Ruth Friedman Ornitz
Ornitz: Peacefully, on June 11, 2025, Ruth Friedman Ornitz, 96, of Delray Beach, Florida, formerly of Pittsburgh. Daughter of Louis K. Friedman and Fannie Hamburger Aaron Friedman. Sister of Jean (David) Nathan and the late Louis A. Friedman (the late Judy). Widow of Robert A. Ornitz. Mother of Carol Rehman (the late Aziz), Janet Ornitz, and Robert N. Ornitz (Lorri). Ruth grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Winchester Thurston and Vassar College. She was athletic and an accomplished sportswoman. She played golf from the men’s tees; with her partner she won the Western Pennsylvania Senior Women’s Doubles Tennis Championship; and she was an A.C.B.L. Life Master Bridge player, teacher and Duplicate Bridge director. She and Bob spent almost 75 years together traveling the world, playing golf, tennis and bridge, including sailing on more than 90 cruises. She had boundless energy, friends around the world, and she could never pass up coffee ice cream. She had a long and wonderful life. PJC
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