Rose Hipsh Horowitz Obituary (1916 - 2013)

Rose Hipsh Horowitz, 97, Overland Park, KS passed away Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Village Shalom. Graveside services 10:00am, Tuesday September 3 at Sheffield Cemetery. Burial will follow. Kindly omit flowers; the family suggests contributions to Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care or Village Shalom. Rose was born in Kansas City, MO to Nathan and Mary (Fabes) Clayman and remained a lifelong area resident. She was primarily a homemaker, focusing on raising her three children, but after the death of her first husband she worked briefly in administrative work for a nonprofit. Rose was a member of The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah and a former member of Kehilath Israel Synagogue and its Sisterhood. She was a member of Hadassah and a volunteer at its Thrift Store and an active volunteer and fund raiser for the American Medical and Cancer Research Center in Denver, CO. She had a close circle of friends who got together regularly to play cards, she loved music and dancing and cooking. She was a fabulous cook and loved to entertain, especially on Jewish holidays. But above all else Rose was a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, always concerned for her family and providing for their needs. Rose was preceded in death by husbands: Sol E. Hipsh, 1973 and Morris Horowitz, 1980; brothers: Henry Clayman and Albert Clayman; sister: Mildred Citron. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law: Sanford and Cynthia Hipsh; daughters and son-in-law: Linda Lowenstein, Sharon and Scott Carter; grandchildren and spouses: Marc Lowenstein, Todd Lowenstein, Susan Coulson, Zachary and Michelle Carter, Caryn and Luis Gomar, Sean and Dana Hipsh and Jeremy Hipsh; great-grandchildren: Gillian Carter, Solomon Hipsh, Lilith Hipsh, Isabel Gomar and Nicolas Gomar.