| Obituary |
RHEVA LACK (nee WEISER) On Saturday March 18, 2006, in her ninety-seventh year. Daughter of the late Leah Braunstein and the late Samuel Weiser. Predeceased by her beloved husband and partner of seventy years Irwin Allan Lack. Survived by her loving children Eric M. and Anita, and Daniel Ian as well as her devoted grandchildren Heidi Lack and Michael Zell of Boston, Wendy of Toronto Jonathan and Phillipa Lack of London, England and great grandsons Joshua Matthew Lack Myles Benjamin Lack-Zell as well as great-granddaughters, Stephanie Rachel Lack and Arielle Nina Lack-Zell. She is also survived by her sisters, Elsie (the late Joe Ross) and Bertha (the late Joe Kramer) and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother Henry S. (Bud) Weiser, her sisters Paula (the late Jack Rosenbloom) and Rachel (the late Samuel Meister). Sister in law of Anna Shereff (the late Louis), the late Rosa Hamer (the late Moe), the late Ethel Myers (the late Max), the late David M Lack QC (the late Sybil). Heartfelt thanks to Roxanne and Rosaline for their care and devotion. Born in Montreal on September 16, 1909, she chose to enter the world of business, first with the Dominion Rubber Company, and after her marriage in 1931, along with her husband, the retail trade, where she was active for more than twenty years. Rheva was a golfer at the Hillsdale Golf and Country Club of which she was one of the earliest women members and also joined with her husband on many of his numerous fishing trips. She was an amateur painter, who participated for several years in the organization of the annual N.D.G. Arts and Letters Festival. Some of her charitable activities included the Ethel Epstein Ein chapter of Hadassah on whose behalf she edited the Shavuot Chapter of the cookbook entitled "A Treasure For My Daughter" which was first published in 1950 and continued through its tenth printing in 1984, and has now been re-issued. She was also for a number of years the Secretary of the Hampstead Chapter of ORT. Her guidance, and above all her philosophical attitude toward life will be missed, but remembered. She was a woman of style and dignity, with the discipline to maintain both. Funeral service from Paperman and Sons 3888 Jean Talon W. on Tuesday, March 21 at 11:30 a.m. Burial at the Shaare Zion Congregation Section, Eternal Gardens Cemetery, Beaconsfield. Shiva private. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, 1-800-387-9816, or to the charity of your choice. |
