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Ellen Saltzman Obituary
Mrs. Saltzman died Sunday, August 28, 2011. Born in Salem, Mass., she was a daughter of the late Edward and Marie Harrigan Colbert. A graduate of American International College, she worked for 30 years at Miami Dade College in the Public Relations Department. She loved to knit and work in the garden. She was active with Books for Soldiers.
Surviving are her husband, David Aaron Saltzman; daughters, Rachael Bosch (Daniel) of Washington, D.C., Allyson Saltzman of Orlando, Fla.; brother, John Colbert of Lynn, Mass.; sister, Susan Bell of Pownal, Maine; brother, Timothy Colbert of Dayton, Ohio; numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Books for Soldiers, 2011 Fund Drive, 116 Lowes Food Drive, Suite 123, Lewisville, NC 27023 or booksforsoldiers.com.
Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunerals.com.
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for Ellen Saltzman
Marc Weiss
September 11, 2011
David,
Dotti and I send our deepest condolences on your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Marc & Dotti Weiss
Ellen Siegel
September 1, 2011
David, Rachel and Ally,
May warm thoughts comfort you and loving memories of this amazing woman bring you peace. My deepest condolences to you on this awful loss...
Love,
Ellen Siegel
Deanna Martin
September 1, 2011
Dear Tim and the Colbert Saltzman Families, so sorry to hear of your loss.. sending love and light to you all. May you know the comfort of each other and God's love.
Jim Murray
September 1, 2011
Dear Colbert and Saltzman families, I am sorry learn of the loss of Ellen. Please know that I am holding you in my thoughts and prayers. May the Spirit of our Lord be with all of you.
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Tina Wood
September 1, 2011
"it's been said that everlasting friends can go long periods of time without speaking and never question the friendship. These types of friends pick up like they just spoke yesterday, regardless of how long its been, or how far away they live and they don't hold a grudge. They understand that life is busy but that you will ALWAYS love them."
Ellen was such a big part of my life for so many years and even though we have not spoken in awhile, i know she was that kind of friend, very understanding. I just hope she knew how much she meant to me, and always will. She will truly be missed.
Mary Wlodarski
August 31, 2011
So sorry Tim, at the loss of your sister. You and your entire family are in my prayers.
Maria M.
August 30, 2011
Ellen, you will be missed. I enjoyed working with you and helping virtually from Miami to Mass. My prayers are with the family that they be comforted during this difficult time.
Grizelle Paz-Harrison
August 30, 2011
It was wonderful to have known and worked with Ellen. I was very sad to hear of her illness and passing. My prayers are with your family during these incredibly difficult times.
Allie Stewart
August 30, 2011
My Deepest Sympathy to the family of Ellen. Allie, former co-worker Miami-Dade College, 1980.
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Pasita
August 30, 2011
Friends are the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you, and sometimes it's just enough to know that they are standing by.
Wooooof!, you were that pillar on my porch.
I will love you and miss you always.
Meooooow!
Mayra Albelo
August 30, 2011
In loving memory of a great lady. I will love and miss you always.
August 30, 2011
I always said that my good friend David married UP.Ellen seemed to be by Davids side when he needed her support and on the side lines when he didn't.
Ellen was always the first to offer a kind word or personal assistance if you were in need. I can't remember her ever having a bad day.
She was the proud Mom of two beautiful, intelligent daughters that I had the privledge of watching them meet life's challenges under the tutelage of their loving parents.
Ellen made the world a better place and we will all notice the void her passing creates. God bless the Saltzman family and hold them close to his heart.
We will miss you Ellen.
Jim Stevens
Irene Munoz
August 30, 2011
Dear Saltzmans,
Words cannot express the void we feel here in the Marketing Communications department and all Miami Dade College. Many of us have not stopped crying since we heard the news of Ellen's passing. Mama Saltzman was the consummate professional and incredibly appreciated by all her college clients. Personally, as you know, Ellen was more than an employee or colleague -- she was a friend. She helped me during some very difficult times and was always there to offer me her sage advice, as the great working wife and mother she was. I will miss her so very, very much -- she has left many incredibly happy memories etched in my head and my heart that I will treasure forever. We will pray for your beautiful family -- you and those girls she was so incredibly proud of -- and I know she's looking down from heaven and is pleased to know how loved she was by ALL of us.
All my love,
Irene G. Munoz
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