Ida S. Lindheim

Ida S. Lindheim died peacefully November 1, 2002, at the age of 93. She was well known in her home town of Passaic, New Jersey, as a teacher and tireless volunteer for the Jewish community. Mrs. Lindheim taught in Passaic public schools for 44 years and was awarded the honor of "Teacher of the Year." She was a life member of Hadassah and made her daughter and several granddaughters and great-granddaughters life members. Passaic Hadassah gave her the honorary title of "Ima," mother in Israel. Mrs. Lindheim came to live in San Antonio at the age of 88, and joined Rose Treiman chapter of Hadassah. She began to tutor reading at Ridgeview Elementary School through the San Antonio Jewish Coalition for Literacy. She also volunteered at the Jewish Community Center School for Young Children. She never missed a service at Congregation Beth Am, where she became known to all as "Grandma Ida." She was preceded in death by her son-in-law, Dr. Charles Hilton, as well as by her husband Michael Lindheim and brother Joseph Scovronek. She is survived by her children: Betty Hilton and husband Joel Feinglass, of San Antonio, and Sidney J. Lindheim of Dallas; granddaughters, Rabbi Julie Hilton Danan and husband, Avraham Albert Danan of San Antonio, Melissa Hilton and husband, Jonathan Perman of Chicago and Alison Hilton and husband, Dr. David Wohl of North Carolina; and great grandchildren, Liora, Elisheva, Shira, Charles and Arielle Danan; Jacqueline and Alexander Perman; Nia Wohl; and brother Dr. Louis Scovern and wife Miriam and brother Jay Scovronek, in New Jersey; and many loving family members including Sylvia Hilton of San Antonio. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to Congregation Beth Am, the Charles B. Hilton Campership Fund of Temple Beth El, or Hadassah