Frances S. Friedman (formerly Baranoff, nee Wolinsky) – born Akron, Ohio, December 3, 1922, died April 5, 2014 in Granada Hills, California. She was 91.
Daughter of Louis and Sarah (Tishkoff) Wolinsky, Frances was raised in Akron, Ohio and attended West High School.
While growing up Fran was very involved with the Akron Workmen's Circle and as a young woman played in their Mandolin Orchestra. The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring was founded in 1900 by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who "sought to promote values of social and economic justice through a Jewish lens." Today it fosters Jewish identity and participation in Jewish life "through Jewish, especially Yiddish, culture and education, friendship, mutual aid and the pursuit of social and economic justice."
Through the Workmen's Circle she met the love of her life, Bennie "Barney" Baranoff, and on August 30, 1942, they married in the ballroom of The Portage Hotel, Akron, Ohio. Together they were involved in the heyday of the Akron Branch of Workmen's Circle. Fran was especially fond of the Workmen's Circle summer camp at Camp Vladek in Rock Creek, Ohio.
After her youngest child was of school age, Frances also returned to school obtaining a degree in Elementary Education from The University of Akron. She became a kindergarten teacher and was much adored by her students at Lane, Grace, and Rankin Elementary Schools. To Fran everyone was in kindergarten and her zest for both teaching and learning was unparalleled.
Fran endured the loss of her beloved Barney to the ravages of Alzheimer's disease caring for him until the end, and yet she found ways to go on with her life and find joy and new adventures. She made a new home in Duluth, Minnesota with her second husband Newton S Friedman, whom she also survived. She was a life member of Hadassah and served as a group president while living in Duluth.
In 1998, at the age of 76, she moved to the Los Angeles area to be near family and continued her work with the Workmen's Circle where in 2002 Frances, along with her daughter Judy, was honored as the Members of the Year of the Workmen's Circle Sholem Branch 1089 in the San Fernando Valley, California.
As a humanist, she was an active advocate for social justice causes through her lifelong membership in the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring. She was a lover of Yiddish and opera, modern art, travel and learning about other cultures. In her retirement she traveled to Europe, Israel, Africa, China, Australia, and Russia. She was proud to have been on one of the first tours that originated in Israel that then drove across the border to Egypt.
More than anything, Fran loved her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands and her brother. She is survived by her sister, her three children and their spouses who were her life's joy, three step-children and their families. She was "Bubby" to the entire world, but especially to her five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She will also be mourned by two sisters-in-law, two generations of nieces and nephews, extended family and dear friends.
Graveside memorial at the Akron Workmen's Circle Cemetery, 340 Swartz Rd, Akron, OH 44319 on April 11, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. followed by a gathering at the home of her son, Arthur.
Contributions to the Alzheimer's Association for Research (http://www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp) or to The Workmen's Circle http://circle.org/donate/.
Daughter of Louis and Sarah (Tishkoff) Wolinsky, Frances was raised in Akron, Ohio and attended West High School.
While growing up Fran was very involved with the Akron Workmen's Circle and as a young woman played in their Mandolin Orchestra. The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring was founded in 1900 by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who "sought to promote values of social and economic justice through a Jewish lens." Today it fosters Jewish identity and participation in Jewish life "through Jewish, especially Yiddish, culture and education, friendship, mutual aid and the pursuit of social and economic justice."
Through the Workmen's Circle she met the love of her life, Bennie "Barney" Baranoff, and on August 30, 1942, they married in the ballroom of The Portage Hotel, Akron, Ohio. Together they were involved in the heyday of the Akron Branch of Workmen's Circle. Fran was especially fond of the Workmen's Circle summer camp at Camp Vladek in Rock Creek, Ohio.
After her youngest child was of school age, Frances also returned to school obtaining a degree in Elementary Education from The University of Akron. She became a kindergarten teacher and was much adored by her students at Lane, Grace, and Rankin Elementary Schools. To Fran everyone was in kindergarten and her zest for both teaching and learning was unparalleled.
Fran endured the loss of her beloved Barney to the ravages of Alzheimer's disease caring for him until the end, and yet she found ways to go on with her life and find joy and new adventures. She made a new home in Duluth, Minnesota with her second husband Newton S Friedman, whom she also survived. She was a life member of Hadassah and served as a group president while living in Duluth.
In 1998, at the age of 76, she moved to the Los Angeles area to be near family and continued her work with the Workmen's Circle where in 2002 Frances, along with her daughter Judy, was honored as the Members of the Year of the Workmen's Circle Sholem Branch 1089 in the San Fernando Valley, California.
As a humanist, she was an active advocate for social justice causes through her lifelong membership in the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring. She was a lover of Yiddish and opera, modern art, travel and learning about other cultures. In her retirement she traveled to Europe, Israel, Africa, China, Australia, and Russia. She was proud to have been on one of the first tours that originated in Israel that then drove across the border to Egypt.
More than anything, Fran loved her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands and her brother. She is survived by her sister, her three children and their spouses who were her life's joy, three step-children and their families. She was "Bubby" to the entire world, but especially to her five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She will also be mourned by two sisters-in-law, two generations of nieces and nephews, extended family and dear friends.
Graveside memorial at the Akron Workmen's Circle Cemetery, 340 Swartz Rd, Akron, OH 44319 on April 11, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. followed by a gathering at the home of her son, Arthur.
Contributions to the Alzheimer's Association for Research (http://www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp) or to The Workmen's Circle http://circle.org/donate/.
Frances S. Friedman (formerly Baranoff, nee Wolinsky) – born Akron, Ohio, December 3, 1922, died April 5, 2014 in Granada Hills, California. She was 91.
Daughter of Louis and Sarah (Tishkoff) Wolinsky, Frances was raised in Akron, Ohio and attended West High School.
While growing up Fran was very involved with the Akron Workmen's Circle and as a young woman played in their Mandolin Orchestra. The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring was founded in 1900 by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who "sought to promote values of social and economic justice through a Jewish lens." Today it fosters Jewish identity and participation in Jewish life "through Jewish, especially Yiddish, culture and education, friendship, mutual aid and the pursuit of social and economic justice."
Through the Workmen's Circle she met the love of her life, Bennie "Barney" Baranoff, and on August 30, 1942, they married in the ballroom of The Portage Hotel, Akron, Ohio. Together they were involved in the heyday of the Akron Branch of Workmen's Circle. Fran was especially fond of the Workmen's Circle summer camp at Camp Vladek in Rock Creek, Ohio.
After her youngest child was of school age, Frances also returned to school obtaining a degree in Elementary Education from The University of Akron. She became a kindergarten teacher and was much adored by her students at Lane, Grace, and Rankin Elementary Schools. To Fran everyone was in kindergarten and her zest for both teaching and learning was unparalleled.
Fran endured the loss of her beloved Barney to the ravages of Alzheimer's disease caring for him until the end, and yet she found ways to go on with her life and find joy and new adventures. She made a new home in Duluth, Minnesota with her second husband Newton S Friedman, whom she also survived. She was a life member of Hadassah and served as a group president while living in Duluth.
In 1998, at the age of 76, she moved to the Los Angeles area to be near family and continued her work with the Workmen's Circle where in 2002 Frances, along with her daughter Judy, was honored as the Members of the Year of the Workmen's Circle Sholem Branch 1089 in the San Fernando Valley, California.
As a humanist, she was an active advocate for social justice causes through her lifelong membership in the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring. She was a lover of Yiddish and opera, modern art, travel and learning about other cultures. In her retirement she traveled to Europe, Israel, Africa, China, Australia, and Russia. She was proud to have been on one of the first tours that originated in Israel that then drove across the border to Egypt.
More than anything, Fran loved her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands and her brother. She is survived by her sister, her three children and their spouses who were her life's joy, three step-children and their families. She was "Bubby" to the entire world, but especially to her five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She will also be mourned by two sisters-in-law, two generations of nieces and nephews, extended family and dear friends.
Graveside memorial at the Akron Workmen's Circle Cemetery, 340 Swartz Rd, Akron, OH 44319 on April 11, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. followed by a gathering at the home of her son, Arthur.
Contributions to the Alzheimer's Association for Research (http://www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp) or to The Workmen's Circle http://circle.org/donate/.
Daughter of Louis and Sarah (Tishkoff) Wolinsky, Frances was raised in Akron, Ohio and attended West High School.
While growing up Fran was very involved with the Akron Workmen's Circle and as a young woman played in their Mandolin Orchestra. The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring was founded in 1900 by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who "sought to promote values of social and economic justice through a Jewish lens." Today it fosters Jewish identity and participation in Jewish life "through Jewish, especially Yiddish, culture and education, friendship, mutual aid and the pursuit of social and economic justice."
Through the Workmen's Circle she met the love of her life, Bennie "Barney" Baranoff, and on August 30, 1942, they married in the ballroom of The Portage Hotel, Akron, Ohio. Together they were involved in the heyday of the Akron Branch of Workmen's Circle. Fran was especially fond of the Workmen's Circle summer camp at Camp Vladek in Rock Creek, Ohio.
After her youngest child was of school age, Frances also returned to school obtaining a degree in Elementary Education from The University of Akron. She became a kindergarten teacher and was much adored by her students at Lane, Grace, and Rankin Elementary Schools. To Fran everyone was in kindergarten and her zest for both teaching and learning was unparalleled.
Fran endured the loss of her beloved Barney to the ravages of Alzheimer's disease caring for him until the end, and yet she found ways to go on with her life and find joy and new adventures. She made a new home in Duluth, Minnesota with her second husband Newton S Friedman, whom she also survived. She was a life member of Hadassah and served as a group president while living in Duluth.
In 1998, at the age of 76, she moved to the Los Angeles area to be near family and continued her work with the Workmen's Circle where in 2002 Frances, along with her daughter Judy, was honored as the Members of the Year of the Workmen's Circle Sholem Branch 1089 in the San Fernando Valley, California.
As a humanist, she was an active advocate for social justice causes through her lifelong membership in the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring. She was a lover of Yiddish and opera, modern art, travel and learning about other cultures. In her retirement she traveled to Europe, Israel, Africa, China, Australia, and Russia. She was proud to have been on one of the first tours that originated in Israel that then drove across the border to Egypt.
More than anything, Fran loved her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands and her brother. She is survived by her sister, her three children and their spouses who were her life's joy, three step-children and their families. She was "Bubby" to the entire world, but especially to her five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She will also be mourned by two sisters-in-law, two generations of nieces and nephews, extended family and dear friends.
Graveside memorial at the Akron Workmen's Circle Cemetery, 340 Swartz Rd, Akron, OH 44319 on April 11, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. followed by a gathering at the home of her son, Arthur.
Contributions to the Alzheimer's Association for Research (http://www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp) or to The Workmen's Circle http://circle.org/donate/.
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