Lillian H. Kaplan Feldshuh

1911 - 2014
Lillian H. Kaplan Feldshuh Passes Away at 103+

Lillian Kaplan Feldshuh, age 103, died peacefully at her Scarsdale home, surrounded by her loved ones, on Monday, June 23, 2014, at 1:36 a.m.

Mrs. Feldshuh was born April 18, 1911, in the then rural Bronx. She attended Walton High School for girls and graduated with a degree in German from New York University in 1931, where she was Vice President of the sophomore class.

She married Harvard Law graduate Sidney Feldshuh on June 14, 1935. In 1952, the couple moved to Scarsdale, NY where they would live out the rest of their lives.

Lillian Feldshuh was an ardent supporter of the Democratic Party and served as Vice President in charge of Membership for the Westchester Region of Hadassah where she was a life member. She regularly volunteered at Burke Rehabilitation Center and Payne Whitney Westchester in White Plains, playing ping pong with patients suffering from depression and other mental illnesses.

In 2011, at the age of 100, she received the Courageous Patient Award at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics International Conference on behalf of 11,000 physicians participating in aortic valve replacement research.

In the last months of her life, she did a vaudeville act in front of hundreds to celebrate her 103rd birthday and, when asked how she lived so long, she said "Easy. Chocolate and laughter on a daily basis!"

She is survived by her children: doctor and director David Feldshuh and Broadway, film and TV actress Tovah Feldshuh, as well as her son-in-law Andrew Harris Levy, daughter-in-law Martha Frommelt, five grandchildren: Brandon & Amanda Levy; Noah, Zachary & Hannah Feldshuh, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins of three generations.

Funeral Services will be held Tuesday June 24, 2014 at 11:00 am at Temple Israel Center (280 Old Mamaroneck Road, White Plains, NY) with burial at Riverside Cemetery (12 Market Street, Saddle Brook, NJ). Shiva immediately to follow at Mrs. Feldshuh's home in Scarsdale. "A woman of valor," she will be deeply mourned and profoundly missed.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Lillian Kaplan Feldshuh's honor to any of the following organizations:

Columbia Heart Valve Center
Checks may be made payable to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (write "Columbia Heart Valve Center" on the memo line) and mailed to:
Office of Development – CUMC
Attn: Jesse Rodriguez
630 West 168th Street, Room 2-421
New York, NY 10032

The Westchester Region of Hadassah
10 New King Street
Suite 202
White Plains, NY 10604

The Sidney Feldshuh and Lillian Kaplan Feldshuh Dean's Research Scholarship Fund at New York University
Checks may be made payable to New York University and mailed to:
Cynthia Elaine Young, Assistant Dean of Development
College of Arts and Sciences
New York University
25 West 4th Street, #337
New York, NY 10012