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Sarah Gertrude <I>Sterbcow</I> Shafer

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Sarah Gertrude Sterbcow Shafer

Birth
Louisiana, USA
Death
30 Apr 2004 (aged 95)
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Sarah was born to the late Peter and late Hannah Sterbcow.
She was preceded in death by husband Philip, prisoner of war in Germany for 26 months, of whom she was happily married to for 34 years; daughter: Esther Porter; sisters; Clara Roder, Fannie Schwartz, Edith Hyman, brothers; Dr. Marx Lewis, and Sol Sterbcow.
Sarah attended Joseph Kohn High School. During WWII, she worked in the shipping department at the Port of Embarkation in New Orleans, La. She belonged to Hadassah and had been a member of both Congregation Beth Yeshurun and Temple Emanuel. Sarah donated money to Texas Children's Hospital in honor of her only child, Esther Hannah Shafer. Sarah will be recognized as an Abercrombie Society member.
Survivors include: one sister: Beulah Title of New Orleans, LA, Esther Pearl Danziger, niece: Sheryl Clennan, devoted friend, numerous nieces and nephews and two sisters-in-law.
Sarah was born to the late Peter and late Hannah Sterbcow.
She was preceded in death by husband Philip, prisoner of war in Germany for 26 months, of whom she was happily married to for 34 years; daughter: Esther Porter; sisters; Clara Roder, Fannie Schwartz, Edith Hyman, brothers; Dr. Marx Lewis, and Sol Sterbcow.
Sarah attended Joseph Kohn High School. During WWII, she worked in the shipping department at the Port of Embarkation in New Orleans, La. She belonged to Hadassah and had been a member of both Congregation Beth Yeshurun and Temple Emanuel. Sarah donated money to Texas Children's Hospital in honor of her only child, Esther Hannah Shafer. Sarah will be recognized as an Abercrombie Society member.
Survivors include: one sister: Beulah Title of New Orleans, LA, Esther Pearl Danziger, niece: Sheryl Clennan, devoted friend, numerous nieces and nephews and two sisters-in-law.

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LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER
WIFE OF PHILIP, MOTHER OF ESTHER



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  • Maintained by: Patrick Lee
  • Originally Created by: GW
  • Added: May 2, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8711584/sarah_gertrude-shafer: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Gertrude Sterbcow Shafer (25 Sep 1908–30 Apr 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8711584, citing Adath Israel Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Patrick Lee (contributor 48447064).