GRACE MARCUSE ZELMAN, a wife and mother who worked as a volunteer for many Jewish community causes, died yesterday, September 3. She was 93.
Zelman came to New Orleans as a youngster from her birthplace of Colon, Panama and was a member of the Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah and the New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women. She was a volunteer who helped to raise funds for the Willow Wood Home for the Aged, which is today part of the Woldenberg Village in Algiers.
She was married for 55 years to her husband, Sol Zelman, who died in 2002. Both she and her husband were named Parents of the Year by the local chapter of Sigma Alpha Rho fraternity.
Zelman was also predeceased by a son, Mark Zelman in 1974. She is survived by her daughter Leslie Holland of Los Angeles, CA., her son Milton Zelman of Aiken, SC., two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren..
Graveside services were conducted today, Sunday September 4, at 11:00 a.m. at Hebrew Rest Cemetery III. Rabbi Ed Paul Cohn officiated.
Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be expressed online here. For more information call 835-2341.
