Florence E. Silver

Florence E. Silver, 89, of Nashua, New Hampshire and recently of Scranton, died Tuesday evening in the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania, Scranton. She is survived by her husband, Israel. The couple would have celebrated 66 years of marriage on December 6th.

Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Sonia Kagan Rayman and a graduate of Everett High School in Everett, MA and Burdett College in Boston.

Florence took pride in her home and had a talent for growing African violets and house plants. She was an avid Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics fan. Her family was the joy of her life. She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Also surviving is a daughter; Robin Lukasik and husband Larry, Roaring Brook. A son; Stephen Silver, Berlin, NH. Grandchildren; Lindsay Bazelmans and husband Jarrod, Merrimack, NH and Stephanie Silver, Milford, NH. A sister-in-law; Frances Silver, Brookline, MA. Several cousins including Jonathan Libber and wife Belle, Baltimore, MD.

The funeral will be Sunday from the Carlucci-Golden-DeSantis Funeral Home, Inc., 318 E. Drinker St., Dunmore with a service at 12noon by Rabbi Yaakov Bilus and co-celebrated by Cantor Vladimir Aronzon. Interment, Temple Israel Cemetery, Dunmore.

Memorial donations may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association, 57 N. Franklin St. Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18701.

To leave an online condolence, please visit www.ScrantonJewishFunerals.com.