Ida Rollin, who resided briefly in Denver, passed away April 4, 2012, in Fairfield, Conn. The service was held April 5 in Paramis, NJ. Arrangements were made by Abraham L. Green and Son Funeral Home of Fairfield, Conn.
Some Denverites may remember Mrs. Rollin and her delicious knishes when she came to Denver in the late 1970s and early 1980s to help her son Howard Rollin run the New York Kosher Dog Restaurant.
Ida Sternberg was born July 20, 1917, in Romania to Etta Sternberg and the great basso Cantor Joseph Yossele Bass Sternberg.
She came to Providence, RI, with her family in 1927 and lived most of her life in New York.
On April 2, 1944, she married Paul Rollin. Together they owned and ran the Paul Rollin Co., a wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies.
Mr. Rollin passed away in 1970.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mrs. Rollin lived in Denver and Memphis.
She moved to Connecticut in the 80s to be near her daughter and lived in Bridgeport and then the Jewish Home for the Elderly in Fairfield.
She was a wonderful cook and baker.
Mrs. Rollin is survived by her son Howard (Tilly) Rollin of Centennial, and daughters Hedy (Terry) Augenbraun of Connecticut, Ethel (George Hauer) Chorney of Connecticut, Sheila (Paul) Minarsky of New York and Rita Rollin of New York; grandchildren Ariel (Josh) Blacher, Fara (Benjamin) Hain, Peter (Kim) Chorney, Ivan Chorney, Saryn (David) Rosenthal, Kyle Minarsky, Mark Bzomowski and Joseph Bzomowski; 10 great-grandchildren; sister Lota Maislin of NY and brother Sol Sternberg, NJ.
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