Obituary of Myra Brandman

ALBANY Myra Melnik Brandman, aged 97, longtime resident of Albany, passed away on Friday, February 19, 2016, at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center. She was born in Kovne, Lithuania and was a Holocaust survivor. Myra was predeceased by her beloved husband, Joseph, to whom she'd been married for 67 years. She was the loving mother of Frieda (Abraham) Anolik of Albany and Ellie Sherrin of East Greenbush; grandmother of Jill Katzman of East Greenbush, Nicki (Matt) Sherrin Kessler of Cranford, N.J., Seth (Rachel) Katzman of Arlington, Mass., and David (Lea) Sherrin of Brooklyn; and great-grandmother of Alex, Sydney, and Peri Kessler; Ariel Dias-Sherrin; and Sophie Katzman. Myra was a homemaker whose chicken soup was legendary. She enjoyed socializing with friends, playing cards, cooking (especially for the holidays), traveling throughout the world, dancing, listening to Klezmer music, and, most importantly, spending time with her family whom she adored. Services were held at the Levine Memorial Chapel, 649 Washington Ave in Albany on Monday, February 22, 2016. Interment was in the Temple Israel Cemetery on Western Ave. in Guilderland. Evening Minyan will be held on Monday, February 22 and Tuesday, February 23 at the Anolik home, 210 Lenox Ave., Albany. The family will be sitting shiva from Tuesday, February 23 through Friday and Sunday, February 28 at the Anolik home from 2 until 7 p.m. The family would like to thank the Gold Unit staff at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center for their care of Myra during the last few years of her life. In lieu of flowers, donations in Myra's memory may be made to the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center, 180 Washington Ave Ext., Albany, NY 12203 or the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl, SW, Washington, DC 20024. Rest in peace, dearest mommy and grandma (Bubbie). -