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1930
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2024
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Bena Ehrlich Obituary
July 4, 1930 - December 14, 2024
Boca Raton, Florida - Bena Zeva Ehrlich, 94, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 14, with family by her side. She was born July 4, 1930, in Memphis, Tennessee and moved to Miami, Florida when she was 12. She met her husband-to-be Maurice Ehrlich at Miami Senior High School and never looked back. They had a wonderful life together, being married 51 years before the untimely passing of Maurice in 2001. They raised three children while running a very successful shoe store, Cendy's Shoes, on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables, Florida for 35 years. She is survived by her children Charles Ehrlich (Susan Morris), Linda Ehrlich, and Gary Ehrlich (Amy Greenfield-Ehrlich); Grandchildren Rebecca Ehrlich (Curtis Lacy), Gabriel Ehrlich (Meredith Pedde), Erin Ehrlich-Beard (Brian Beard), Justin Ehrlich (Brittney), and Jared Ehrlich, along with 6 beautiful great-grandchildren.
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RAY APPLEBAUM
December 13, 2025
Thankfully I have the method to apologize for not attending Bena's unveiling. I could offer many different excuses but the truth is that at 77 I need to write things down or I forget! Of course I did not write down the date and time of the unveiling and thus failed to attend. For this I will always be sorry. Bena deserved better from me and I failed her. I am so sorry to all the living for my failure.
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Ray applebaum
December 20, 2024
In 1969 I was shopping in Cendy's the Ehrlich's store in Coral Gables Fl as my new wife (now 56 years) had a very difficult foot to fit. Bena's husband Maurice saw me pulling shoes from the many stacks of shoes that were in the store. Going to Cendy's became almost a weekly ritual for us as my wife had never seen such a section of shoes that fit her and at such an affordable price. We got to know the Ehrlich's. Maurice was the finest salesman I have ever met and Bena was the kindest and most friendly shop owner that I have ever met. Finally one day Maurice (The Boss) asked if I would like to work on Saturday and Monday nights. I thought about it for a minute and said yes. I worked for them for one and half years during which time I learned how to be a great salesmen from Maurice and witnessed how to be a good person from Bena. They offered me a position when I was a senior at the U of Miami as a manager in a store on the West Coast of Florida. I was very honored that they felt I could do a good job for them. As it turned out this was the only job I have ever had other than the paving company that I opened up and ran for 53 years with offices all over the US. During that 53 years, In the early years of my business I was told by many that I was the best salesman that they had ever met. I can not tell you how many times I told someone that the best salesmen was Maurice the Boss Ehrlich who was supported by his lovely and very kind wife Bena. Bena rest in peace and I hope that you will be reunited with The Boss!
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