always the chairperson of the Sunshine Committee, responsible for organizing and taking meals to South families who were bereaved or were suffering from illness. Shelley was a member of Kehilath Israel Synagogue, Hadassah, B’nai B’rith, and many other organizations. She was loving, gregarious, funny, and always concerned about the welfare of everyone she knew. She is survived by her husband of 37 years, Stewart Farbman of Prairie Village; her daughter Carly of St. Louis, her mother Rose Levine of Overland Park; her sister and brother-in-law, Terri and Brian Jacobs and their sons Aaron and Ryan of Leawood; her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Sol and Marion Farbman of Atlanta; her sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Sheila and Rick Faber, their children Felicia, Reid and Lindsay; her sister-in-law, Arlene Glass and her children Jana Glass and Alison and Robbie Beldick, all of Atlanta. She also leaves many other relatives and close friends. Shelley loved being out in the sunshine, and she herself was sunshine for all of us. We will miss her greatly and remember her always.