ANNE B. KARMATZ

KARMATZ, Anne B. (Kozart), 78, of Bala Cynwyd, PA, passed away on February 8, 2022. A memorial will be held Thursday, February 10, at 2pm at Goldstein's Funeral Home 6410 North Broad St. 19126. To view Service via Livestream, please contact the family or funeral home for information. Family and friends are invited to sit Shiva on Thursday following the service and Saturday from 4-7pm at the home of Caryn and Lee Rudy. Anne was born in Philadelphia to Harry R. and Dorothy Feldman Kozart on January 8, 1944. She grew up in Penn Wynne, and attended Penn Wynne Elementary, Ardmore Junior High School, and Lower Merion High School. She graduated with a BA from the University of Pittsburgh, and received MA's from Villanova University and Penn. She was married to Michael Karmatz in 1966 in Philadelphia, PA. Anne was an English professor at the University of Arts for 35 years. She started her career as a high school and college French teacher, and then an Associate Dean at Penn State Delaware County Campus. Anne was an artist, a writer, an avid tennis and golf player, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, a loyal friend, and an overall very funny person. Anne loved the theater, museums, the orchestra, movies and crossword puzzles, and was never without a book. Most importantly, family meant everything to Anne. She was an incredibly supportive mother and grandmother, never missing an opportunity to watch her children and grandchildren in their various athletic and artistic pursuits. She was proud of her family's accomplishments and was endlessly effusive with her compliments, no matter how small the achievement. Anne is lovingly remembered by Michael Karmatz, her spouse of 55 years, daughters Caryn Karmatz Rudy (Lee Rudy) and Laura Karmatz (Lee Detwiler), and grandchildren Julia, Eliza, Madelin, Shay and Sam. She is predeceased by her brother, David Kozart, and beloved cousins Mike and Bill Harris. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Anne's name to the Bala Cynwyd Library or any charity you feel passionately about. Anne would no doubt approve.