--C. S. Lewis
Selma Aronson passed away at the age of 100 on Monday, September 6, 2021at her home in San Antonio, Texas. Selma was born January 17,1921 in Providence, Rhode Island.
Selma was brought up in the Jewish Orphanage of Rhode Island. She completed her nurses training at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. She served as an Army Nurse during World War II. She played a prominent role in South Florida creating formalized procedure plans for nursing homes. As a private nurse she cared for many including the screenwriter Rod Serling and actor Desi Arnaz. She worked at Cedars of Lebanon, Mercy and Jackson Memorial Hospitals. She served a term as president in the early days of the Florida Association of Nursing Directors Administration.
Selma was preceded in death by her parents Tillie and Louis Mistofsky, her husband Leonard Aronson; her sister Zelda (Jim) McDonald; her brother-in-law Joseph (Marguerite) Aronson; her sisters-in-law Ruth (Steve) Gold and Teresa (Ben) Grossberg; and grandsons Zane and Jeremy Aronson. She is survived by her children Dennis (Patty), Donna, Mark, and Judith Aronson; her grandchildren Mehs and Lindsay Aronson Ess; Michael, Jenna, Ben, David and Allie Aronson; and Laurie Olszewski; her great grandchildren Mia, Piper, and Caine Aronson, and Steven Olszewski; and many beloved nieces and nephews.
Despite a difficult childhood, she lived a long life of unconditional loving and support for her children and grandchildren. She was an exceptionally strong role-model as an independent woman. Selma will be remembered as a loving and generous wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandma and aunt.
The funeral will be held in Miami Florida. The arrangements are being handled by Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapels, 17250 W. Dixie Highway, North Miami Beach, FL 33162.
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