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Florence Spinner

Los Gatos, California

2011 - 2011

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Florence SpinnerMar 15, 1916 - Oct 15, 2011Resident of Los GatosFlorence Spinner (nee Faigel Jakobowitz) died peacefully in her sleep at the Meadows in Los Gatos on October 15. She was born in Czaladz, Poland on "Purim" 1916 to Issac Jacobowitz and Rachel Klimen. She immigrated to New York in...

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Florence "cutting up" at her 93rd b'day

Rachel, Jeanie, Henry, Florence, Erin, Brent at the Meadows in January

Florence and Beaty

Florence' favorite headshot

RACHEL RICHARDS
One of my 3rd grade assignments was to compose an essay of “your personal hero”. I recall the difficulty I had deciding on a hero. I think I eventually submitted something about the President, or some celebrity, or Superwoman. Since then, I have often pondered the question of “who is my hero?” and only in the past several years has it occurred to me that my Grandma Florence was my hero.
She had so many admirable qualities that I have tried to emulate. She was...

ERIN RICHARDS
My Grandmother, Florence was an amazing woman. She was strong, caring, and light-hearted. She read me stories and would sing silly songs. She was the quintessential grandmother, but she was also much more.
She led an inspiring life. From immigrating to America, learning a new language, and working when most women didn’t have jobs or careers, her life inspires me to push myself. She followed her heart, even when it wasn’t convenient or politically correct. She raised a...

Florence Spinner
1916 – 2011
Graveside Service
Shalom Garden, Los Gatos Memorial Park
October 20, 2011

Meditation
O God of life, amid the ceaseless tides of change which sweep away the generations, Your living spirit remains to comfort us and give us hope. Around us is life and death, decay and renewal; the flowing rhythm that all things must obey.

Our life is a dance to a song we cannot hear. Its melody courses through us for a little while,...