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Official Obituary of

Dorothy Smith Ruderman

October 6, 1926 ~ August 9, 2022 (age 95) 95 Years Old

Dorothy Ruderman Obituary

Dorothy Smith Ruderman, passed away quietly at home Tuesday August 9, 2022. 
Dorothy loved pottery and weaving, British murder mysteries, sea shells, opera and always wrote with a green pen. 

 

She was the mother of Gary and Nancy (nee Ruderman) and Douglas Harrer. Dorothy was the grandmother to Drew (Lindzey) and Callan (Heidi) and great grandmother to Lilly, Sophia, Henley, George and Maya. She was aunt to Jimmy and Margo Nederlander and great aunt to Kathleen and James Nederlander.
She was proceeded in death by husband Gilbert, sweet sister Barbara Nederlander and parents Philip and Florence Smith. 

 

 

There will be a celebration of life at a later date. 

 

 

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