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GOULDA OSPOVAT KAYE
"What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us."
Helen Keller
My mom will always be a part of me. She set the bar when it came to being a devoted wife and a good mother and has been an example that I have tried to emulate my whole life and will continue to do so. In my eyes she was always the queen. In fact in those good old days even sported the same hairstyle although she gave up the traditional hair set "do" years ago. Mom was always the epitome of elegance. She loved clothes and was always beautifully turned out, but not in an extravagant way. She had golden hands. When I was a child she took pride in sewing all my dresses. She was a knitter par excellence and not only knitted for all her children and grandchildren but knitted layettes for her nieces and nephews She utilized this talent for charity and I remember her dressing scores of little dolls for the annual Herzlia School Fete. She was a talented baker who made creative birthday cakes for us. She loved the Arts and did not miss a ballet or musical show. She played the piano and one eisteddfod even rose to the occasion when the pianist did not show and she had to play for me while I performed. She was the consummate dancing mom and at the same time managed to attend my brother Trevor's rugby matches and athletic meets. When Martin was involved in swimming she shuttled him to training sessions. She was a skilled bridge player and in the latter years became quite the computer whiz. She was a prolific correspondent and over the years chronicled every detail of her life back home in Cape Town to us in Boston . She was super organized. She kept a diary and was the "mother " of all list makers. She planned months ahead for her trips to visit us and each child and grandchild received a carefully chosen gift. Her suitcases were bottomless pits. She spent weeks with us every year and my children are truly blessed to have formed such a wonderful bond with their grandmother. She and my dad were there for my sons' Bar Mitzvahs. She attended graduations, proms and even lacrosse games. One year we schlepped her halfway across the United States to a National Chess Tournament. . Even across the miles she was involved and took an interest in all their activities. She loved all her grandsons and treasured the disc bracelet she constantly wore sporting all their names and birth dates.
Mom was the most loyal person. She was loyal to her family, to her friends, to her hairstylist and manicurist and even to the stores she frequented. Everyone loved her in return and this was evident in the way she was treated right up to the end, always with utmost respect and dignity. Dad was the ultimate caregiver and companion, never leaving her for a second. She had a wonderful team of supporters lead by Linda, Ingrid and Alex.
We will all feel the terrible void but will continue to cherish the memories of our beautiful mother, grandmother, wife and friend.
Eulogy by her daughter Brenda Kaye Kerbel on September 23, 2005
Jewish Calendar Input Date: 9/20/2005 Tue, 16th of Elul, 5765
Yahrzeit Calendar : Goulda Kaye
September 16, 2019 Mon, 16th of Elul, 5779
September 5, 2020 Sat, 16th of Elul, 5780 Fifteen years
August 24, 2021 Tue, 16th of Elul, 5781
September 12, 2022 Mon, 16th of Elul, 5782
September 2, 2023 Sat, 16th of Elul, 5783
September 19, 2024 Thu, 16th of Elul, 5784
September 9, 2025 Tue, 16th of Elul, 5785 Twenty years
August 29, 2026 Sat, 16th of Elul, 5786
September 18, 2027 Sat, 16th of Elul, 5787
September 7, 2028 Thu, 16th of Elul, 5788 She would have been 100.
"What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us."
Helen Keller
My mom will always be a part of me. She set the bar when it came to being a devoted wife and a good mother and has been an example that I have tried to emulate my whole life and will continue to do so. In my eyes she was always the queen. In fact in those good old days even sported the same hairstyle although she gave up the traditional hair set "do" years ago. Mom was always the epitome of elegance. She loved clothes and was always beautifully turned out, but not in an extravagant way. She had golden hands. When I was a child she took pride in sewing all my dresses. She was a knitter par excellence and not only knitted for all her children and grandchildren but knitted layettes for her nieces and nephews She utilized this talent for charity and I remember her dressing scores of little dolls for the annual Herzlia School Fete. She was a talented baker who made creative birthday cakes for us. She loved the Arts and did not miss a ballet or musical show. She played the piano and one eisteddfod even rose to the occasion when the pianist did not show and she had to play for me while I performed. She was the consummate dancing mom and at the same time managed to attend my brother Trevor's rugby matches and athletic meets. When Martin was involved in swimming she shuttled him to training sessions. She was a skilled bridge player and in the latter years became quite the computer whiz. She was a prolific correspondent and over the years chronicled every detail of her life back home in Cape Town to us in Boston . She was super organized. She kept a diary and was the "mother " of all list makers. She planned months ahead for her trips to visit us and each child and grandchild received a carefully chosen gift. Her suitcases were bottomless pits. She spent weeks with us every year and my children are truly blessed to have formed such a wonderful bond with their grandmother. She and my dad were there for my sons' Bar Mitzvahs. She attended graduations, proms and even lacrosse games. One year we schlepped her halfway across the United States to a National Chess Tournament. . Even across the miles she was involved and took an interest in all their activities. She loved all her grandsons and treasured the disc bracelet she constantly wore sporting all their names and birth dates.
Mom was the most loyal person. She was loyal to her family, to her friends, to her hairstylist and manicurist and even to the stores she frequented. Everyone loved her in return and this was evident in the way she was treated right up to the end, always with utmost respect and dignity. Dad was the ultimate caregiver and companion, never leaving her for a second. She had a wonderful team of supporters lead by Linda, Ingrid and Alex.
We will all feel the terrible void but will continue to cherish the memories of our beautiful mother, grandmother, wife and friend.
Eulogy by her daughter Brenda Kaye Kerbel on September 23, 2005
Jewish Calendar Input Date: 9/20/2005 Tue, 16th of Elul, 5765
Yahrzeit Calendar : Goulda Kaye
September 16, 2019 Mon, 16th of Elul, 5779
September 5, 2020 Sat, 16th of Elul, 5780 Fifteen years
August 24, 2021 Tue, 16th of Elul, 5781
September 12, 2022 Mon, 16th of Elul, 5782
September 2, 2023 Sat, 16th of Elul, 5783
September 19, 2024 Thu, 16th of Elul, 5784
September 9, 2025 Tue, 16th of Elul, 5785 Twenty years
August 29, 2026 Sat, 16th of Elul, 5786
September 18, 2027 Sat, 16th of Elul, 5787
September 7, 2028 Thu, 16th of Elul, 5788 She would have been 100.