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Berenson, Yetta

Female 1906 - 1996  (90 years)


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  • Name Berenson, Yetta  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Born 16 May 1906  London, Greater London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Arrival 17 Jul 1909  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 30 Nov 1996  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6
    Cause: Stroke 
    Obituary for Yetta Berenson Arost (Aged 90) 4 Dec 1996  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Occupation
    • Assistant Buyer/
    Buried Mount Jacob Cemetery, Clifton Heights, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Person ID I16220  Our Family
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2024 

    Family Arost, Oscar,   b. 22 May 1902, Dumbraveni, Soroca, Moldova Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1972, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1935  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Arost, Lenore
     2. Arost, Ella Neumann
     3. Arost, Molly Belle
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2024 
    Family ID F6112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Yetta (Berenson) Arost - Tombstone
    Yetta (Berenson) Arost - Tombstone

  • Notes 
    • Assistant buyer for Blauners

      President of local chapters of American Jewish Congres, Association for Retarded Children, and Philadelphia Deaf Society

      gall bladder removed

      mini strokes/

      Was sick as a child with mastoiditis and lost a year of school. She never returned.

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      Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - December 4, 1996

      Deceased Name: YETTA BERENSON AROST

      A LONGTIME VOLUNTEER, 90 Yetta Berenson Arost , 90, died Saturday of a stroke at the Bala Nursing Home. She formerly lived in Wynnefield Heights.

      Throughout her life, Mrs. Arost got directly involved in doing for others. During World War II, she stored clothing, medicines and foods for European refugees in her home in West Philadelphia.

      Later, she and her husband, Oscar, who died 25 years ago, opened their home to serve as foster parents for survivors of the Holocaust. The first of the foster children, 17-year-old Ella, was adopted by the Arosts.

      She was a former president of her local chapters of the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children and the American Jewish Congress. She was a member of the Fellowship Commission, American ORT and Hadassah.

      Surviving are her daughters, Ella Friedman Mizne, Molly Staub and Lenore Sherman; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
      Was sick as a child with mastoiditis and lost a year of school. She never returned.

      Assistant buyer for Blauners

      President of local chapters of American Jewish Congres, Association for Retarded Children, and Philadelphia Deaf Society
      gall bladder removed
      mini strokes/

      Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - December 4, 1996
      Deceased Name: YETTA BERENSON AROST
      A LONGTIME VOLUNTEER, 90 Yetta Berenson Arost , 90, died Saturday of a stroke at the Bala Nursing Home. She formerly lived in Wynnefield Heights.

      Throughout her life, Mrs. Arost got directly involved in doing for others. During World War II, she stored clothing, medicines and foods for European refugees in her home in West Philadelphia.

      Later, she and her husband, Oscar, who died 25 years ago, opened their home to serve as foster parents for survivors of the Holocaust. The first of the foster children, 17-year-old Ella, was adopted by the Arosts.

      She was a former president of her local chapters of the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children and the American Jewish Congress. She was a member of the Fellowship Commission, American ORT and Hadassah.

      Surviving are her daughters, Ella Friedman Mizne, Molly Staub and Lenore Sherman; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

  • Sources 
    1. [S467] Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).

    2. [S195] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3736; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 51-1569.
      1940 United States Federal Census
      1940 United States Federal Census


    3. [S508] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security ;), Number: 176-28-4408; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1951-1953.
      Birth date: 23 May 1906 Birth place: Death date: 30 Nov 1996 Death place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

    4. [S969] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).

    5. [S729] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, ;), Year: 1909; Arrival: , ; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_1303; Line: 11; List number: .
      Birth date: abt 1906 Birth place: Arrival date: 17 Jul 1909 Arrival place: New York, New York
      New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
      New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957


    6. [S22] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).

    7. [S1357] Molly Arost Staub - 4/11 Import.

    8. [S870] Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).

    9. [S2784] Newspapers.com - The Philadelphia Inquirer - 4 Dec 1996 - Page 123, (Name: The Philadelphia Inquirer;), Obituary for Yetta Berenson Arost (Aged 90) 4 Dec 1996.

    10. [S23] FindAGrave.com.