Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Horenstein, Hadassah S. June 15, 2005
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Virginian-Pilot, Jue 17, 2005
VIRGINIA BEACH - Hadassah "Dysie" Horenstein, 87, of the 800 block of First 
Colonial Road, died June 15, 2005, in Virginia Beach General Hospital. Mrs. 
Horenstein was born in Norfolk, the daughter of the late Samuel Stam and 
Rebecca Rubin Stam.
After graduating from Maury High School, Dysie worked as a secretary in 
downtown Norfolk where she met and married her beloved Mike. She worked beside 
Mike "The unofficial Mayor of Colley Avenue" at Mike's Colley Delicatessen for 
43 years.
Dysie and her sister Esther Stark started the first Day Camp and the gift shop 
at B'Nai Israel Synagogue where she had been a lifelong member. She was a 
member of the Synagogue Sisterhood and held several officer positions during 
her life. She was a life member of Hadassah, Hebrew Ladies Charity Society and 
B'Nai Brith Auxiliary. Dysie was instrumental in the formation of the volunteer 
program at Beth Shalom Home where she volunteered twice a week for 18 years and 
was honored as Volunteer of the Year. She was also instrumental in helping 
Russian families settle in Hampton Roads.
She was preceded in death by her husband Michael Joseph, her sisters, Esther 
Stam Stark and Judith Stam Schiller, and a granddaughter, Ryan Paige Segal.
"Ema" as she was called by her family leaves behind to cherish her memory a 
son, Dr. Martin Horenstein and his wife Lucy of Richmond, two daughters, Ronnie 
Yancey and her husband Walt of Virginia Beach and Gayle Tedford of Michigan, 
her grandchildren whom she adored, Sharon Morak and her husband Mike, Wendy 
Yancey, Andrew Yancey and Scott Tedford; her new great-granddaughter, Rachel 
Morak, and many loving nieces and nephews and Ginger. She will be in our hearts 
always.
A funeral will be conducted today at H. D. Oliver Funeral Apts, Norfolk Chapel. 
Burial will be in B'Nai Israel Cemetery in Norfolk.
Her family would like to thank the assisted living staff at the First Colonial 
Inn for their care and kindness during her residency there.
The family will observe shiva at the Yancey residence during the coming week.

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