Anna (Ratiniec) Frost
FROST, ANNA (RATINIEC) : Age 85, of Squirrel Hill, passed away on Wednesday March 14, 2012; A Holocaust survivor, (born in Lithuania, near Vilna) Anna immigrated to the US from Sweden with her spouse and children in 1951. She loved to cook and bake for family and friends. She enjoyed exercising and socializing daily at the JCC. Anna was a world traveler and spoke five languages. She has been to Israel and Western Europe and visited family in Australia and Brazil whenever possible. Anna always took great pride in her children and grandchildren. They were the joy of her life. She will always be remembered for her strength, love of life and generosity of spirit. Anna is preceded in death by her father Samuel Ratiniec, her mother, Chaija (Rappaport) Ratiniec, her sister, Fagela Ratiniec of Lithuania. Also by her aunt, Devorah Ratiniec of Brazil, who survived the camps with her and her cousin, Yossel Ratiniec also of Brazil. She is survived by her husband Samuel Frost, her son Abraham (Beth) Frost of Sewickley, her daughters, Ava (Frost) Head of Marietta, GA and Shirley (Marty) Frost-Diamond of Westfield, NJ. Her grandchildren, Kenny Diamond of Westfield, NJ, Jeffrey Diamond of Boston, MA, Debby Head of Marietta, GA and Shannon and Jarrod Frost of Sewickley. She is also survived by her sister, Ester (Ratiniec) Rajchsztaynd of Melbourne, Australia and her nieces, Rozet (Julian) Black, Lilly (Nlr) Avrahami, Rachel (David) Finkelstein and their children, all of Melbourne, Australia. Services were held at Rodef Shalom Temple. Interment West View Cemetery of Rodef Shalom Congregation. Contributions may be made in memory of Anna to The United Jewish Federation, 234 McKee Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 or National Holocaust Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 or Rodef Shalom Temple, 4905 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. www.schugar.com
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