Pearl Schor
Pearl Schor, whose 75-year marriage to Dr. Seymour Schor was featured in IJN’s L’Chaim Magazine, Feb. 23, 2018, passed away on April 20, 2018, two weeks after the couple’s 75th wedding anniversary. She was 96.
Graveside services took place April 22 at Rose Hill Cemetery with Rabbi Bernard Gerson and Cantor Saul Rosenthal officiating. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Mrs. Schor was born Pearl Cohen June 28, 1921 in New York City. She was a student nurse when she met Seymour (Sy) Schor, also a student nurse.
They were married April 6, 1943 in New York. The couple moved to Philadelphia where Mrs. Schor worked as a nurse at Temple University Hospital while her husband attended optometry school.
The couple moved to Denver with their first two children in 1948. Pearl was a nurse at Rose Hospital for many years before joining her husband to manage his optometry practice near Lakeside.
The Schors were early, active members of Rodef Shalom, where Mrs. Schor put in many volunteer hours in the kitchen. She also served as the staff nurse at USY conventions.
Mrs. Schor was known for her cooking. “She was always cooking. All the kids loved to come to our home because my mother always gave them something good to eat,” son Mark said.
She also enjoyed playing Mah Jongg.
After the Schors retired, they wintered in Florida where they became active in B’nai B’rith, chairing fundraisers that netted more than $500,000 for the organization over a decade.
Mrs. Schor’s family said of their matriarch: “Pearl’s top priority was her family and community. She always put everyone else above herself. Her favorite saying was telling everyone to sit and eat.
“Her biggest love, though,was her husband. That bond was stronger than anything.”
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Schor is survived by her children Barbara (Glen) Zelkind, Cindy (Joe) Archer, Patti Schor and Mark (Sue) Schor; grandchildren Scott (Elizabeth) Groginsky, Lynne Ford, Nicole (Tony) Nordstrom, Brandi (Jeff) Ginsburg, David (Heather) Schor and Joey Schor, and six great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her son David Schor.
The family suggests memorial contributions go to Rodef Shalom.
Copyright © 2018 by the Intermountain Jewish News
This story was corrected on April 30, 2018
