Pauline Rodin of Glendale died on June 8 of heart failure. She was 94.
Born in Atlanta, Ga., Rodin grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., and moved to Milwaukee in 1937. She earned an associate degree from Grand Rapids Junior College and attended the University of Michigan.
Rodin worked with her husband, the late Harry Rodin, at M. Rodin, Inc., on Oakland Ave., just south of Locust St. The store was “the only kosher meat market on Milwaukee’s East Side,” wrote Rodin’s daughter, Marlis Lippow of Brookfield, in a letter. Harry Rodin died in 2003.
Following the closing of Rodin, Inc., in 1972, Pauline Rodin worked part-time as an order taker for Sears Catalog.
She was an active member of B’nai B’rith, Hadassah-Milwaukee Chapter, City of Hope and the Temple Menorah Sisterhood.
“In her youth, she made all of her own clothes and continued sewing until her eyes became too weak. She also had to give up mah jong at that time, but was able to continue playing bridge until February,” said Lippow.
Rodin resided the last seven years among many friends at Laurel Oaks Retirement Community in Glendale.
She is further survived by daughter Sandy Wiviott of Simi Valley, Calif.; son Les (Hagit) Rodin of Encino, Calif.; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Jewish Community Funeral Home. Services were officiated by Rabbi Gil-Ezer Lerer at the funeral home on June 11. Burial was in Anshai Lebowitz Cemetery.
The family appreciates memorial contributions to Temple Menorah and the I.A. Robbins Memorial Chair, Grand Rapids Youth Symphony, 3401 Gold Dust NE, Belmont, Mich., 49306.
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