Sherie GREENBERG |
|
|
Sherie R. Greenberg è nata ad Allentown in Pennsylvania il 20 gennaio del 1932 ma ha vissuto a Palo Alto in California fin dal 1950.
Sherie studiò all'Università della Pennsylvania prima di laurearsi in quella di Boston.
Colpita dal cancro ha lottato con la malattia per 37 anni fino a coinvolgersi nella ricerca arrivando a far parte del comitato di raccolta fondi dell'istituto israeliano Wiezman.
Sposata con David ha avuto due figlie Morisa e Stephanie.
Sherie, che ha sempre molto amato viaggiare, è stata una proprietaria di club, un'insegnante ed una campionessa che ha vinto il Marsha May Sternberg Women Teams nel 1996.
É scomparsa a Palo Alto a causa di una recrudescenza del suo male il 25 giugno del 2011.
Born in Allentown, Penn., Sherie was a resident of Palo Alto for the last 51 years. She attended Penn State, but transferred to Boston University where she received her bachelor's degree.
Her passion was for the game of bridge. Just like her mother, Sherie developed into a national bridge champion and world-class player. With master points in excess of 8,250, Sherie was an Emerald Life Master. Her love for the game was not just intellectual. She thrived on providing an outlet for people to come together and was an expert at bridge matchmaking. Her phone was continuously ringing with bridge players and students searching for partners, whom Sherie always helped. As a teacher and club owner, she taught hundreds of people in the community the strategies of bidding and card play.
With the popularity of the Internet, Sherie became adept at playing online and increased her reach of teaching and playing with partners around the world. In fact, Sherie continued playing online into the final days of her life.
Sherie always loved to travel, but that was put on hold as she and her husband David raised their two daughters. After her initial cancer diagnosis, she was determined to live as fast as she could and resumed her world travels. That love of travel took her often to her favorite destination, Israel. Her unwavering support of Israel and determination to help eradicate cancer led her to the Weizmann Institute of Science, where she became actively involved in fund raising for cancer research. As a board member in 1994, Sherie was honored with an award in appreciation of her leadership.
Sherie was always available to provide emotional support to those diagnosed with cancer. She convinced them they, too, could fight the disease and "live."
As Sherie's long-time oncologist, Frank Stockdale, reminded her daughters, she was fortunate in that she "enjoyed an independent, long and full life. She took great pride in her children and their families. And while more limited in recent times, she remained fiercely in control of her life and life's decisions. Her approach is something we should all try to emulate."
Sherie was preceded in death by her devoted husband, David, in 2007. She is survived by her daughters, Morisa Guy (Amir) and Stephanie Edelman (Jeff).
Precedente / Previous | Successivo / Next |