Holocaust survivor Annette "Henia" Herscher, age 87, of Bala Cynwyd PA, and formerly of Wynnewood, PA died peacefully on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, PA.
Born in Skala Poland, she was the daughter of the late David and Rosa (née Weintraub) Herscher.
She immigrated to the United States in 1948 and became a United States Citizen in 1954.
A lifetime employee of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Annette started as a clerk while in high school, and retired as a company executive in 1997.
Annette enjoyed music, old movies and collecting art.
She will be dearly missed by her surviving family members, devoted cousins Stella Fink (née Rubinstein) and her husband Gordon of Penn Valley, PA, Joanne Fink of Longwood, FL, and her children Samantha and Jonathan Trattner; Carl Fink and his wife Sheila of Portland, OR, and their daughter Lindsay Fink.
Annette's family will honor her life during a private service at Mount Jacob Cemetery, Glenolden, PA.
Remembrance donations in her memory sent to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society HIAS, PO Box 97077, Washington, DC 20090-7077 https://www.hias.org or the US Holocaust Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 https://www.ushmm.org would be appreciated by the family.
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