Selma Katz

Selma Rebecca (Hersh) Katz born on January 31, 1913 in Waterbury, Connecticut passed away, peacefully, in her sleep, on Thursday evening, June 28, 2012, at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Selma spent most of her childhood and adult life in New York City, living between the Lower East Side of Manhattan where she was an early resident of 91 Orchard Street, now the home of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and then moving to Brooklyn and subsequently to Queens. She was married on March 9, 1930 to Joseph Katz (deceased). Together, they are survived by a legacy of their seven children, Stanley Katz, Roslyn Padgett, Larry Katz, Carol Sperber, Irwin Katz, Gary Katz and Ellen Taubman, sixteen grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and seven great, great-grandchildren, with another expected, ranging between the ages of 81 years and 18 months old. Selma was also an active member of the Flushing Chapter of Hadassah. Services for Selma will be held in Colorado Springs on Sunday, June 30. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Selma Katz Preservation Fund at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 91 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002. Funds will be used to preserve the now-National Landmark tenement in which she grew up. Funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Sunday, July 1, 2012 at Advantage Funeral Home, 829 S. Hancock Ave, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903. Burial will follow at Sons of Israel Cemetery.