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Kahn, Rose

Female 1932 - 2021  (89 years)


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  • Name Kahn, Rose  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Born 30 Mar 1932  Bischofsheim, Gross-Gerau, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Rosel Kahn 
    Died 13 May 2021  Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11
    Buried Y  [8, 10, 11
    Person ID I19691  Our Family
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 

    Family Westheimer, Paul Ernst,   b. 7 Oct 1930, Basel, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 2022, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 25 Jan 1953  Middleburgh, Schoharie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 12
    Children 
     1. Westheimer, Alan Jay
    +2. Westheimer, Carol Rhoda
     3. Westheimer, Kim
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F7521  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RAQUEL WESTHEIMER DE RADZEWICZ (Z'L) - Died March 18, 2016.- Leonardo Oppenhei Mer and Mrs. Mauricio Oppenheimer and family and Alberto Oppenheier imer and family, participate with deep pain the death of their dear cousin Raquel. Burial to be held on Sunday 20 at 11:30 am in the Israelite Cemetery of La Paz.
      On, May 13th 2021, Rose Westheimer, loving wife, mother and grandmother died at the age of 89. Rose, a holocaust survivor, was born in Germany and at the age of 6 with her parents, Berthold and Selma Kahn, fled to Luxembourg and later France to escape the Nazi regime. In France, they faced unimaginable hardships, and survived because - as she would say in many presentations she made in schools and synagogues - they were blessed with "the goodness of total strangers who risked their lives for them." Her tenacity, will, and strength, which were apparent to all who knew her, likely also contributed to their survival.

      After the war, Rose and her parents lived in Luxembourg, where she attended the equivalent of high school and junior college and they came to the US in 1952 and where she soon met Paul Westheimer, an immigrant from Switzerland, who along with his parents ran a farm in Middleburgh NY. They were married in 1953, started a family and moved to Schoharie, NY where they founded Schoharie Valley Farms. There they grew vegetables that were sold to grocery stores and to Beech-Nut Baby Food, and later they opened the Carrot Barn, which in addition to carrots, sold gourmet foods, handcrafted items, and baked goods that followed Roses own recipes.

      Besides working hard, Rose enjoyed family vacations on Cape Cod and traveling around the country with Paul in Gulliver, their RV, which they enjoyed as a couple and with their grandchildren! She cooked delicious meals and deserts with love and precision; contributing to extraordinary holidays and other celebrations. She extended her generosity to her friends and communities, always quick to jump in and help others in need.

      Rose was a long-time member of Agudat Achim Synagogue in Niskayuna NY, where she and Paul had a close-knit group of friends. Work and community melded with the founding of the synagogues' Carrot Festival in 1978. The annual fall event has continued since then, showcasing foods and desserts from all over the world including carrot cake, carrot bagels, local produce, and music.

      In Schoharie, Rose was an engaged leader in community organizations including the PTA and Girl Scouts. Later she became an active member of the Central Bridge Eccentric Club, a group whose company she tremendously enjoyed.

      She and Paul moved to Marlborough Massachusetts in 2015 to be near their children and grandchildren.

      Rose is survived by Paul Westheimer, her husband and best friend of 68 years, her daughter Carol Westheimer, daughter Kim Westheimer and her wife Madeline Klyne, and two grandchildren Allie and Joe Sosinsky. She was predeceased by her son, Alan Westheimer.

      In a recent hospitalization, Rose filled a notebook with lists of instructions for her children, ranging from funeral to financial arrangements. In the middle was a page that said "I love you all." This notebook epitomizes Rose. She was focused, in charge, and loving up until the end.

      Two weeks days before she died, using zoom, she attended the wedding of her grandchild Allie to Jacob Burg and that gave her and her family much joy!

      On, May 13th 2021, Rose Westheimer, loving wife, mother and grandmother died at the age of 89. Rose, a holocaust survivor, was born in Germany and at the age of 6 with her parents, Berthold and Selma Kahn, fled to Luxembourg and later France to escape the Nazi regime. In France, they faced unimaginable hardships, and survived because - as she would say in many presentations she made in schools and synagogues - they were blessed with "the goodness of total strangers who risked their lives for them." Her tenacity, will, and strength, which were apparent to all who knew her, likely also contributed to their survival.

      After the war, Rose and her parents lived in Luxembourg, where she attended the equivalent of high school and junior college and they came to the US in 1952 and where she soon met Paul Westheimer, an immigrant from Switzerland, who along with his parents ran a farm in Middleburgh NY. They were married in 1953, started a family and moved to Schoharie, NY where they founded Schoharie Valley Farms. There they grew vegetables that were sold to grocery stores and to Beech-Nut Baby Food, and later they opened the Carrot Barn, which in addition to carrots, sold gourmet foods, handcrafted items, and baked goods that followed Roses own recipes.

      Besides working hard, Rose enjoyed family vacations on Cape Cod and traveling around the country with Paul in Gulliver, their RV, which they enjoyed as a couple and with their grandchildren! She cooked delicious meals and deserts with love and precision; contributing to extraordinary holidays and other celebrations. She extended her generosity to her friends and communities, always quick to jump in and help others in need.

      Rose was a long-time member of Agudat Achim Synagogue in Niskayuna NY, where she and Paul had a close-knit group of friends. Work and community melded with the founding of the synagogues' Carrot Festival in 1978. The annual fall event has continued since then, showcasing foods and desserts from all over the world including carrot cake, carrot bagels, local produce, and music.

      In Schoharie, Rose was an engaged leader in community organizations including the PTA and Girl Scouts. Later she became an active member of the Central Bridge Eccentric Club, a group whose company she tremendously enjoyed.

      She and Paul moved to Marlborough Massachusetts in 2015 to be near their children and grandchildren.

      Rose is survived by Paul Westheimer, her husband and best friend of 68 years, her daughter Carol Westheimer, daughter Kim Westheimer and her wife Madeline Klyne, and two grandchildren Allie and Joe Sosinsky. She was predeceased by her son, Alan Westheimer.

      In a recent hospitalization, Rose filled a notebook with lists of instructions for her children, ranging from funeral to financial arrangements. In the middle was a page that said "I love you all." This notebook epitomizes Rose. She was focused, in charge, and loving up until the end.

      Two weeks days before she died, using zoom, she attended the wedding of her grandchild Allie to Jacob Burg and that gave her and her family much joy!

  • Sources 
    1. Citation Text: Date of Import: Jul 22, 2003.

    2. [S239] Original Import into Legacy.

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      Date of Import: Jul 22, 2003

    4. [S119] New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Marriage Index.
      New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967
      New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967


    5. [S3763] Westheimer2.FTW (Reliability: 3).
      Date of Import: Jul 22, 2003

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      Date of Import: Jul 22, 2003

    8. [S3651] Obituary.

    9. [S3729] Obit.

    10. [S15] Obituary, for Jane.

    11. [S15] Obituary.

    12. [S3876] New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967.