Lillian Kessler Golden passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2007, at HospiceCare in Fitchburg. She was born on Oct. 16, 1914, in Brooklyn (Brighton Beach), N.Y. She was the daughter of Harry Kessler, orginally of Uman, Ukraine, and Millicent Perlin originally of Kishnev, Bessarabia.
Lillian was a quietly accomplished and multi-talented woman who graduated from the Baruch School of Business of the City College of New York in the midst of the Depression, working her way through school as a manicurist.
For several years after college, she worked as a senior cost accountant for the War Department. She was a master seamstress who could create or recreate almost anything made of cloth. She also took great pride in her homemaking skills and ran a tight ship.
Her other avocation was music - a mostly self-taught pianist who mastered music theory, and studied the Mehegan method of jazz interpretation. She could play almost any song of a certain era of her beloved piano; or with her harmonica in her mouth and with her ukulele she could transform herself into a Mississippi blues man.
In her middle years, this shy woman taught third grade English in a Brooklyn Yeshiva where Yiddish was the first and preferred language of the students. Later, she took a leadership role, becoming chapter president of B'nai Brith Women in the Miami, Fla. area, where she lived for many years.
Her true spirit shone as a grandmother. Her love for each of her grandchildren was as special as it was complete.
-The Capital Times (Madison) 06/29/07
Lillian was a quietly accomplished and multi-talented woman who graduated from the Baruch School of Business of the City College of New York in the midst of the Depression, working her way through school as a manicurist.
For several years after college, she worked as a senior cost accountant for the War Department. She was a master seamstress who could create or recreate almost anything made of cloth. She also took great pride in her homemaking skills and ran a tight ship.
Her other avocation was music - a mostly self-taught pianist who mastered music theory, and studied the Mehegan method of jazz interpretation. She could play almost any song of a certain era of her beloved piano; or with her harmonica in her mouth and with her ukulele she could transform herself into a Mississippi blues man.
In her middle years, this shy woman taught third grade English in a Brooklyn Yeshiva where Yiddish was the first and preferred language of the students. Later, she took a leadership role, becoming chapter president of B'nai Brith Women in the Miami, Fla. area, where she lived for many years.
Her true spirit shone as a grandmother. Her love for each of her grandchildren was as special as it was complete.
-The Capital Times (Madison) 06/29/07
Lillian Kessler Golden passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2007, at HospiceCare in Fitchburg. She was born on Oct. 16, 1914, in Brooklyn (Brighton Beach), N.Y. She was the daughter of Harry Kessler, orginally of Uman, Ukraine, and Millicent Perlin originally of Kishnev, Bessarabia.
Lillian was a quietly accomplished and multi-talented woman who graduated from the Baruch School of Business of the City College of New York in the midst of the Depression, working her way through school as a manicurist.
For several years after college, she worked as a senior cost accountant for the War Department. She was a master seamstress who could create or recreate almost anything made of cloth. She also took great pride in her homemaking skills and ran a tight ship.
Her other avocation was music - a mostly self-taught pianist who mastered music theory, and studied the Mehegan method of jazz interpretation. She could play almost any song of a certain era of her beloved piano; or with her harmonica in her mouth and with her ukulele she could transform herself into a Mississippi blues man.
In her middle years, this shy woman taught third grade English in a Brooklyn Yeshiva where Yiddish was the first and preferred language of the students. Later, she took a leadership role, becoming chapter president of B'nai Brith Women in the Miami, Fla. area, where she lived for many years.
Her true spirit shone as a grandmother. Her love for each of her grandchildren was as special as it was complete.
-The Capital Times (Madison) 06/29/07
Lillian was a quietly accomplished and multi-talented woman who graduated from the Baruch School of Business of the City College of New York in the midst of the Depression, working her way through school as a manicurist.
For several years after college, she worked as a senior cost accountant for the War Department. She was a master seamstress who could create or recreate almost anything made of cloth. She also took great pride in her homemaking skills and ran a tight ship.
Her other avocation was music - a mostly self-taught pianist who mastered music theory, and studied the Mehegan method of jazz interpretation. She could play almost any song of a certain era of her beloved piano; or with her harmonica in her mouth and with her ukulele she could transform herself into a Mississippi blues man.
In her middle years, this shy woman taught third grade English in a Brooklyn Yeshiva where Yiddish was the first and preferred language of the students. Later, she took a leadership role, becoming chapter president of B'nai Brith Women in the Miami, Fla. area, where she lived for many years.
Her true spirit shone as a grandmother. Her love for each of her grandchildren was as special as it was complete.
-The Capital Times (Madison) 06/29/07
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Lillian Kessler Golden/"Grandma Lollipop"/Oct. 16, 1914-June 28, 2007/A Just In Case Kind of Gal
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In 2020, her memorial stone was reset to prevent further sinking into the ground.
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