Born in Oswiecim, Poland, she resided in Israel until 1963 when she immigrated to the United States. A Holocaust survivor, she met her husband, David, in a British detention camp in Cypress and moved to Israel. She was a matriarch and will always be remembered as the center of her family.
She was predeceased by her loving husband of 45 years, David, in January of 1994; her sister, Gusta Gelman; and her brothers, Jacob and Avrum Silbiger.
Surviving are her children: Elka Elshtein and her husband Jakob of Ocean, NJ, Miriam Cohen and her husband Clifford of Orlando, FL, and Isaac Fuchs of Ocean, NJ; 5 grandchildren: Efrat and her husband Oren, Ronit, Tali, Joshua, and Rebecca and her fiancé Andrew; and 5 great-grandchildren: Jayda, David, Adam, Simon, and Hannah.
A funeral service will be held on Monday, November 18, 2019 at 1PM at Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels, 2130 Highway 35, Ocean, NJ. Interment will immediately follow at Chesed Shel Ames Cemetery, Neptune.
Memorial contributions may be made in Lola's name to the Alzheimer's Association.