Sad to hear this news. Her drive to survive gave the world years of appreciating her creative soul.
May her memory forever be a blessing. Ilana Gordon On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 4:22 PM Bruce Reisch <bruce.rei...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > > > Many of you will remember Sylvia de Swaan, a very active member of our > group several years ago, who was born in Czernowitz in 1941. I’m very sad > to let you know of Sylvia's passing in early December, 2023. Despite the > loss of her father and other family members during the war, she survived > along with her mother and sister, and went on to live a wonderful life as > an artist in New York City, Mexico City, New Orleans, and finally upstate > New York since 1975. Several years ago, she traveled back to Bukovina with > our wonderful chronicler and photographer, Christian Herrmann. > > > > You can read more about Sylvia here. She will truly be missed by many. > > > https://www.uticaod.com/obituaries/pnys0651167?fbclid=IwAR0nW15HeBnpurzMDaxZnVk9GpqOIJBxLvml5JSzIT7ryZH27bOETpxgEDs > > > > Bruce > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > > This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject > of > Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions > expressed > in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not > necessarily > the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members > or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has > an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a > searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in > 2021, > archived messages can be found at: > https://www.mail-archive.com/czernowitz-l@list.cornell.edu/ > > To send mail to the list, address it to <czernowit...@cornell.edu>. > > To remove your address from this e-list follow these directions > <https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris>. > > To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: > owner-czernowit...@list.cornell.edu > ------------------------------ > > > -- Ilana Gordon CEO Word Wizards, Inc 8609 2nd Avenue, Unit 406-B Silver Spring, MD 20910 *v.*301-986-0808 *fax.*301-986-0809 *Direct: 240-380-2639* www.wordwizardsinc.com ******************************************************************************* This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, archived messages can be found at: https://www.mail-archive.com/czernowitz-l@list.cornell.edu/ To send mail to the list, address it to <czernowit...@cornell.edu>. To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: owner-czernowit...@list.cornell.edu -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
