Sylvia Reiner Shushan, Sak’s Fifth Avenue saleswoman

SYLVIA REINER SHUSHAN, who became a saleswoman for Sak’s Fifth Avenue in New Orleans’ Canal Place department store mall, died Wednesday, May 1 after a lengthy illness.

Natives of New Orleans, she and her sister Dorothy “Dot” Reiner, famously married two brothers named Abraham Louis  “A. L.” and Shepherd “Shep” Shushan. They thus ended up trading their maiden names for identical married names.  They were associated with Reiner’s Fine Jewelry Company located off Canal Street.

Shushan was the mother and is survived by daughter Sandra Lynn Shushan, her sister Dot, three nieces and several great-nieces and great-nephews. Her son Andy predeceased her in 1993.

Private graveside services were conducted May 3 at the Old Chevra Thilim Cemetery, 4800 Canal Street. Rabbi Alexis Berk of Touro Synagogue officiated.

Memorials are suggested to Touro Synagogue or Woldenberg Village.