Holocaust survivor Edith Lande (nee Malik) died Aug. 11, 2009.
Born in Poland, she met her husband in a Ukrainian forest partisan camp. During the war, she saved her mother, sister and another young girl.
In 1946, she moved to Wisconsin, where she and her husband, Samuel Lande, owned a used parts and auto salvage business, Milwaukee Auto Parts.
She was very involved in national and international Jewish organizations, including the Jewish National Fund, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the World Jewish Congress, Magen David Adom, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Society for Yad Vashem.
Her special support for Holocaust awareness organizations was a result of an incredible story of surviving the Nazis, having saved her mother, sister and a young girl.
She loved cooking for the holidays for her family. “She would make 50 pieces of gefilte fish,” said her daughter Leah Lever of Glendale.
“One of her biggest pleasures was visiting Israel many times,” Lever added.
Her husband preceded her in death in 1989. In addition to Lever, she is survived by daughters Sari (Yehuda) Karsh and Rochelle (Steve) Lever, all of Glendale; son Benjamin (Suchie) Lande of Jerusalem; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Burial took place at Second Home Cemetery, Aug. 12, 2009. Rabbi Benjamin Lande officiated. The Jewish Community Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
The family would appreciate memorial contributions to the Jewish National Fund or Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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