Minnie Schiffres

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Minnie ‘Mim’ Schiffres died Friday, April 7, 2017, at Menorah Park in Syracuse at age 85.
Mim was born June 6, 1931, in New York City to Solomon and Zlata Gelman.
She graduated from City College of New York in 1953 and married Irwin Schiffres that same year. They lived in the Boston area during Irwin’s years at Harvard Law School, then returned to the New York City area before settling in Rochester in 1960.
Mim was a Hebrew school teacher in White Plains and later did volunteer work for the Brighton Central School District in suburban Rochester, helping learning-disabled students.
Mim moved to Syracuse in 2010, shortly after her husband’s passing, and became a resident of Menorah Park in early 2016.
Mim is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Neil Rosenbaum of Syracuse; her son and daughter-in-law, Jeremy and Rhona Schiffres of Kingston, N.Y.; five grandchildren, Elyssa, Michael, Rachel and Sarah Rosenbaum and Marc Schiffres; and nieces and nephews.
Besides her husband, Mim was predeceased by her brother, Harry Gelman, in 2012.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 9, 2017, in Mount Hope Cemetery (Temple Beth-El section), 1133 Mount Hope Ave., Rochester.
Because of Passover, Shiva will be observed only from 7-9 p.m. Sunday April 10 at the home of Debbie and Neil Rosenbaum in Syracuse.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Syracuse Hebrew Day School, 5655 Thompson Road Syracuse New York.
Sisskind Funeral Service