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In Loving Memory of

Margit Kirsche

January 5th, 1923 - March 8th, 2019

Obituary

Margit Kirsche nee Weisz, age 96

Holocaust Survivor and founder and long time owner of Hungarian Kosher Foods. Beloved wife of the late Sandor. Loving mother of Ira (the late Judy) Kirsche and Lynn (Irv) Shapiro. Cherished grandmother of Alisa (Avi) Oler, Tova (Michael) Perl, Daniel (Catherine) Kirsche, Rocky (Myles) Brody, Sammy (Debbie) Shapiro, and Aaron Shapiro. Loving great-grandmother of Julie, Ariella, Zachary, Alex, Shira, Gila, Amichai, Maayan, Mali, Shaked, Nathan, Benjamin, Ziva, Emmet, Adir and Gilad. Cherished sister of the late Morton (the late Magda) Weiss and sister-in-law of the late Goldie (the late Leib) Weinberger and the late Helen (the late Joseph) Goldberger. Devoted aunt to Irving (Sonia) Weinberger, Alex (Ruth) Weinberger, Ibi (Zoltan) Gelb, David Goldberger, Sheldon (Linda) Weiss, Jeffrey (Cathy) Weiss and great aunt of many. Service Sunday 8:45 am at Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd (at Niles Center Road), Skokie. Interment will follow in Israel. Memorials in her memory to Yad Vashem, POB 3477, Jerusalem, 910340, Israel, www.yadvashem.org.il, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, PO Box 1852, Highland Park, IL 60035, www.ushmm.org or your favorite charity would be appreciated. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals - Skokie Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com

Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals. www.chicagojewishfunerals.com

Memorial Events

FUNERAL SERVICE

Date & Time Sunday 03/10/2019 at 08:45 AM

Address Chicago Jewish Funerals
Skokie Chapel
8851 Skokie Boulevard
Skokie, IL 60077

Clergy
Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik

Interment

Address Har Hamenuchot
Jerusalem, Israel
Jerusalem,

Shiva

Address Kirsche Residence
5744 North Jersey Avenue
Chicago, IL 60659

Phone 773.463.3016

Additional Information
Shacharis beginning on Thursday 6:45AM and
Mincha/Maariv 6:30PM beginning Wednesday

The family requests no visitors between 12 Noon -1PM, 5PM - 6P and after 9:30PM

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