Block, Ida (Klane) 106 years of age of Chelsea formerly of Revere passed away peacefully on Monday, August 7th, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Alfred Block and the late Israel Rosenthal. Devoted and loving mother of Shirley and Harvey Zides and Jason and Ronni Rosenthal. Loving daughter of the late Simon and Bessie (Gal) Klane. Dear sister of Sylvia Leeman of FL and the late Celia Stone, Etta Katz, Abraham Klane and Helen Lipofsky. Loving grandmother of Mark and wife Rachel, Evan and wife Tiffany, Mitchell and Bridgitte and Adina Newman and husband Dan. Also survived by 11 great grandchildren.
Ida was born in Everett in 1911. She was educated in the Revere schools. She worked for many years for Filenes in Downtown Boston. She also was Vice President of the Hadassah in Revere, Past President of the VFW Auxiliary Post 940-Revere, Treasure of the Jack Satter House Tenants Council. Later on in life she spent numerous days at the William McKinley school and the Garfield elementary school in Revere as a teacher’s aide helping 4th graders. She was known to many of her students as “Nana”.
Graveside service will be held on Wednesday, August 9th at 11AM in the Temple Israel of Revere Cemetery-232 Fuller Street, EVERETT, MA. Donations in Ida’s memory may be made to Chelsea Jewish Foundation-165 Captains Row, Chelsea, MA 02150 or to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute-450 Brookline Ave. Boston, MA 02215. Visit www.torffuneralservice.com for guestbook and directions.