Minnie Wise Birnbaum
BIRNBAUM: On Friday, February 20, 2009, Minnie Wise Birnbaum, 97, of Houston, TX, originally from Russia and formerly of Pittsburgh; wife of the late Dr. Hermann Birnbaum; mother of the late Mark Joel Birnbaum; daughter of the late Max Wise and Luba Bell Wise; sister of the late Annie Wise Weintraub and Dr. Bernard I. Wise; sister-in-law of Ruth Lessing of Pittsburgh and Rita Wise of Houston; aunt of Yetta Samuels, David and Margie Davis, Carol Lederer and Jeff and Ilene Lederer, all of Pittsburgh, Rosekay Browning, Michael and Sherry Lessing, Mark Wise, Robert Wise, Helaine Wise Lubetkin and Marvin Weintraub, all of Houston as well as other nieces and nephews. Graveside services and internment were held at Beth Shalom Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Jewish Family Service, 4131 South Braeswood, Houston, TX 77025 Arrangements by the Burton L. Hirsch Funeral Home, Inc.
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