Obituary - SUSI ROSS

Susi Ross of Winter Springs, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013 at Florida Hospital – Altamonte. She was 77 years old. Born in Vienna, Austria on April 21, 1936, she escaped the Holocaust with her mother and father when she was two years old, settling in New York. She relocated to the Orlando area in 1958.

Mrs. Ross was a homemaker and world-renowned tournament bridge player.

She was predeceased by her husband, Harry Ross, with whom she traveled all over the world playing in bridge tournaments, and her daughter Sheri Dawne Katz-Keshishian.

Mrs. Ross is survived by her sons, Steve Katz of DeLand and Jeff (Laura) Katz of Phoenix Ariz.; her sister Marylen Lazear of The Villages; and five grandchildren. She is also survived by her former husband, Al Katz of Heathrow.

Funeral services were held at Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel with Rabbi Joshua Neely of Temple Israel officiating. Burial followed at All Faiths Memorial Park. The family requests contributions in memory of Susi Ross to the Orlando Metropolitan Bridge Center, 756 Bennett Road, 32803. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel, Orlando.