Fannie Krashin

Fannie Krashin, 91, born June 5th, 1931, died peacefully in her apartment at Village Shalom on December 14th, 2022. Funeral service and interment will be held at 2:00pm Friday, December 16, 2022 at the Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery Chapel, 1901 Blue Ridge Blvd, Independence, MO 64052. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Village Shalom.org/ages, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, or the Shul of Leawood.
Fannie lived in the Greater KC area most of her adult life. Her life was indeed a classic love story. Her husband, Jack Krashin, may his memory be for a blessing, was everything to her. Fannie and Jack did everything together and worked hard for their family and community. Fannie cared for her WWII hero until his death, as he suffered lifelong warfighter trauma.
Fannie upheld Jewish values in and out of her home and was an example to others. For many years she loved hosting the entire family for Shabbat dinners, Jewish Holidays, and other simchas, of which there were many. Fannie was a member of BIAV and KI for many years, and supported the Shul of Leawood. Fannie diligently attended Shabbat and Holiday services, even walking to the synagogue during snow and rain storms. Over the years Fannie worked diligently on behalf of many charitable and Jewish organizations such as Haddassah, AMIT, BIAV, and The Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy to name a few.
Fannie was born in Mexico City, Mexico and lived there until her teen years. Fannie loved her life in Mexico and often told the family stories about her experiences. The family moved to Brooklyn, NY where she enjoyed all NY had to offer from Radio City Music Hall to the famous delis and strolls down Flatbush Avenue. After meeting the love of her life (Jack) on a trip to Kansas City, they were married about three months later in Mexico City and eventually moved to the KC area.
Fannie was an excellent business woman and was credit manager for House of Lloyd in Grandview, Missouri for many years. During her tenure there, she helped grow the business and since she was fluent in Spanish she did a lot of work on behalf of the company in Mexico.
Fannie was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Krashin, her parents Charles and Rosita Levine, and her brother Herbert Levine. She is survived by her son Joe Krashin (Netta) and three daughters, Marsha Rubin, Shelly Krashin (Bob Bretton, of blessed memory), and Cara Krashin, all residing in Overland Park, Kansas, and 11-grandchildren, and 22-great grandchildren. Fannie is also survived by 2-brothers, Eugene Levine and Murray Levine of Brooklyn, NY and her sister, Helen Neustadt, of West Orange, NJ, as well as many nieces and nephews around the country. She was a loving light to our family and we all miss her.
We would like to thank her caregivers at Village Shalom, Vicky Horn and Sonnie Alemu, who took fantastic care of her, as well as Dr. Don Cohen.