Jeanette Hammer
JAMAICA - Jeanette Hammer, a longtime resident of Cuba, died peacefully at the age of 99 Wednesday (Jan. 2, 2019) at the Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jamaica, Queens. She was most recently a resident of the Atria, an assisted living facility in Kew Gardens.
She was born Sept. 23, 1919, in Paterson, N.J., the daughter of Jacob and Pauline Schefkind Hess, both immigrants from Lithuania. Her beloved husband, Harry, to whom she was married for 64 years, died in 2010 at the age of 92.
Jeanette attended Public School No. 4 and Central High School in Paterson.
Her first salaried job was as a secretary in 1937 at the Pioneer Overall Company, where she worked for the then enviable salary of $8 per week. She subsequently worked at the Reliable Paper Box Company in Passaic, N.J., and for the New Process Dyeing and Finishing Company in Paterson. She loved her bosses, and they all cherished her.
After World War II, Harry and Jeanette lived in Paterson, Oneonta and Canton, Ohio. During those years, Harry was a traveling salesman for Swartchild and Company, a Chicago-based jewelry supply wholesale. At Jeanette's insistence, the couple settled down in 1949 after buying one of the jewelry stores in Harry's territory, Sheret's Jewelry Store in Cuba. This store, renamed Hammer's Jewelers, was in business until 1992. Harry also owned a jewelry store in Wellsville from 1963 to 1987.
Jeanette was a helpmate both in the jewelry business, as well as at home. At the age of 60, she became a real estate salesperson working for Pepper & Crandall in Olean. Five years later, when most people are already in retirement or contemplating it, Jeanette became a broker. Until she left Pepper and Crandall well into her 80s, Jeanette thought nothing of driving country roads, climbing up into attics and down into basements. She relinquished her driver's license at the age of 98, never having had an accident or a speeding ticket.
Family was Jeanette's primary passion, though she also had pride in her home, antiques, her Yiddishkeit, her plants and her commitment to being mentally engaged. She learned from her mother that it was always import to give - no matter how little. And when things were less than rosy, she would recall her mother's wisdom that things could always be worse.
She had been active in the B'nai Israel Sisterhood and the Daughters of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by her sons, Jeffrey (Mary) of Canton, Conn., and Mark (David) of New York; her granddaughters, Sarah (Iain) Gillespie of London, England, and Malorie of Canton; by her great-grandchildren, Maela, Rosely, Marilena, Anylis and Jesse; and by several nieces and nephews. Jeanette was the last of her generation in the family.
In addition to her husband, Jeanette was predeceased by her six siblings, Alexander, Saul, Boris (Florence), Sidney (Lee), Beatrice and Silvia (Sam) Dreizen.
Burial will be in the B'nai Israel Cemetery in Olean.
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©Published in The Olean Times Herald on Jan. 3, 2019
Used with permission
JAMAICA - Jeanette Hammer, a longtime resident of Cuba, died peacefully at the age of 99 Wednesday (Jan. 2, 2019) at the Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jamaica, Queens. She was most recently a resident of the Atria, an assisted living facility in Kew Gardens.
She was born Sept. 23, 1919, in Paterson, N.J., the daughter of Jacob and Pauline Schefkind Hess, both immigrants from Lithuania. Her beloved husband, Harry, to whom she was married for 64 years, died in 2010 at the age of 92.
Jeanette attended Public School No. 4 and Central High School in Paterson.
Her first salaried job was as a secretary in 1937 at the Pioneer Overall Company, where she worked for the then enviable salary of $8 per week. She subsequently worked at the Reliable Paper Box Company in Passaic, N.J., and for the New Process Dyeing and Finishing Company in Paterson. She loved her bosses, and they all cherished her.
After World War II, Harry and Jeanette lived in Paterson, Oneonta and Canton, Ohio. During those years, Harry was a traveling salesman for Swartchild and Company, a Chicago-based jewelry supply wholesale. At Jeanette's insistence, the couple settled down in 1949 after buying one of the jewelry stores in Harry's territory, Sheret's Jewelry Store in Cuba. This store, renamed Hammer's Jewelers, was in business until 1992. Harry also owned a jewelry store in Wellsville from 1963 to 1987.
Jeanette was a helpmate both in the jewelry business, as well as at home. At the age of 60, she became a real estate salesperson working for Pepper & Crandall in Olean. Five years later, when most people are already in retirement or contemplating it, Jeanette became a broker. Until she left Pepper and Crandall well into her 80s, Jeanette thought nothing of driving country roads, climbing up into attics and down into basements. She relinquished her driver's license at the age of 98, never having had an accident or a speeding ticket.
Family was Jeanette's primary passion, though she also had pride in her home, antiques, her Yiddishkeit, her plants and her commitment to being mentally engaged. She learned from her mother that it was always import to give - no matter how little. And when things were less than rosy, she would recall her mother's wisdom that things could always be worse.
She had been active in the B'nai Israel Sisterhood and the Daughters of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by her sons, Jeffrey (Mary) of Canton, Conn., and Mark (David) of New York; her granddaughters, Sarah (Iain) Gillespie of London, England, and Malorie of Canton; by her great-grandchildren, Maela, Rosely, Marilena, Anylis and Jesse; and by several nieces and nephews. Jeanette was the last of her generation in the family.
In addition to her husband, Jeanette was predeceased by her six siblings, Alexander, Saul, Boris (Florence), Sidney (Lee), Beatrice and Silvia (Sam) Dreizen.
Burial will be in the B'nai Israel Cemetery in Olean.
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©Published in The Olean Times Herald on Jan. 3, 2019
Used with permission
Jeanette Hammer
JAMAICA - Jeanette Hammer, a longtime resident of Cuba, died peacefully at the age of 99 Wednesday (Jan. 2, 2019) at the Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jamaica, Queens. She was most recently a resident of the Atria, an assisted living facility in Kew Gardens.
She was born Sept. 23, 1919, in Paterson, N.J., the daughter of Jacob and Pauline Schefkind Hess, both immigrants from Lithuania. Her beloved husband, Harry, to whom she was married for 64 years, died in 2010 at the age of 92.
Jeanette attended Public School No. 4 and Central High School in Paterson.
Her first salaried job was as a secretary in 1937 at the Pioneer Overall Company, where she worked for the then enviable salary of $8 per week. She subsequently worked at the Reliable Paper Box Company in Passaic, N.J., and for the New Process Dyeing and Finishing Company in Paterson. She loved her bosses, and they all cherished her.
After World War II, Harry and Jeanette lived in Paterson, Oneonta and Canton, Ohio. During those years, Harry was a traveling salesman for Swartchild and Company, a Chicago-based jewelry supply wholesale. At Jeanette's insistence, the couple settled down in 1949 after buying one of the jewelry stores in Harry's territory, Sheret's Jewelry Store in Cuba. This store, renamed Hammer's Jewelers, was in business until 1992. Harry also owned a jewelry store in Wellsville from 1963 to 1987.
Jeanette was a helpmate both in the jewelry business, as well as at home. At the age of 60, she became a real estate salesperson working for Pepper & Crandall in Olean. Five years later, when most people are already in retirement or contemplating it, Jeanette became a broker. Until she left Pepper and Crandall well into her 80s, Jeanette thought nothing of driving country roads, climbing up into attics and down into basements. She relinquished her driver's license at the age of 98, never having had an accident or a speeding ticket.
Family was Jeanette's primary passion, though she also had pride in her home, antiques, her Yiddishkeit, her plants and her commitment to being mentally engaged. She learned from her mother that it was always import to give - no matter how little. And when things were less than rosy, she would recall her mother's wisdom that things could always be worse.
She had been active in the B'nai Israel Sisterhood and the Daughters of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by her sons, Jeffrey (Mary) of Canton, Conn., and Mark (David) of New York; her granddaughters, Sarah (Iain) Gillespie of London, England, and Malorie of Canton; by her great-grandchildren, Maela, Rosely, Marilena, Anylis and Jesse; and by several nieces and nephews. Jeanette was the last of her generation in the family.
In addition to her husband, Jeanette was predeceased by her six siblings, Alexander, Saul, Boris (Florence), Sidney (Lee), Beatrice and Silvia (Sam) Dreizen.
Burial will be in the B'nai Israel Cemetery in Olean.
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©Published in The Olean Times Herald on Jan. 3, 2019
Used with permission
JAMAICA - Jeanette Hammer, a longtime resident of Cuba, died peacefully at the age of 99 Wednesday (Jan. 2, 2019) at the Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jamaica, Queens. She was most recently a resident of the Atria, an assisted living facility in Kew Gardens.
She was born Sept. 23, 1919, in Paterson, N.J., the daughter of Jacob and Pauline Schefkind Hess, both immigrants from Lithuania. Her beloved husband, Harry, to whom she was married for 64 years, died in 2010 at the age of 92.
Jeanette attended Public School No. 4 and Central High School in Paterson.
Her first salaried job was as a secretary in 1937 at the Pioneer Overall Company, where she worked for the then enviable salary of $8 per week. She subsequently worked at the Reliable Paper Box Company in Passaic, N.J., and for the New Process Dyeing and Finishing Company in Paterson. She loved her bosses, and they all cherished her.
After World War II, Harry and Jeanette lived in Paterson, Oneonta and Canton, Ohio. During those years, Harry was a traveling salesman for Swartchild and Company, a Chicago-based jewelry supply wholesale. At Jeanette's insistence, the couple settled down in 1949 after buying one of the jewelry stores in Harry's territory, Sheret's Jewelry Store in Cuba. This store, renamed Hammer's Jewelers, was in business until 1992. Harry also owned a jewelry store in Wellsville from 1963 to 1987.
Jeanette was a helpmate both in the jewelry business, as well as at home. At the age of 60, she became a real estate salesperson working for Pepper & Crandall in Olean. Five years later, when most people are already in retirement or contemplating it, Jeanette became a broker. Until she left Pepper and Crandall well into her 80s, Jeanette thought nothing of driving country roads, climbing up into attics and down into basements. She relinquished her driver's license at the age of 98, never having had an accident or a speeding ticket.
Family was Jeanette's primary passion, though she also had pride in her home, antiques, her Yiddishkeit, her plants and her commitment to being mentally engaged. She learned from her mother that it was always import to give - no matter how little. And when things were less than rosy, she would recall her mother's wisdom that things could always be worse.
She had been active in the B'nai Israel Sisterhood and the Daughters of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by her sons, Jeffrey (Mary) of Canton, Conn., and Mark (David) of New York; her granddaughters, Sarah (Iain) Gillespie of London, England, and Malorie of Canton; by her great-grandchildren, Maela, Rosely, Marilena, Anylis and Jesse; and by several nieces and nephews. Jeanette was the last of her generation in the family.
In addition to her husband, Jeanette was predeceased by her six siblings, Alexander, Saul, Boris (Florence), Sidney (Lee), Beatrice and Silvia (Sam) Dreizen.
Burial will be in the B'nai Israel Cemetery in Olean.
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©Published in The Olean Times Herald on Jan. 3, 2019
Used with permission
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