Suffolk-Virginia Beach City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jaffe, Leah Cohen, 1990 

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Leah Jaffe 

  VIRGINIA BEACH - Leah Cohen Jaffe, 82, of the 4600 block of Atlantic Avenue, 
died Sept. 28, 1990, in Virginia Beach General Hospital.  A native of 
Baltimore, Md., she was a former resident of Suffolk.  She was the widow of 
H.I. Jaffe. 

  In the 1930s and 1940s, she was the co-owner and co-operator with her 
husband of H.I. Jaffe Furniture Co., Suffolk.  She also co-operated the H.I. 
Jaffe Town and Country Clothing Stores, Suffolk, and surrounding area.  In 
the 1950s and 1960s, she was the co-owner and co-operator of Jaffe's in 
Virginia Beach. 

  She was the first crowned Miss Virginia in 1927. 

  She and her husband founded the Suffolk Community Hospital, which was the 
first hospital for Blacks in Suffolk.  She was a member of Temple Emanuel of 
Virginia Beach, the Hadassah, the B'NAI B'RITH Women, the Suffolk and Virginia 
Beach Women's clubs. 

  Survivors include a daughter, Rita Sue Jaffe Gold of Dallas, Texas; a son, 
Burton H. Jaffe of Arlington; and six grandchildren. 

  Graveside services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in Holly Lawn 
Cemetery, Suffolk, by Rabbi Lawrence Forman.  The family will be at the 
residence. 

  Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice.  Hill Funeral Home, 
Suffolk, is in charge of arrangements. 


Leah (COHEN; Mrs. Henry Irving) JAFFE, of Virginia Beach, retired merchant,
b. 25 Jun 1908, Baltimore, MD, d. 28 Sep 1990, Virginia Beach, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 1 Oct 1990, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Sat., Sep. 29, 1990, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

A photo of her grave marker - added by Ken CAMPBELL - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #45144293. 

D.Cert. 90-034499 gives daughter of Benjamin & Rebecca COHEN. 

Her parents were Russian immigrants. 

Her husband was struck by a vehicle 19 Nov 1982 in Virginia Beach, and died 
   that day in Norfolk General Hospital. 


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