Sylvia Joy Reidman

Sylvia Joy Reidman died Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at Lawson Nursing Home. Born in Arkansas, she was a social worker, retired from the Allegheny County Board of Assistance, and a member of the Congregation Gemilas Chesed and its Sisterhood, Temple B’nai Israel and its Sisterhood, Haddasah, Order of the Eastern Star, and the McKeesport Music Club, and was a University of Michigan alumnus.

Daughter of the late Henry and Tillie Mendlowitz Reidman, she is survived by cousins.

A graveside service will take place Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 2:30 PM in the Original Gemilas Chesed Cemetery with Rabbi Moshe Russell officiating. Hunter Funeral Home, Inc., 1600 Coursin Street, McKeesport, PA 15132 is in charge of the arrangements. The family suggests contributions to the Shriner’s Childrens Hospital in Erie, PA or to the Carnegie Library of McKeesport.