Mourners recently remembered Tanna Srulovitch as a kind, caring, compassionate and well-traveled person, devoted to her pets and volunteer work at CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
United Hebrew Congregation Terre Haute President Betsy Frank conducted funeral ceremonies Monday, Oct. 2, at Highland Lawn Cemetery, for Tanna, who died Sept. 25 at age 59.
Tanna was laid to rest beside her parents, Miriam (1920-1991) and Joseph A. Srulovitch (1920-2009), and brother Robert S. Srulovitch, who died at age 29 in 1985.
Tanna sponsored several scholarships that allowed students to travel to Auschwitz with CANDLES founder Eva Kor.
Cousin Debbie Gurman of Bloomington eulogized Tanna, noting “childhood travels with her parents to Thailand, Pakistan and Egypt” and 16 years working in Israel.
Debbie’s husband Don Breiter shared a letter from Loren Israel Gurman, son of Debbie and her late first husband Robert, discussing Tanna’s discovery in her 50s that she was adopted and her successful efforts to connect with biological family.
Tanna sponsored several scholarships that allowed students to travel to Auschwitz with CANDLES founder Eva Kor, said CANDLES Executive Director Dorothy Chambers.
Tanna served on the boards of CANDLES and United Hebrew Congregation. Her legacy will continue in an exhibit Tanna funded called “Intertwined Lives” that CANDLES will repurpose as a traveling exhibit, Dorothy said.
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A reception at Temple Israel followed funeral ceremonies for Tanna Srulovitch. Observing Jewish tradition, guests washed their hands at the door and consumed hard-boiled eggs as a ritual first meal.
