Mrs. Sima Okunov of Crown Heights, a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on Wednesday, 20 Kislev, 5782.
She was 103.
Sima was a very special woman, wise, patient, full of love for life and never wavering in her steadfast Emunah and Bitochon. Sima was known as an exceptionally kind person to all.
Sima was born in Ramen, a small town in Ukraine, to her parents Hachosid Reb Ephraim and Esther Okunov Z”L.
Sima and her husband, Hachosid Reb Gedalia, sacrificed their life for Torah and Yiddishkeit while under Soviet rule and the watchful eye of the KGB. Her husband Reb Gedalia learned in the underground Tomchei Temimim.
She is survived by her daughters, Mrs. Frida Efros Crown Heights, Mrs Sofia Burmistrovich Crown Heights, Mrs Tzilia of Yerushalayim.
She was predeceased by her husband, Hachosid Reb Gedalia Z”L.
The Levaya will pass by 770 today at 1:30 pm
Baruch Dayan Ha’emes.
She grew up in the home of Reb Peretz and Henya Mochkin Z”L and was a close childhood friend of their daugther Gutte Shapiro A”H
Our deepest condolences to the Efros and Burmistrovich families!!!
Your Boby’s neshama should have an aliya to the highest level of Gan Aiden!! She should be מליצת יושר for all her children , grandchildren and great grandchildren! Moshiach should come right now to be reunited with our loved ones!
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים