Obituary: Leila Kaminer

Leila Kaminer, 85, of Roswell, Ga., peacefully passed away on Aug. 20, 2024, after a long battle with illness. She was born in The Bronx, N.Y., and lived there throughout her childhood with her mother, father, and two siblings. She developed a great love of music and the theater as a young girl and enjoyed it throughout her life.  Later in life, she married the future father of her two children and relocated to the Atlanta area with them in the early 1980s.

Throughout her life, she was a successful homemaker, as well as an accomplished administrative assistant and office manager for several different companies and industries. She especially enjoyed her work at various schools in the Atlanta and New York areas.

Leila is survived by her son Jonathan (Shelley), daughter Zinah (David), grandsons Jordan Ian-Patrick and David Warren, brother Henry (Ricki), sister Ellen, nephew Martin, nieces Aimmee, Zoe, and Ariel, as well as other relatives and friends.  She will also be dearly missed by her friends at Oak Leaf Manor in Roswell, GA.  Leila is predeceased by her mother Belle and her father Irving.

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A memorial service was held on Aug. 25, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Temple Kol Emeth in Marietta, Ga.  Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.