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YUDELMAN,
Cynthia
Harriet (née
POLAKOW)
Was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on February 11, 1926.
She was the second of six girls, Rhoda, Kiki, Joyce, Lorna and
Thelma.
Her mother was Dorothy
POLAKOW (née
SALMON,) and her
father was Jack Ruby
POLAKOW.
Cynthia lived a full and active life. After serving in the South
African Air Force during the Second World War, she was awarded
a scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley, California,
where she was the first in her family to obtain an undergraduate
degree. It was at Berkeley, particularly at International House,
where she formed many Friendships that lasted throughout her
life. Cynthia frequently remembered the kindness of total strangers
and was a lifelong proponent of helping others. Moving to Rome
with her new son, John, and her first husband, Monty, she gained
a life-long appreciation of design and of things Mediterranean
and European in style. Her daughter, Jane, was born in Johannesburg
her son, Paul, in New York; and her daughter, Tanya, by her second
husband, Ian, was born in London.
Cynthia maintained residences in Portugal and London, England
and at various times was active in the antique and real estate
trades. Passionate about maintaining her family relationships
and Friendships, she frequently visited South Africa, Europe
and North America. On becoming a grandmother, she wished for
her grandchildren to have the same opportunities for travel and
education that she experienced, and she worked hard to that effect.
Her last years were spent in Fort Myers, Florida receiving care
for Alzheimers. Cynthia died on October 11, 2007. She will be
missed by her surviving sisters, Kiki and Lorna; her children,
John, Jane, Paul and Tanya; her daughters- and son-in-law, Linda,
Rachel and John and her grandchildren, Erica, Eleanor, Emma,
Julia and Adam; as well as her many nieces and nephews, Friends
and acquaintances world-wide.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that gifts be made to
International House Open Gateway Scholarship Fund, University
of California, Berkeley, 2299 Piedmont Ave., Berkeley, California,
94720-2320 (http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/a/giving).
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