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Thelma Fishman Obituary

Of Portsmouth, NH formerly of FL on Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Loving mother of Gayle R. Sanders & her husband Jack of Stratham, NH and Alan R. Fishman & his wife Phyllis of Littleton, CO. Adored grandmother of Melissa Jill Reffel & her husband John Reffel III, Jessica Lyn Fishman, Rachel Carson Winokur and Dr. Rebecca Chloe Winokur Brown & her husband Chris Brown. Great grandmother of Chase Brown and Sabrina Reffel. Dear sister of Phyllis Spiegel of Stoughton and the late Leftie "Sonny" Epstein. Former wife of the late Samuel L. Fishman. Services at Levine Chapels, 470 Harvard St., BROOKLINE on Thursday, July 10 at 9:00 AM. Memorial observance will be private. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445 or to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 220 N. Main St., Suite 104, Natick, MA 01760. Levine Chapels, Brookline 617-277-8300

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Published by Boston Globe on Jul. 9, 2008.

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RICHARD SUNDOOK

July 28, 2008

DEAR GAYLE AND FAMILY, WE WERE DEEPLY SADDENED TO GET THE NEWS OF YOUR MOMS PASSING.THELMA WAS AN UNFOGETABLE WOMEN AND WE WILL . CHERISH HER MEMORY FOR EVER. WITH LOVE DICK AND PHYLLIS SUNDOOK

Rhoda Shurman

July 18, 2008

Dear Gayle, Please accept my heartfelt sympathies on the loss of your beloved Mother..Memories are all we have left when a loved one leaves us and I know you and your family have many of them to sustain you at this time. I personally loved knowing her, not long, but it was my pleasure.

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