Audrey Singer Oppenheim memorial set for Sunday; burial will be private
AUDREY SINGER OPPENHEIM, a retired bookkeeper, secretary and former hospital dietitian, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2010, just two weeks past her 97th birthday.
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, she first married architect Maurice “Maury” Singer in 1946 and initially worked at Charity Hospital. Later, she became her husband’s full-time bookkeeper and secretary until his passing.
Several years after his death, she married Bernard “Bernie” Oppenheim. They spent the next two decades together, traveling and surviving Hurricane Katrina.
She was predeceased by her second husband in 2007 and is survived by her children Lauren Singer (Glenn Manuel), Ellen Singer (John Richardson), Daniel E. Singer, Deborah Oppenheim (Rick Fifield) and Laurie O. Dawes.
Funeral services were held at Congregation Shir Chadash, 3737 W. Esplanade Avenue N., on Sunday, March 1, at 1:00 p.m. Rabbi Deborah Silver officiated.
A private burial followed. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations may be made to Shir Chadash’s Building Fund.
