NETTIE BERLINER

EWING TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Nettie Blum Berliner, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died peacefully Thursday morning, Jan. 5, 2006, at a Ewing hospice care center. ??? Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Kornbleet Memorial Cemetery Chapel, 411 N. University Drive. Rabbi Alberto "Baruch" Zeilicovich and Javier Smolarz, ritual director, will officiate. Burial: Nettie will be laid to rest next to her husband, Bernard, in Ahavath Sholom Cemetery. Visitation: For religious reasons, she will not lie in state. A minyan service will be held at the residence of Stuart and Becky Isgur at 6 p.m. Sunday. ??? Memorials: Mrs. Berliner's family suggests that, in lieu of flowers, friends may honor her memory by making contributions to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston 77219; or to Compassionate Care Hospice, 66 High St., Mount Holly, N.J. 08060. ??? A native of Poland, Nettie Blum was born the daughter of Joseph and Hilda Solka Blum. She grew up in New York City and settled in Fort Worth with her husband, Bernard, following World War II. Nettie and Bernard operated Wot-A-Burger restaurants until his death in 1974. ??? Mrs. Berliner was a lifetime active member of Congregation Ahavath Sholom and a life member of Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America. She was an active volunteer for 15 years at Moncrief Radiation Center. ??? In 1997, Nettie moved to Ewing, N.J., to be closer to her daughter, Debby. While in New Jersey, she again became an active volunteer, serving for five years in the oncology department at Mercer Medical Center in Trenton and six years at Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged in Ewing. ??? As a younger member of a Jewish family in war-torn Poland, Nettie and others were able to leave Europe for America. Her sister, Rachel Leah Blum Taus; brother-in-law, Enchel Taus; their children, Elke and Sucha; and Nettie's brother, Moshe, were all killed in the Holocaust. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Sylvia Rubin and Dorothy Shilling, who died in recent years. ??? Survivors: Daughters, Debby Berliner Hoffman of Yardley, Pa. and Carol Ann Berliner Blackwell and her husband, Julian of Montgomery; grandson, Jason Bernard Blackwell and his wife, Brandy of Conroe; great-granddaughters, Alexis and Mykayla Blackwell; brother, Abraham I. Blum of Corpus Christi; sister, Norma Hoffman of Rockaway Park, N.Y.; many nieces and nephews and their children; and beloved friend, Deborah Chen of Dallas. Robertson Mueller Harper Funerals & Cremations 1500 Eighth Ave., (817) 924-4233

NETTIE BERLINER

March 5, 1916 - January 5, 2006