Maurice Sanders

Maurice was a survivor of the holocaust, he immigrated to Paris after the liberation of the camps by the US Army. He learned a trade through a Jewish sponsored program in Paris where he learned upholstering.

He traveled to the USA three years later and started as an apprentice upholsterer at J.Blank and Company. He eventually bought the business and the building, becoming the go-to upholsterer in Cleveland.

Maurice was a devoted husband to his wife Rowena for over 40 years. He had a great sense of humor with the ability to have us all chuckling. He was charming and a good dancer, always with a twinkle his eye.

He enjoyed his wife’s cooking, especially her baking. He enjoyed watching sports anytime he had the chance. He said, “Anything with a ball” got his interest, with WWII documentaries coming in a close second. But most of all he he enjoyed his games of chance, a poker game with the boys every Friday night and the stock market during the day.

Beloved husband of Rowena Sanders (nee Schlossberg); devoted father of Michael (fiancée Paula Eisen) Sanders of Chicago and Jerry Sanders (deceased); step-father of Mark (Tobie) Kramer of NJ, Debby (Tom) Callan of Pittsburgh and the late Richard (Robin) Kramer of Israel; loving grandfather of Dr. David (Dr. Maylyn Martinez) Sanders, Lauren (Craig) Calloway, Rebecca (Kevin) Brown, Zach (Michele) Kramer, Ben (Marisa) Kramer, Betsy (Sean) Curran, Jonathan (Mazzy Bell) Callan and Reed Callan; Loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Israel.

Funeral services will be held at BERKOWITZ-KUMIN-BOOKATZ MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 1985 S TAYLOR RD, CLEVELAND HTS, OH 44118 on Tuesday, January 18, 2002 at 11:30 am.

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Interment Mt. Olive Cemetery, 27855 Aurora Rd, Solon, OH 44139.

Contributions in memory of Maurice are suggested to the Alzheimer's Association (www.alz.org).

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.bkbmc.com for the Sanders family.