Harriet "Dolly" Dolginow Sirgany Obituary (2008)

Dolly Dolginow Sirgany, 90, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at Town Village in Leawood, KS. Funeral services will be held 2:00pm Friday, November 14, 2008 at Congregation Beth Torah, 6100 w. 127th St., Overland Park, KS. Burial at Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery., 1900 Blue Ridge Blvd., Independence, MO. Dolly was the middle child of the Joeph and Rose Greenbaum family. She attended Ohev Shalom on Sandusky in Kansas City, KS. She graduated from Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, KS and attended the University of Illinois. She married David Dolginow, and they both were active members at Beth Shalom Synagogue. She sang in the Beth Shalom Choir and was a president of Beth Shalom Sisterhood. Dolly was the pillar of the Dolginow Family. She was instrumental in the success of Dolgin’s Catalog Showroom, growing the company from its start in downtown Kansas City with her husband, David Dolginow, and following his untimely death, with her three children to a driving retail force in the Kansas City and St. Louis markets. Following David’s death and after many years working in Dolgin’s, Dolly married Mitchell Sirgany of Miami, where she lived for 35 years. Dolly was very involved with the Miami Community and was on the Board of Trustees of St. Jude Hospital in Memphis, TN. Dolly is survived by her son Yale and his wife Diane Dolginow, of Minneapolis; her daughter Susan Hazan of Tucson, AZ and her son Richard and his wife Mary Dolginow of Kansas City. She is also survived by seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family wishes to extend a special thanks to Merrilyn Manuel of Miami and the caregivers at Town Village, especially Abbie Grooms. Kindly omit flowers; the family suggests memorial contributions in Dolly’s name to The DSD Foundation in care of Chris Anderson, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, 2345 Grand Ave., Suite 2000, Kansas City, MO 64108 or to St. Jude’s Hospital.