Jesse Harris Rosten

Rosten, Jesse Harris Born June 6, 1929 Died May 24, 2006 Preceded in death by parents, Meier and Yetta; and brother, Henry. Survived by wife of 54 years, Bernice; daughters Pamela (Towhid) Kazi, Cynthia (Frank) Murray, Terri (Sam) Froiland; grandchildren, Nicole, Jason, Nathaniel, Jackson, Evan; sister, Frances Dichter; sister-in-law, Anne Rosten; and many nieces and nephews. Jess was born in New York and was a graduate of Syracuse University and received his Master's degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He served in the Army during the Korean War. His working years included being Executive Director of the St. Paul and Minneapolis Societies for the Blind, Administrator of Mt. Zion Temple, Endowment Director of the St. Paul United Jewish Fund and Council and as a fund raiser for the Sholom Alliance. He loved sports, travel, spending winters in his Sarasota home, and above all, people. In his last months, he displayed an extraordinary will to live and reached out to those he had known throughout his life. Funeral service FRIDAY, 11:30AM, MT. ZION TEMPLE, 1300 Summit Ave., St. Paul. Memorials preferred to the St. Paul United Jewish Fund and Council Jesse and Bernice Rosten Fund or The American Brain Tumor Association. SHIVA, Sholom Home East, 1554 Midway Pkwy., St. Paul (Sat. 7PM) and 1641 Saunders Ave., St. Paul (Sun. 7PM). Hodroff-Epstein 651-698-8311 online guestbook at: www.hodroffepstein.com