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Block, Leatrice

Female 1924 - 2015  (90 years)


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  • Name Block, Leatrice  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Born 9 Nov 1924  Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1930  Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age: 5; Age: 5 1/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
    Residence 1935  Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
    Died 20 Jun 2015  [5, 6
    Buried Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I17521  Our Family | Descendants of Lob Pfeifer
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 

    Father Block, Samuel Alexander,   b. 26 Oct 1893, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1981, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Wollstein, Beatrice Goldie,   b. 23 May 1896, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1986, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 17 Jan 1924  Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16
    Married 17 Jan 1924  Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Family ID F7687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosen, Abe Sklar,   b. 12 Nov 1917, Greenville, Washington, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 2008, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married Abt 1944  [18
    Children 
    +1. Rosen, Dr. Ronald
    +2. Rosen, Dr. Richmond Lee
    +3. Rosen, Robert Allen
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F6540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • LEATRICE BLOCK ROSEN
      passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the age of 90. She was the daughter of the late Beatrice W. Block and Samuel A. Block, one of the three founding brothers of the Block Realty Company in Little Rock. "Lit," as she was known to her friends, was born in Little Rock, Ark., on Nov. 9, 1924. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Abe S. Rosen and by her oldest son, Robert A. Rosen. She is survived by two sons, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren, including Dr. Richmond L. Rosen and wife, Millie Zweir of Amherst, Mass., and their children, James, Sara and Lydia; Dr. Ronald B. Rosen and wife, Nicolina Rosen of Berea, Ky., and their children: Richmond and wife, Kimberly; Alexander and wife, Amanda and their children, Ezra and Penelope; and the sons of the late Robert A. Rosen: Sam and wife, Melanie and their children Benjamin, Henry and Addie; Christopher and wife, Sarah and their son, Oliver. She is also survived by a niece, Elissa and her husband, Michael Laviage of Houston, Texas, and a nephew, Alan Aronstein, also of Houston, Texas.

      Lit graduated from Little Rock High School (now Central High) and attended Louisiana State University. She was a long standing member of Temple B'nai Israel. She was active in the Junior Congregation and the Temple B'nai Israel Sisterhood where she held several different offices in the latter, including Vice President, Treasurer, and Financial Secretary. She also headed and served on various committees of the Sisterhood.

      Lit was on the Women's Emergency Committee (WEC) in 1958 following the dramatic events of 1957-58. At that time, Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to block nine African American students from attending the Little Rock High School. The WEC was formed to combat the governor's closing of Little Rock (Pulaski County) high schools. The WEC became the first organization to publicly support reopening the schools under the district's desegregation plan.

      In a note composed by Lit in recent years, she listed her four most notable accomplishments in life which included: (1) her marriage to Abe, (2) her three sons, Robert, Richmond, and Ronald, (3) her subsequent "inheritance" of two wonderful daughters-in-law, and (4) the grandchildren and great-grandchildren that followed. Lit noted that Abe was smart, but that she was smarter since she married him. She noted that she was truly blessed.

      A private graveside service will be held at Oakland Jewish Cemetery
      LEATRICE BLOCK ROSEN
      passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the age of 90. She was the daughter of the late Beatrice W. Block and Samuel A. Block, one of the three founding brothers of the Block Realty Company in Little Rock. "Lit," as she was known to her friends, was born in Little Rock, Ark., on Nov. 9, 1924. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Abe S. Rosen and by her oldest son, Robert A. Rosen. She is survived by two sons, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren, including Dr. Richmond L. Rosen and wife, Millie Zweir of Amherst, Mass., and their children, James, Sara and Lydia; Dr. Ronald B. Rosen and wife, Nicolina Rosen of Berea, Ky., and their children: Richmond and wife, Kimberly; Alexander and wife, Amanda and their children, Ezra and Penelope; and the sons of the late Robert A. Rosen: Sam and wife, Melanie and their children Benjamin, Henry and Addie; Christopher and wife, Sarah and their son, Oliver. She is also survived by a niece, Elissa and her husband, Michael Laviage of Houston, Texas, and a nephew, Alan Aronstein, also of Houston, Texas.

      Lit graduated from Little Rock High School (now Central High) and attended Louisiana State University. She was a long standing member of Temple B'nai Israel. She was active in the Junior Congregation and the Temple B'nai Israel Sisterhood where she held several different offices in the latter, including Vice President, Treasurer, and Financial Secretary. She also headed and served on various committees of the Sisterhood.

      Lit was on the Women's Emergency Committee (WEC) in 1958 following the dramatic events of 1957-58. At that time, Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to block nine African American students from attending the Little Rock High School. The WEC was formed to combat the governor's closing of Little Rock (Pulaski County) high schools. The WEC became the first organization to publicly support reopening the schools under the district's desegregation plan.

      In a note composed by Lit in recent years, she listed her four most notable accomplishments in life which included: (1) her marriage to Abe, (2) her three sons, Robert, Richmond, and Ronald, (3) her subsequent "inheritance" of two wonderful daughters-in-law, and (4) the grandchildren and great-grandchildren that followed. Lit noted that Abe was smart, but that she was smarter since she married him. She noted that she was truly blessed.

      A private graveside service will be held at Oakland Jewish Cemetery
      LEATRICE BLOCK ROSEN
      passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the age of 90. She was the daughter of the late Beatrice W. Block and Samuel A. Block, one of the three founding brothers of the Block Realty Company in Little Rock. "Lit," as she was known to her friends, was born in Little Rock, Ark., on Nov. 9, 1924. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Abe S. Rosen and by her oldest son, Robert A. Rosen. She is survived by two sons, seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren, including Dr. Richmond L. Rosen and wife, Millie Zweir of Amherst, Mass., and their children, James, Sara and Lydia; Dr. Ronald B. Rosen and wife, Nicolina Rosen of Berea, Ky., and their children: Richmond and wife, Kimberly; Alexander and wife, Amanda and their children, Ezra and Penelope; and the sons of the late Robert A. Rosen: Sam and wife, Melanie and their children Benjamin, Henry and Addie; Christopher and wife, Sarah and their son, Oliver. She is also survived by a niece, Elissa and her husband, Michael Laviage of Houston, Texas, and a nephew, Alan Aronstein, also of Houston, Texas.

      Lit graduated from Little Rock High School (now Central High) and attended Louisiana State University. She was a long standing member of Temple B'nai Israel. She was active in the Junior Congregation and the Temple B'nai Israel Sisterhood where she held several different offices in the latter, including Vice President, Treasurer, and Financial Secretary. She also headed and served on various committees of the Sisterhood.

      Lit was on the Women's Emergency Committee (WEC) in 1958 following the dramatic events of 1957-58. At that time, Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to block nine African American students from attending the Little Rock High School. The WEC was formed to combat the governor's closing of Little Rock (Pulaski County) high schools. The WEC became the first organization to publicly support reopening the schools under the district's desegregation plan.

      In a note composed by Lit in recent years, she listed her four most notable accomplishments in life which included: (1) her marriage to Abe, (2) her three sons, Robert, Richmond, and Ronald, (3) her subsequent "inheritance" of two wonderful daughters-in-law, and (4) the grandchildren and great-grandchildren that followed. Lit noted that Abe was smart, but that she was smarter since she married him. She noted that she was truly blessed.

      A private graveside service will be held at Oakland Jewish Cemetery

  • Sources 
    1. [S195] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: T627_168; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 60-62.
      1940 United States Federal Census
      1940 United States Federal Census


    2. [S361] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: 92; Page: 34B; Enumeration District: 0033; Image: 68.0; FHL microfilm: 2339827.
      1930 United States Federal Census
      1930 United States Federal Census


    3. [S36] Marc Friedman Family Tree.

    4. [S1155] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).

    5. [S15] Obituary, for Leatrice.

    6. [S15] Obituary, for Leatrice (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S3] U.S. Public Records Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007;).

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    12. [S195] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York; Roll: T627_2842; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 65-25.
      1940 United States Federal Census
      1940 United States Federal Census


    13. [S586] Inference, Liba and Menda ages cannot be David's children.

    14. [S1940] Pulaski County, Arkansas, Marriages 1838-1999, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Pulaski County Clerk; Little Rock, Arkansas; Marriage Records.
      Pulaski County, Arkansas, Marriages 1838-1999
      Pulaski County, Arkansas, Marriages 1838-1999


    15. [S2476] West Virginia Death Index, for Philip.

    16. [S233] Marc Friedman, Name changed 23 oct 2006.

    17. [S1940] Pulaski County, Arkansas, Marriages 1838-1999, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Pulaski County Clerk; Little Rock, Arkansas; Marriage Records.
      Pulaski County, Arkansas, Marriages 1838-1999
      Pulaski County, Arkansas, Marriages 1838-1999


    18. [S15] Obituary, for Abe.