Lenore Lakowitz

LAKOWITZ--Lenore. Beloved wife of the late Irving Lakowitz and beloved mother of the late Raphell Sims Lakowitz, devoted aunt, cousin or friend, whose courage and intellect was able to overcome the devastating and untimely death of her daughter and only child, and to direct her overwhelming grief by forming and directing Raphell Sims Lakowitz Memorial Foundation. Through her direction, the foundation continues to assist battered women, the mentally ill, and to fund scholarships for Queens College students. In partnership with the PAL, the foundation organized, administered and funds the PAL's girl basketball league of New York City. The foundation recently contributed to the expansion of a NYC elementary school's science program. Funeral services are on Friday, August 31st at 1:15pm in Sinai Chapel, 162-05 Horace Harding Expressway, Queens, New York. Contributions in Lenore's memory may be made to the Raphell Sims Lakowitz Memorial Foundation, 185 East 85th Street, Suite 36E, New York, NY 10028.