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Dorothy H Lifson 1914 - 2000

Dorothy H (Hurwitz) Lifson of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN was born on October 25, 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland United States, and died at age 86 years old on October 25, 2000 in St. Louis Park, MN. Dorothy Lifson was buried at Minneapolis Jewish Cemetery in Richfield.

Dorothy H (Hurwitz) Lifson
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Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN 55416
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October 25, 1914
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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October 25, 2000
St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    On her maternal and paternal lines, Dorothy was Lithuanian. Her father, Hyman, was born in Lithuania in 1895 and her mother, Rebecca, was born in Lithuania in 1894.

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    Dorothy told the 1950 Federal census that she was a clerical worker in a wholesale establishment.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Dorothy H (Hurwitz) Lifson was born on October 25, 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland to Rebecca Shapiro (1894 - 1964) and Hyman Hurwitz (1895 - 1967) and she had siblings Jack, Sylvia and Florine. Dorothy Hurwitz married Russell R. Lifson on August 26th, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and they had a son, Ronald.
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In 1914, in the year that Dorothy H Lifson was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1926, she was merely 12 years old when on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).
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Other Hurwitz Family Biographies

Tarcher, Phyllis (Jan 17, 1933 - Aug 2, 1998) Hurwitz, Minnie (Jun 1, 1913 - Jan 26, 1998) Hurwitz, Sidney (May 27, 1921 - May 14, 2005) Hurwitz, Roger (Feb 24, 1930 - Jul 1974) Hurwitz, Frances (Mar 14, 1929 - Jun 2, 2010) Hurwitz, Marion (Nov 18, 1934 - Jan 23, 2001) Hurwitz, Melvin (Dec 12, 1917 - Sep 21, 2008) Hurwitz, Marian (Mar 10, 1918 - Oct 1994) Hurwitz, Frances (Jun 13, 1914 - Apr 24, 2005) Hurwitz, Mary (Nov 7, 1908 - Nov 27, 2001)
Hurwitz, Abraham (May 3, 1901 - Jan 15, 1990) Hurwitz, John (Aug 30, 1905 - Apr 1973) Hurwitz, Edward (Nov 27, 1916 - Feb 1973) Hurwitz, Eli (Sep 20, 1905 - Sep 16, 1998) Hurwitz, William (Oct 10, 1895 - Jun 1971) Hurwitz, Gladys (Dec 17, 1911 - Feb 23, 2003) Hurwitz, Jacob (Dec 31, 1902 - Nov 24, 1988) Hurwitz, Frances (Mar 7, 1908 - Nov 29, 1996) Hurwitz, Alan (Sep 22, 1952 - Aug 6, 2010) Hurwitz, William (Feb 20, 1901 - Jun 1977)
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