Viva Brenner

Viva was born Lois Betty Gallin in 1931, to parents Rose and Meyer Gallin. They called her by her Hebrew name, Chaviva which she legally changed in her teenage years. With her family, she moved from her birthplace of Indianapolis to Milwaukee, and eventually to Dallas, Texas, where she spent the rest of her life. It was in Dallas that she met Bob Brenner, whom she married in 1954, and where they raised their daughters Vicki, Shari and Mara.

Viva was raised in an observant Jewish household and her Judaism strongly informed her choices and actions. She kept a kosher home, enrolled all 3 girls in Akiba Academy and worked for several Jewish organizations in Dallas over the course of five decades. Her favorite job, by far, was coordinating Bnei Mitzvah for her own congregation, Shearith Israel.

She was a life member of Hadassah.

She is predeceased by her husband of 65 years, Bob Brenner; and is survived by her daughters Vicki Itzkowitz (Gene), Shari Brenner and Mara Brenner; grandchildren Jonathan Itzkowitz, Marny Weaver (Cody), Nora Brenner-West and Cybele Brenner-West; and great grandson Mordecai Weaver.

A private funeral will be held Wednesday, September 30, at 3:00 pm at Shearith Israel Memorial Park on

Dolphin Road. The service will be accessible on Zoom.

Honorary pallbearers include Gene Itzkowitz, Cody Weaver, Mickey Radoff, Perry Radoff, Mike Weber,

John Shadduck, Bob Kaplan and Alex Rubenstein.

A virtual Shiva Minyan service will be held on Zoom by Shearith Israel, Thursday, October 1,

at 6:00 p.m.

Donations can be made in honor of Viva Brenner's life to Congregation Shearith Israel or Hadassah.

Viva's daughters want to offer special thanks to all the staff at Fountain View Continuing Care who have

loved, respected and given amazing care to our mother since May 2018.