Mrs. Eva Bisno Succumbs

Mrs. Eva Bisno, widow of Jacob Bisno, founder of Bisno Supply Company, died following an illness of fifteen months, Wednesday at B’nai B’rith Home. Mrs. Bisno, who was 73, formerly made her home at Goodman House. She had lived in St. Paul, Minn., after her marriage and until she came to Memphis about 52 years ago.

Mrs. Bisno was a member of Baron Hirsch Congregation, Jewish Ladies Aid Society, a life member of Baron Hirsch Ladies Auxiliary, a member of Senior Hadassah and B’nai B’rith Women of Memphis. She had devoted many years of her life to social welfare and Red Cross work.

Surviving are her two daughters, Mrs. Morris Silverfield, of Osceola, Ark., and Mrs. George Brown, of Memphis; three sons, Ralph Bisno of Memphis; Julius and Harold Bisno, both of Los Angeles; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Wegofsky, of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Sarah Padwell, of St. Paul; her brother, Louis Seigel of Chicago; five grandchildren, Mrs. William Bernatsky, Dr. Jack N. Bisno, Alan Bisno, Lt. Lionel Silverfield, and J. Alvin Bisno and two great-grandchildren, Susan Lynn Bernatsky and Eileen Bisno.

Services were held Thursday. Interment was in Baron Hirsch Cemetery. Rabbi Isadore Goodman officiated.

Hebrew Watchman

March 10, 1955, page 10