Florence Zilbert

April 17, 1928 - January 26, 2020

FLORENCE ZILBERT (nee Eichel), age 91, was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Wife to: Irving Zilbert (1922-1975); Mother to Leslie (Michael) Olenych and Howard Zilbert of CA; Grandmother to Isla Matejka; Great-Grandmother to: Avery and Owen Matejka. She lived over 91 glorious years, born in New York, marrying Irving in 1948, and raising her family in the Cleveland area. She made a home on Stilmore Road in South Euclid, and provided a stability to her family, which she felt she missed in her younger days as her family moved multiple times before she finished high school. She created a nurturing, warm envoronment to grow, along with many loving friends and family members. Florrie's door was always open, inviting anyone and everyone into the house for company and to eat. . . and everyone ate her cooking! She could do anything around the kitchen. All that tasted her food would compliment it, from her famous slow-cooked spaghetti sauce that would take a day to prepare, to her tenderloin with wine sauce; and her baking, particularly the pies with their delicate and flaky crusts. Florrie always played the gracious host and would make everyone feel at ease in her presence, while making sure everyone was well fed and nourished. She always enjoyed a good card game, from a friendly game of gin rummy to playing with a group of like-minded women who would get together for a weekly bridge tournament. Florrie also enjoyed traveling. She and Chuck, her boyfriend at the time, drove cross country, stopping to visit her son Howard in California. Among her favorite places to visit were Greece, Spain and, especially, Israel. The last years she moved into Menorah Park, meeting and getting to know a new group of friends who were in similar situations. Florence Zilbert will be missed. Graveside services will be Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Mount Olive Cemetery, 27855 Aurora Road, Solon, OH 44139. Friends will be received following the interment until 4:00 PM Thursday only at Menorah Park. The family suggests memorial contributions to Menorah Park Hospice