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Marcella Kaplan Obituary
Marcella Kaplan (nee Finkelstein) was born on March 12, 1930 and died on November 10, 2020 from complications of Covid-19. Beloved wife for 59 years of the late Irving, mother of David (Barbara), Jonathan (Sandi), Leah (Kathryn), Lois (Mark) and Sarah (Howard), beloved Safta of Roni, Avital, Yishai (Adina), Sam (Sharyn), Jordana (Jonathan) and Ariana, and beloved great-grandmother of Jack Irving. Marcella was very committed and active in the Jewish community, at Temple Israel in Ridgewood NJ, the Fair Lawn Jewish Center and Women's League for Conservative Judaism. Donations in her memory are requested to Tisch MS Research Center of NY (www.tischms.org) or Jewish Home Foundation of North Jersey (www.jewishhomefamily.org). Funeral services were under the care of Robert Schoem's Menorah Chapel, Paramus, NJ
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Andy Benesch
July 2, 2021
I knew Marcella when I worked as a volunteer at the Jewish Home Assisted Living where she was a resident. I used to accompany the residents on trips and I would push Marcella around stores in her wheelchair. Since she couldn´t see the items very well from her wheelchair, she asked me to look for them, including very specific types of cosmetics, about which I knew absolutely nothing!! I would do my best, however, and Marcella was extremely grateful to me. I once asked her what she was doing when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor; she told me that she was at a movie with friends in Brooklyn. She was impressed when I remember that a few weeks later. On March 11, 2020, the day before Marcella´s 90th birthday and the last day that volunteers were allowed at the Jewish Home, I surprised Marcella with a birthday card and balloons. She was so touched. I was very saddened, but not very surprised, by the news of Marcella´s passing. I will miss her greatly, but hope to return to volunteer at the Jewish Home in the near future to work with other residents as kind as Marcella.
Amy Komar Feldman
April 28, 2021
Marcella was a beloved cousin of my father, Harold Komar of blessed memory and my mother Adelaide Komar of blessed memory. I remember walking around with Marcella in Jerusalem on her visit here.
She was a lovely and warm person whom all who knew her, loved her.
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