ADELE SEGALL FASKE

FASKE, RETIRED SENIOR JUDGE ADELE SEGALL, daughter of a pioneer Miami family, passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at her family home in Miami. The Segall family moved to Miami in 1910 and were founding members of the first Synagogue, Beth David Congregation. Adele was born on December 9, 1915. Downtown Miami's Flagler Street was a dirt road, and young Adele's memory of watching the brightly clad Seminole Indian families coming to market, and workmen tarring Flagler Street for the first time are memories she loved to recount. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Miami. After graduation from law school, she joined her brother, Sidney L. Segall, in his law practice. In 1953 she was appointed by Governor Dan McCarty as the first woman Assistant State Attorney in the history of Florida. She served loyally in the Dade County State Attorney's office for more than two decades. She was Chief of the Nonsupport Division and the author of the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), which due to her lobbying, was enacted by the Florida Legislature in 1967. This landmark legislation prevents delinquent parents from evading their child support duties by moving to another state. URESA has been adopted by every state in the nation. In 1976, the people of Dade County elected her a Circuit Judge. Throughout the years, Adele Segall Faske received innumerable accolades from a variety of organizations for her long-term service to the community. She is installed in the Juvenile Justice Gallery of Honor in Dade County, and is a member of the Iron Arrow Honorary Society of the University of Miami. She accomplished all this while rearing three children who loved her very much and of whom she was very proud. She maintained her sharp mind and memory until the end. Adele Faske was an amazing mother, jurist, mentor, friend, role model and a beautiful, caring human being. She will be missed deeply by her relatives and countless friends. Her daughter, Dr. Ivy Faske (Jack Mayer), and her son Barry Faske (Dr. Jacqueline Shellow) survive her. Her husband, Maurice M. Faske, died in 1976 and Barry's twin brother, Garry, died in 2005. Services for Judge Faske will be held at 2:00 Sunday, November 29 at Beth David Congregation, 2625 S.W. 3rd Avenue in Miami. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the PKD Foundation, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), Beth David Congregation or Catholic Hospice. Or just help someone in need in memory of Judge Faske's exemplary life. She would like that. View this Guest Book at www. MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.