Anna (Leniower) Mondschein, aged 93, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2015, at Village Shalom following a brief illness. Services were held May 21 at Louis Memorial Chapel; burial followed at Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the charities of one’s choice.
Anna was born in Poland on Jan. 31, 1922, 10 minutes after her twin sister, Freida. She and her family, which included Frieda, younger sister, Ela, and her parents, Abraham and Franciska, survived the hardships of the Holocaust in Russia by working in a cooking oil refinery and distributing quinine in a typhoid treatment center. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}During the war, Anna met her future husband, Chester Mondschein. They moved to the United States and after a brief time in New York settled in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1950, where Frieda and her husband, Victor, had arrived earlier. Anna had one son, Jacob Mondschein, married to Elaine (Burstein) Mondschein.
She worked for many years in the Kansas City garment district for Fashion Built Garment Company. Anna was a longtime member of Kehilath Israel Synagogue and its Sisterhood, the Jewish Community Center, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, B’nai B’rith, and the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education.
She lived at 83rd and Oak with her husband, son and mother Franciska, and for 48 years next door to her sister, Frieda, her brother-in-law, Victor, and nephews Martin and Arnold. She spent the past eight years as a resident at Village Shalom in Overland Park, Kansas.
Anna was preceded in death by her parents, Abraham and Franciska (Salomon) Leniower, and by her husband and partner of 58 years, Chester.
Survivors include her sister Ela Amsterdam; son Jacob (Elaine) Mondschein; grandchildren Andrew (Krista) Mondschein and Emily (Adil) Moiduddin; four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Anna enjoyed growing flowers, listening to music and dancing with her husband. She will be remembered for her joy for life, her intelligence, her love and commitment to family and generosity. For how their efforts bettered Anna’s life, her family wishes to extend their thanks to the loving caregivers and volunteers at Village Shalom, Kansas City Hospice and to caregiver Robin Jaffe.
Online condolences may be left at www.louismemorialchapel.com.
Arrangements by The Louis Memorial Chapel, 816-361-5211.{/mprestriction}