Yetta Wiesenthal Edelstein, 83, of Brownsville, died Monday at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston.
A native of Podiatz, Austria, she had been a Brownsville native since 1916. She came to the United States at the age of 2 to Galveston with her parents and was educated in the Galveston public schools. She was a member of Temple Beth EL Sisterhood, the Hadassah, of the Hope Chapel No. 124, of the Order of Eastern Star and served 3,500 hours as volunteer at Brownsville Medical Center Women's Auxiliary.
Survivors include three sons, Ruben Edelstein of Brownsville, Ben Edelstein of Harlingen and Arthur Edelstein of Houston; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Silverstone of Austin, Mrs. Ruth Sidelnik of McAllen and Mrs. Marion Cohn of Dallas, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 am at Darling Mouser Funeral Home Chapel with Rabbi Matthew Michaels officiating with interment at Hebrew Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Robert Sidelnik, Elliott Silverstone, Joel Sidelnik, Mark Silverstone, H. Miles Cohn and Stephen Edelstein.
Friends of the family are making memorial donations to their favorite charities.
Yetta Wiesenthal Edelstein, 83, of Brownsville, died Monday at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston.
A native of Podiatz, Austria, she had been a Brownsville native since 1916. She came to the United States at the age of 2 to Galveston with her parents and was educated in the Galveston public schools. She was a member of Temple Beth EL Sisterhood, the Hadassah, of the Hope Chapel No. 124, of the Order of Eastern Star and served 3,500 hours as volunteer at Brownsville Medical Center Women's Auxiliary.
Survivors include three sons, Ruben Edelstein of Brownsville, Ben Edelstein of Harlingen and Arthur Edelstein of Houston; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Silverstone of Austin, Mrs. Ruth Sidelnik of McAllen and Mrs. Marion Cohn of Dallas, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 am at Darling Mouser Funeral Home Chapel with Rabbi Matthew Michaels officiating with interment at Hebrew Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Robert Sidelnik, Elliott Silverstone, Joel Sidelnik, Mark Silverstone, H. Miles Cohn and Stephen Edelstein.
Friends of the family are making memorial donations to their favorite charities.
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