Tepper, Shirlee T.

Birth Name Tepper, Shirlee T.
Gender female
Age at Death 90 years, 5 months, 9 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1921-04-07     1a 2a
Residence 2005-11-23 West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States of America   3a
Death 2011-09-16     4a 1a 2a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Tepper, Jules Edward1895-06-041972-12-18
Mother Schonbrun, Lillian Mildred1898-06-041984-01-23
         Tepper, Shirlee T. 1921-04-07 2011-09-16
    Brother     Tepper, Leonard Albert 1924-10-12 2005-11-23
    Sister     Tepper, Rita 1929-04-27 2019-02-24

Families

Family of Tepper, Shirlee T.
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Divorce before 1974-12-16     1b

Source References

  1. New York Times
      • Date: 2011-09-19
      • Page: Obituary SARASOHN, Shirlee
      • Date: 1974-12-16
      • Page: Peter Beilin Weds Wendy J. Sarasohn
  2. Social Security Death Index
      • Page: 145-12-8152
  3. Asheville Citizen-Times
      • Date: 2005-11-27
      • Page: Page B.4
      • Source text:

        Leonard Albert Tepper, 81, of Asheville, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005, at John F. Keever Solace Center, Asheville.

        Mr. Tepper was born Oct. 12, 1924 in Newark, N.J., the son of the late Lillian (Schoenbrun) and Jules Tepper. He moved to North Carolina from Hackensack, N.J. in 1986. He served his country in the U.S. Navy. He graduated in 1947 from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and attended Columbia Law School. He retired from Mass Mutual Life Insurance Co. as a financial planner with over 30 yrs. of service.

        He enjoyed community theater and was a member of Studio Players of Montclair, N.J. In his later years he also enjoyed writing poetry and gardening and was an active volunteer with Meals on Wheels of Buncombe Co. and Pathways-Life After Cancer in Asheville.

        He is survived by his wife, Peggy Franc of the home; sons, James Tepper of Boonton Twp, N.J., David Tepper of Livingston, N.J., Daniel Tepper of Easton, Md., and Jonathan Tepper of Plainfield, N.J.; sisters Shirlee Sarasohn of West Orange, N.J., and Rita Horowitz of Millburn, N.J.; and 5 grandchildren.

        A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St., Asheville.

        In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Pathways-Life After Cancer, 121 Sherwood Road, Asheville 28803

        Sensible Alternatives of WNC, 828-298-6212, is assisting with cremation arrangements.

         

  4. Star-Ledger (NJ)
      • Date: 2011-09-18
      • Page: Obit, Shirlee Tepper Sarasohn
      • Source text:

        Shirlee (Tepper) Sarasohn, 90, of West Orange, N.J., died on Sept. 16, 2011. Services will be held at the Bernhim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, 68 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, N.J., on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, at 10 a.m. Shirlee was a loyal graduate of Douglass College who worked in the travel industry for many years. She will be remembered as a devoted and determined sister, mother and grandmother who loved life and cherished her family and friends. Mrs. Sarasohn was the daughter of the late Jules and Lillian Tepper and sister of the late Leonard Tepper. Shirlee leaves behind her beloved sister, Rita Horowitz and her husband, Dr. Jerome Horowitz; daughters, Ellen Glazer and Wendy Sarasohn; granddaughters, Jamie Joseph, Elizabeth Levesque and Mollie Glazer, and great-grandson, Ryan Levesque. She was beloved also by her nieces, Joanne Horowitz and Beth Giladi; sister-in-law, Peggy Franc, and her cherished and most special friend, Marie Tarmy. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the American Jewish Committee or the American Jewish World Service.