MAHBOUBEH SOUFER

SOUFER--Mahboubeh, died on Friday evening at her home in Kings Point, NY. In 1977, Mrs. Soufer opened Soufer Gallery, where she presided as Director until her passing. The gallery, located on Madison Avenue at 78th street, has showcased prominent post-impressionist artwork from France, Germany, and across Europe for over thirty years. Beloved by all and respected by many, Mrs. Soufer served as a matriarch to the scores of Persian Jews who immigrated to New York and California before and after the Iranian Revolution. Throughout her life, Mrs. Soufer opened the doors of her expansive waterfront home to the many relatives, friends, and acquaintances whose lives she had touched. Mrs. Soufer embodied the generous spirit of her mother and father, whom she credited with guiding her personal evolution from a young bride to an endearing mother, trusted adviser, and prominent benefactor of Jewish life in New York. Mrs. Soufer believed that life was about devotion--to her husband, her family, and the scores of friends who depended on her generosity and counsel to lead them through times of both joy and hardship. Mrs. Soufer will be remembered as a strong, persistent, and generous woman who never stopped trying to live up to her own high personal expectations as a wife, mother, businesswoman and friend. Mrs. Soufer is survived by her husband, Dr. Edward Soufer, and two sons, Dr. Joseph Soufer and Dr. Robert Soufer, her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Josepha Soufer, as well her five grandchildren, Anouk, Renee, Edward, Eric, and Aaron, and great-grandchild, Maya. Private services for Mrs. Soufer will be held at Temple Beth-El in Great Neck on Sunday.