Obituary for Hilma Geffen, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michgian

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Publication Date: August 05, 1993
Source: The Detroit News 
Page: C5 
Obituary:Hilma Geffen Holocaust survivor spoke at schools

Hilma Geffen, a survivor of the Holocaust, died of cancer Tuesday, 
Aug. 3, 1993, in St. Joseph Hospital, Superior Township. She was 68. 
Mrs. Geffen was born in Berlin, and survived World War II by living under a 
false identity. Her parents were killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz, in 
German-occupied Poland in 1942. The Ann Arbor homemaker frequently spoke to 
local school groups about her youth. She immigrated to the United States in 
1946 and later moved to Ann Arbor, where she married Larry Geffen in 1955. 
She was an art, music and theater patron in Detroit and Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Geffen was a life member of Ann Arbor Hadassah, a past-president of 
Beth Israel Sisterhood and a member of Ann Arbor Organization for 
Rehabilitation Training. She worked for many years as the bookkeeper of 
Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor. In addition to her husband, 
Mrs. Geffen is survived by a daughter, Audrey J. Geffen; a son, Bruce
M.; and two granddaughters. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. 
today at Beth Israel Congregation, 2000 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor. Interment 
will be in Arborcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Ann Arbor. Funeral arrangements
were by Ira Kaufman Chapel, 18325 W. Nine Mile, Southfield. Memorials may 
be sent to Beth Israel Congregation, 2000 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor, Mich.,
48104.



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