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JOAN HAMMER Obituary

HAMMER--Joan Ostrow, age 87, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 12, 2025 in Rancho Mirage, CA where she lived with her husband, Joel Hammer. She was born on October 11, 1937 in Brooklyn, NY, to her loving parents Jonas and Miriam Kassel. She was married for twenty five years to defense attorney, Norman S. Ostrow, who predeceased her on June 11, 1988. In 1994 she married Joel Hammer and they moved to San Francisco. There she created a wonderful, vibrant life and came to love that city where she served as a docent at SFMOMA and The Jewish Museum. In 2024 they moved to Rancho Mirage to enjoy the sunshine and be closer to her son, Michael. She is survived by her husband, Joel Hammer, two sons, Michael Ostrow and his husband Roger Stoker, Eric Ostrow and his husband Scott Linder, and two step-daughters, Karen Hammer Larrow and her husband, Jared, and Michele Hammer, and two step- granddaughters, Shana and Diana Larrow, and two step-grandsons, Ben and David Spiewak. A funeral service will be held at Gutterman's Funeral Home in Woodbury, NY on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 11:30am.

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Published by New York Times on Jun. 15, 2025.

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