Bella Citron (Citrin)

Although Bella stated in some records that she was born in Poland, on the 1930 Federal Census she said that she had been born in Russia and that both of her parents were born in Russia. On her Federal Naturalization Records, Bella said that she had entered the United States on September 14th, 1920. Bella Citron married William Stiller (1896 - 1999) on May 27th, 1925 in Manhattan, New York. They had children Jerry Stiller (1927 - 2020), a comedian and actor, and father of actor https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/ben-stiller-birth-1965-united-states/192727869; Arnold (1929 - 2017); and Maxine Stiller (1945 - 2019). When Bella was 35 years old, on June 8th, 1937, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States in the District Court in Brooklyn, New York. Bella died at the age of 52 in Manhattan, New York. She is buried in Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens County, New York.