Florence (Florrie) W. Banks, of Columbus, New Jersey, passed away peacefully, six weeks shy of her 96th birthday, on February 16, 2021 while sitting in her favorite chair.
Born in New York City to Fannie (Reines) and David Wolff, she grew up in Union City, NJ and was a proud alumna of Emerson (UC) High School. She married Milton Wasserman and they lived in Clark, NJ for 15 years until his passing in 1971. Florrie married Bernard Banks and moved to Edison, NJ. Upon Bernie's retirement, they found a new home in the Homestead community in Columbus in 1986.
Soon after moving, Florrie put a small notice in the community newsletter. She would be knitting in the clubhouse on Tuesday afternoon. Please come by if you wanted to knit with some company. The group grew and grew, adopting the name the Knitwits. Still active (although eagerly awaiting the end of the pandemic), they quickly fulfilled every request within their own friends and families and began knitting blankets and wool hats for local charities, helping countless people in the process.
Along the way, she also had time to be involved in Hadassah, including several terms as President of her local chapter, and her weekly mah jongg games. In her younger days, she had been an excellent bowler.
Florrie was a force of positive energy, using her unlimited optimism, life experiences and gift of gab to impact the lives of many people. She famously told any who asked that the key to being happy was dancing before breakfast, which she did daily. For her children, a highlight of any family wedding was watching Florrie and Bernie glide across the dance floor with a style and grace from a time gone by.
Predeceased by her two husbands, she is survived in the traditional sense by three sons, Rick (Jennifer) Wasserman, Alan (Margaret Johnson) Wasserman and Marc (Jenny) Banks; grandchildren Rachel (Ben Barnes), Noah and Hannah Wasserman, Jennifer (Jeffrey) Spalt and Ted Banks and great grandchildren Jillian, Kylie and Katelyn Spalt. In addition, she leaves many nieces, nephews and cousins. However, in a truer sense, to enter her life was to enter her family and she leaves behind many people whom she long ago stopped differentiating by title or genetics.
Due to Covid-19 gathering restrictions, funeral services and burial are private at Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York.
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Born in New York City to Fannie (Reines) and David Wolff, she grew up in Union City, NJ and was a proud alumna of Emerson (UC) High School. She married Milton Wasserman and they lived in Clark, NJ for 15 years until his passing in 1971. Florrie married Bernard Banks and moved to Edison, NJ. Upon Bernie's retirement, they found a new home in the Homestead community in Columbus in 1986.
Soon after moving, Florrie put a small notice in the community newsletter. She would be knitting in the clubhouse on Tuesday afternoon. Please come by if you wanted to knit with some company. The group grew and grew, adopting the name the Knitwits. Still active (although eagerly awaiting the end of the pandemic), they quickly fulfilled every request within their own friends and families and began knitting blankets and wool hats for local charities, helping countless people in the process.
Along the way, she also had time to be involved in Hadassah, including several terms as President of her local chapter, and her weekly mah jongg games. In her younger days, she had been an excellent bowler.
Florrie was a force of positive energy, using her unlimited optimism, life experiences and gift of gab to impact the lives of many people. She famously told any who asked that the key to being happy was dancing before breakfast, which she did daily. For her children, a highlight of any family wedding was watching Florrie and Bernie glide across the dance floor with a style and grace from a time gone by.
Predeceased by her two husbands, she is survived in the traditional sense by three sons, Rick (Jennifer) Wasserman, Alan (Margaret Johnson) Wasserman and Marc (Jenny) Banks; grandchildren Rachel (Ben Barnes), Noah and Hannah Wasserman, Jennifer (Jeffrey) Spalt and Ted Banks and great grandchildren Jillian, Kylie and Katelyn Spalt. In addition, she leaves many nieces, nephews and cousins. However, in a truer sense, to enter her life was to enter her family and she leaves behind many people whom she long ago stopped differentiating by title or genetics.
Due to Covid-19 gathering restrictions, funeral services and burial are private at Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York.
Orland's Funeral Chapel
Florence (Florrie) W. Banks, of Columbus, New Jersey, passed away peacefully, six weeks shy of her 96th birthday, on February 16, 2021 while sitting in her favorite chair.
Born in New York City to Fannie (Reines) and David Wolff, she grew up in Union City, NJ and was a proud alumna of Emerson (UC) High School. She married Milton Wasserman and they lived in Clark, NJ for 15 years until his passing in 1971. Florrie married Bernard Banks and moved to Edison, NJ. Upon Bernie's retirement, they found a new home in the Homestead community in Columbus in 1986.
Soon after moving, Florrie put a small notice in the community newsletter. She would be knitting in the clubhouse on Tuesday afternoon. Please come by if you wanted to knit with some company. The group grew and grew, adopting the name the Knitwits. Still active (although eagerly awaiting the end of the pandemic), they quickly fulfilled every request within their own friends and families and began knitting blankets and wool hats for local charities, helping countless people in the process.
Along the way, she also had time to be involved in Hadassah, including several terms as President of her local chapter, and her weekly mah jongg games. In her younger days, she had been an excellent bowler.
Florrie was a force of positive energy, using her unlimited optimism, life experiences and gift of gab to impact the lives of many people. She famously told any who asked that the key to being happy was dancing before breakfast, which she did daily. For her children, a highlight of any family wedding was watching Florrie and Bernie glide across the dance floor with a style and grace from a time gone by.
Predeceased by her two husbands, she is survived in the traditional sense by three sons, Rick (Jennifer) Wasserman, Alan (Margaret Johnson) Wasserman and Marc (Jenny) Banks; grandchildren Rachel (Ben Barnes), Noah and Hannah Wasserman, Jennifer (Jeffrey) Spalt and Ted Banks and great grandchildren Jillian, Kylie and Katelyn Spalt. In addition, she leaves many nieces, nephews and cousins. However, in a truer sense, to enter her life was to enter her family and she leaves behind many people whom she long ago stopped differentiating by title or genetics.
Due to Covid-19 gathering restrictions, funeral services and burial are private at Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York.
Orland's Funeral Chapel
Born in New York City to Fannie (Reines) and David Wolff, she grew up in Union City, NJ and was a proud alumna of Emerson (UC) High School. She married Milton Wasserman and they lived in Clark, NJ for 15 years until his passing in 1971. Florrie married Bernard Banks and moved to Edison, NJ. Upon Bernie's retirement, they found a new home in the Homestead community in Columbus in 1986.
Soon after moving, Florrie put a small notice in the community newsletter. She would be knitting in the clubhouse on Tuesday afternoon. Please come by if you wanted to knit with some company. The group grew and grew, adopting the name the Knitwits. Still active (although eagerly awaiting the end of the pandemic), they quickly fulfilled every request within their own friends and families and began knitting blankets and wool hats for local charities, helping countless people in the process.
Along the way, she also had time to be involved in Hadassah, including several terms as President of her local chapter, and her weekly mah jongg games. In her younger days, she had been an excellent bowler.
Florrie was a force of positive energy, using her unlimited optimism, life experiences and gift of gab to impact the lives of many people. She famously told any who asked that the key to being happy was dancing before breakfast, which she did daily. For her children, a highlight of any family wedding was watching Florrie and Bernie glide across the dance floor with a style and grace from a time gone by.
Predeceased by her two husbands, she is survived in the traditional sense by three sons, Rick (Jennifer) Wasserman, Alan (Margaret Johnson) Wasserman and Marc (Jenny) Banks; grandchildren Rachel (Ben Barnes), Noah and Hannah Wasserman, Jennifer (Jeffrey) Spalt and Ted Banks and great grandchildren Jillian, Kylie and Katelyn Spalt. In addition, she leaves many nieces, nephews and cousins. However, in a truer sense, to enter her life was to enter her family and she leaves behind many people whom she long ago stopped differentiating by title or genetics.
Due to Covid-19 gathering restrictions, funeral services and burial are private at Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York.
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