In Memory of Erica Herz Van Adelsberg

In Memory of Erica Herz Van Adelsberg

We are saddened to announce that Erica Herz Van Adelsberg has passed away.

Erica Paulette (nee Herz), of Wynnewood, PA, passed peacefully on 16 November 2018 — loving mother of Judith (Michael) Berman and David (Lisa) van Adelsberg; grandmother of Oren (Ines) and Noah (Naama) Berman, Hunter and Anastasia van Adelsberg; great-grandmother of Nina Berman; sister of Ernest Hilton; former wife of the late Martin van Adelsberg.

Services will be Sunday November 18, 2018, at noon at Beth David, Reform Congregation, 1130 Vaughan Lane, Gladwyne, PA. Interment will follow at Hayim Solomon Memorial Park, Frazer, PA.

Shiva will be held Sunday evening November 18, 2018 at 7:00 pm (minyan at 7:30 pm), at the Greenhill Condominiums, East Building, 1001 City Avenue. Wynnewood, PA 19096.

Erica was a life-long educator and retired as the Director of Foreign Languages of the Philadelphia School District. She was a Holocaust survivor and generously shared, with people of all ages around the globe, her story of finding humanity even in the darkest of times. She published her life story, Feeling Great and Grateful in 2013. Her family has asked that, to honor her legacy and further her mission of spreading understanding and tolerance, donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center, Kleinlife, Suite 210, 10100 Jamison Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19116

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