{"id":69331,"date":"2022-09-02T17:43:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=69331"},"modified":"2022-09-04T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T20:41:17","slug":"lillian-opotowsky-funeral-service-set-for-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/lillian-opotowsky-funeral-service-set-for-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Lillian Opotowsky funeral service set for Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LILLIAN TELLER OPOTOWSKY, a wife, mother and volunteer for many local charities, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 31. She was 85.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69332\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Opotowsky.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69332\" class=\"wp-image-69332 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Opotowsky-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Opotowsky-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Opotowsky-350x350.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69332\" class=\"wp-image-69332 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Opotowsky-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Opotowsky-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Opotowsky-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-69332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LILLIAN TELLER OPOTOWSKY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lillian\u2019s true calling and passion was as a cook. Her recipes for baked goods \u2013 cookies, brownies and cakes \u2013 were highly praised and her recipe for brisket was published in the Times-Picayune. Through her efforts, she helped spearhead the production of the Can Do Cookery cookbook through which many recipes were shared with the community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Opotowsky served in numerous positions for the Temple Sinai Sisterhood and went on to serve on regional and national Sisterhood boards.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She chaired the Key to the Cure to benefit the Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LSUHSC, Tulane. Xavier and Ochsner) and also chaired the Angel Ball for the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW). Opotowsky was a longtime volunteer for many worthwhile endeavors of the NCJW and was very active and held leadership positions for the Touro Infirmary Ladies Auxiliary.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Vicksburg, Ms., she spent her youth growing up with family and lifelong friends in Newellton, LA and graduated from Newellton High School.&nbsp; An indication of her cooking prowess was given when she won first prize in the Louisiana 4H Club Cherry Pie Contest.<\/p>\n<p>She attended the University of Alabama and later graduated from LSU.&nbsp; After college, she worked in retail at Maison Blanche Department Stores in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>She was predeceased by her husband of 57 years, Sidney Victor Opotowsky and is survived by her daughters Leann Moses (Ted) and Lynn Gutentag (Jimmy),&nbsp; her sister Rose Anne Suffrin and four grandchildren.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.templesinainola.com\/payment.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Temple Sinai<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncjwneworleans.org\/donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.louisianacancercenter.org\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisiana Cancer Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral Services were held on Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in the sanctuary of Temple Sinai, 6227 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118. Rabbi Daniel Sherman officiated. Interment followed in Hebrew Rest Cemetery No 3.<\/p>\n<p>To view and sign the family guestbook, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dignitymemorial.com\/funeral-homes\/new-orleans-la\/lake-lawn-metairie-funeral-home\/9785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lakelawnmetairie.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Lillian%20Opotowsky%20funeral%20service%20set%20for%20Sunday\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[8790,8795,12514,8861,8788,8802],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69361,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69331\/revisions\/69361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}