Today we mourn the loss of our dear friend, Phyllis Goldberg.

The Jewish genealogy community will very much miss Phyllis Goldberg, whose
commitment and dedication to Gesher Galicia, JewishGen, JGS of Greater
Washington, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum were extraordinary. She
worked ceaselessly to document and archive information about Galicia,
especially Kolbuszowa and Mielec, her ancestral towns. Some of her
accomplishments are located on the Yizkor Book Translations Project on
JewishGen.

Always placing others before herself, even as she suffered, Phyllis made
heroic efforts in support and care of her young grandson, who suffers from
Fanconi Anemia. As Phyllis focused her waning energies on her grandson and
the fight against this genetic disease that preoccupied her for several
years, she continued to volunteer her efforts in support of Jewish
genealogy.

If you may wish to make contributions in memory of Phyllis Goldberg,
consider the following:

-Fanconi Anemia Research www.fanconi.org

-JewishGen Wall of Honor
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors0.html

-JewishGen Yizkor Book Translations General Fund
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/

Upon learning that Phyllis would soon lose her battle against melanoma,
I was able to include a salute to her in my Coordinator Column of The
Galitzianer, now at the printer's and to be mailed shortly.

Her funeral will be held on Monday, February 18 at 2:00 p.m. at Har Shalom
in Potomac, Maryland. Shiva will follow Monday through Thursday at the
Goldberg residence. Additional details should be in the Sunday (today)
Washington Post.

For further information about funeral and Shiva arrangements, write to me
privately. Phyllis' home address is in the Gesher Galicia Family Finder
(#371); or you may contact me.

With great sorrow,

Shelley

Shelley K. Pollero, Coordinator
Gesher Galicia
Severna Park, Maryland
rkpollero@comcast.net


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