Betty Jean Wolkow

July 28, 1925 - October 12, 2009

Betty Jean Wolkow, 84, of Overland Park, KS passed away Monday, October 12, 2009 at Menorah Medical Center. Funeral services will be 12 noon Wednesday, October 14, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, 6830 Troost Ave. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers, the family suggests contributions to a charity of the donor’s choice. Mrs. Wolkow was a member of The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah and its Sisterhood, life member of Hadassah and was a member of Brandeis Women, B’nai B’rith Women and The National Council of Jewish Women. She was a graduate of the University of Nebraska receiving her Bachelors of Art in Psychology. Mrs. Wolkow worked for many years at The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle selling advertising and was an avid Mahjong player. Mrs. Wolkow was born in Kansas City, MO and was a lifelong area resident. She was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel Benjaman Hoffman and Anna Esther Agron Hoffman; and her husband of 49 years, Bernard Edward Wolkow, in 1998. Mrs. Wolkow is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law: Susan Wolkow, Columbus, OH; Diane and Akiva Schaefer, Jerusalem, Israel; Julie and Larry Wolfe, Overland Park, KS; sister: Harriette Stern, Cleveland, OH; grandchildren: Emily Desmond and fiancé Bart Kelsey; Yehuda, Sara and Yitzhak Schaefer; Michael and Lauren Wolfe.