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Yetta Borden Obituary

BORDEN, Yetta J. (Jacobs) Aged 95 of Roslindale, formerly of West Newton on Saturday, September 6, 2008. Devoted wife of the late Herbert L. Borden. Beloved mother of Carla M. Borden of Washington, D.C. and Daniel J. Borden & Sarah M. Burrows of Brookline. Adored grandmother of Julia, Sophia, Jacob and Charlotte. Dear sister of the late Albert H. Jacobs and Martha J. Waxman. Services at the Levine Chapels, 470 Harvard St., Brookline, on Monday, September 8 at 1:30PM. Memorial observance at Hebrew SeniorLife in Roslindale on Monday from 6:00PM - 8:00PM and Tuesday 2:00PM - 8:00PM. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Hadassah, 2001 Beacon St., Suite 101, Brighton, MA 02135 or the Foundation for Alzheimer's and Cultural Memory. www.memorybridge.org Levine Chapels, Brookline 617-277-8300
Published by Boston Globe on Sep. 7, 2008.

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Paul Levin

October 1, 2008

...a LONG , and G-d willing , full life. My condolences to Danny and Carla

Larry Crichton

September 7, 2008

Dear Carla,

My codolences to you, Daniel & his family.
Your mom always sent my family a holiday card at Christmas until she could no longer. I'll always remember both your mom and dad as long as I live.

Larry Crichton

September 7, 2008

Dear Carla,

My condolences to both you, Daniel & his family.
Your mom always sent my family a holiday card at Christmas until she could no longer. I'll always remember both your mom and dad as long as I live.

Mark L. Levinson

September 7, 2008

That was a generation that the world is far the worse for losing. May you be comforted together with all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Jim Levinson

September 7, 2008

The Bordens were the best of neighbors to us in West Newton. Yetta and Herb Borden were pillars of the Yiddish Club to which my mother belonged, a club that was formed by members and former members of Temple Shalom of Newton. Yetta was one of the last of her generation, but she will be remembered dearly by younger generations of friends as well as family.

Michael Verde

September 7, 2008

Dearest Carla,

Though I never had the privilege of meeting Yetta, I will forever be grateful to her for the blessing of meeting you that she made possible. Through your sweetness, deep and agile intelligence, and abiding compassion for the underserved and overlooked, I caught glimpses of the mother who raised, loved, and never forgot you. What a special woman she must have been for you to be the special woman that you are. You and your family are in my prayers.

All my love,
Michael Verde

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