Ruth Ackerman
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Ruth Ackerman (Loeb), 92, of Pleasantville passed away on Aug. 14.
Ackerman was born Apr. 14, 1929, in Giessen, Germany, the daughter of Morris and Clare Loeb.
She came to New York City as a Jewish refugee from Germany in September 1938 with her parents and sister.
She became an x-ray technician and worked in New York City and later in life in White Plains.
Ackerman was very active in her community. She was a trustee of the Mount Pleasant Public Library, a member of the Pleasantville and Byram Hills PTAs, a literacy volunteer and a volunteer at the Ecumenical Emergency Food Pantry of White Plains.
After raising three children, she got her degree at Pace University in Pleasantville. She was office manager for her husband’s dental practice in Pleasantville.
Mrs. Ackerman was predeceased by her husband of 57 years, Dr. Martin A. Ackerman.
She is survived by her daughter, Jill (Mark) Leinung; her grandchildren, Daniel (Kellie), Andrew (Erica Drennan) and Katie (Ross Glickman); her great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Jackson; her son, Jon (Bonnie) Ackerman, and grandchildren Sarah and Brooke; and her daughter, Lee (Garry) Sawyer, and her grandchildren, Vincent, James, Jessica and Jeremy. She is also survived by her sister, Hannah Mandel.
A graveside service was held at Sharon Gardens on Aug. 16.
Donations may be sent to the Mount Pleasant Library or the Ecumenical Emergency Food Pantry of White Plains. Arrangements were handled by Beecher Flooks Funeral Home in Pleasantville.
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