Yahrzeit: Iren Heller Gerstl
Iren Heller Gerstl was born in Bodrogkisfalud, Hungary, on Dec. 23, 1921, died in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 29, 2003.
Iren Heller Gerstl was born in Bodrogkisfalud, Hungary, on Dec. 23, 1921, died in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 29, 2003.
Iren was a loving and devoted wife to Paul Gerstl, loving and devoted mother to Peter Gordon and Edith Gerstl Ermann, loving and devoted grandmother to Dalia Ermann and Erica Solove.
Iren bravely survived the horrors of Nazi death camp Ravensbruck, loss of her entire family in the Holocaust, the 1968 Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia and the immigration to the USA.
Iren preserved her mental and spiritual freedom and was emboldened by the tragedies in her life.
Iren was a survivor with an indomitable optimism and strength of character.
In her professional life, Iren was a monumentally successful artiste couturier extraordinaire, with hundreds of adoring, admiring and grateful clients in Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Atlanta, and Columbus.
Iren is missed with the deepest love, sorrow, and pain. May her memory be a blessing.
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