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Pearl Kissel Obituary
Sarasota, FL: Pearl Kissel, tenacious and vibrant survivor of a heart transplant, several near death experiences, and the loss of two children on separate occasions - died early in the morning on 19 July at her Sarasota home. She was 71 and is survived by her husband of 47 years Stanley, and her son, Neal, and her grandson Eli.
Born in Brooklyn NY on 12 December 1936, she attended NYU and Brooklyn Collage and received a Masters degree from Nazareth in education. She taught in the Brighton and then Pittsford School system as a learning disabilities specialist for 18 years.
Pearl was married to Stanley Kissel, who was Chief Psychologist at the Children's Division of the Rochester Mental Health Clinic. Together they were affectionately known to their friends as the "Pearl and Stan show" due to the fact that he was blind and she had severe hearing loss. They lived together as care giver and care taker.
She will be remembered for her spunk, love of life and emotional strength.
Memorial Services will be held at Temple Sinai in Sarasota, Florida on Monday 21 July at 1:30 in the afternoon. A burial service will take place in Tisbury, Massachusetts on Wednesday 22 July, on the Island of Martha's Vineyard.
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Marcia Miller
July 24, 2008
Dear Stanley, Please accept our sincere condolences on the loss of Pearl. She was a wonderful and amazing woman.
Fondly,
Marcia and David Miller
July 20, 2008
Condolences from the Mindell family
susan and norman mitloff
July 20, 2008
Dear Stanley
Please accept our sincere condolences. Pearl was an amazing woman.
Susan and Norm Mitloff
Sandy Goldstein
July 20, 2008
Stanley and Neal,
Please accept my heart-felt condolences. Your wife/mother was a dear, dear woman for whom I've always had tremendous respect. Each of us was a better person for having known her.
Sincerely,
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