Pearl Treister

Pearl (Ritz) Treister, 89 WORCESTER - Pearl (Ritz) Treister, 89 died Friday, April 6th in the Eisenberg Assisted Living Center. Her husband Jerome "Jerry" Treister died in 2004. She leaves her daughter Elizabeth Treister of Boulder, CO, a granddaughter Stephanie wife of Brendan Harrington of Eagle, CO and two adoring great grandchildren, Aidan Jared Harrington and Alexandra Harrington. She was predeceased by her brother Henry Ritz and her sister Bertha Herring. She was born in Worcester the daughter of Samuel and Minnie (Joffe) Ritz and graduated Commerce High School. She attended the University of Arizona for two years before graduating from the Kathleen Dell Secretarial School in Boston. She was a medical secretary for many years and retired several years ago as the supervisor of medical records at Saint Vincent Hospital. She was a long time volunteer at the Jewish Family Services, Flagg Street School, RSVP Literacy Inc and the Jewish Healthcare Center Gift Shop. She was a member of Temple Emanuel, The Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish Healthcare Center, The Music Guild, The National Council of Jewish Women, The Worcester Art Museum and The Worcester Institute of Senior Education. She was an avid reader and tennis player. One of her proudest accomplishments was being elected the first female President of the Holden Towers Tennis Club. Funeral services will be held at NOON on TUESDAY, APRIL 10th in Temple Emanuel, 280 May St. Burial will be in B'Nai Brith Cemetery. Memorial observance will be held through 5 PM on Tuesday, April 10th at the Kravitz residence, 65 Heather Circle in the Jefferson Village section of Holden. Memorial contributions may be made to Jewish Family Services, 646 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609 or to Veterans Helping Veterans Now, PO Box 17158, Boulder, CO 80308. Perlman Funeral Home, 1026 Main Street is directing the arrangements.