Sherry Grossman

Sherry Grossman (Sylvia Zimmerman)

Resident of Lincoln, CA

Born Dec 7th, 1926 in Montreal, passed away peacefully on Oct 6th in her home in Lincoln, CA.

Whatever cards Sherry was dealt, she always played her best hand. At five, she lost her father; her proud, immigrant mother, unwilling to accept charity, made the difficult decision to put her into an orphanage so she could work and visit Sherry on weekends.

At 14, they moved to New Jersey. She worked in a variety of jobs culminating as a respected head hunter using the non-Jewish pseudonym Miss Lord.

Sherry met the love of her life, Ivan Grossman (dec. 8/09). They were married for 58 years and had four children (Jonathan deceased '86). Sherry was instrumental in the decision to move the family west so Ivan could attend Stanford Medical School.

Sherry devoted her life to her husband, children, grandchildren, and friends, and was an active volunteer. Having both lost many family members in the Holocaust, Sherry and Ivan worked tirelessly for the creation of and sustaining of the state of Israel. She and Ivan left a legacy of volunteerism and social responsibility now being practiced by their progeny.

Sherry was a life-long learner and an excellent writer. She was an avid golfer with two holes-in-one to her credit, and enjoyed bridge, poker, world travel, and organizing family vacations.

Sherry, truly a role model for dealing with adversity, stayed positive and lived her life to the fullest through 15 years of serious illness.

She is survived by daughters Nancy, Laurie, and Jane Grossman, and Dian and Kjaergaard, grandchildren, Sarah, Ariel, and Perrin, and three sons-in-law.