…Etta Stark dies …ter Long Illness

…Etta Abraham Stark, who

…been ill for a long time, died

…uesday morning at Baptist

…ital.

…s. Stark was known for her

…tion to her family. Early in

…she lost her mother and had

…”mother” to her younger

…ers and sisters and her hus-

…the late Jacob Stark, died

…years ago and she reared her

own three children alone. Her

wonderful personality endeared her

to all who knew her.

Mrs. Stark was born in Hungary

and moved to Memphis from Penn-

sylvania. She was a member of

Baron Hirsch Congregation, the

Eastern Star, the Baron Hirsch

Ladies Auxiliary and Senior Ha-

dassah.

Surviving are her son, Carl

Stark; two daughters, Mrs. Nat

Buring and Mrs. Herman Lazarov;

two brothers, Ben and George Ab-

raham; two sisters, Mrs. Sol Her-

ring and Mrs. Joel Freedman, and

seven grandchildren, all of Mem-

phis.

Services were held Wednesday at

Abraham Memorial Chapel with

Rabbi Isadore Goodman officiat-

ing. Interment was in Baron Hirsch

Cemetery.

Hebrew Watchman

June 2, 1955, page 3

Transcriber’s note: Please excuse the fragmented quality of this obituary. It was obtained from a microfilm of bound volumes of the newspaper. As a result, anything printed in the very middle of the page is unreadable on the film. I have transcribed what I could see.