Gisya Rubashkin Obituary (1921 - 2013) - St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Rubashkin, Gisya passed away on April 14th, 2013 at the age of 92. In sorrow and with heavy hearts we are saying a farewell to a remarkable women. Beautiful, loving and loved to the end mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was born on January 8, 1921 in the city of Rechitza, Belorussia but lived most of her life in Leningrad, Russia where she moved at the age of one. She survived the siege of Leningrad during WW2, losing her father and younger brother to starvation. After the war, she practiced the art of medicine as a cardiologist for 35years until her retirement in 1977. Gisya followed her children to the USA in 1978 where she worked at the Special Diagnostics department of Abbott Northwestern Hospital until her American retirement in 1987. Her life was lived fully and actively, she remained self-reliant through most of her life and fiercely independent through all of it. Her life was sustained by intellectual adventure and curiosity, forward thinking, hopeful ideas. In addition to her father, Zalman, and brother, Boris, she is preceded in death by her mother Anna, her husband Arkady and son-in-law Michael. Survived by son, Boris Rubashkin (Larisa), daughter, Ellen Prozumenshikov (John Souter), grandchildren Julia Atha (Paul), Dan & Ariel Prozumenshikov; great grandchildren Maxwell & Chloe Atha. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Personal thanks to Kathy Erlien and Pat Loosen for their care, loyalty and friendship for so many years. Also special thanks to PCA team, Nadya, Valya/Galya R., Valya Ch., Veta and Tanya. Funeral Service 2:00 pm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17TH at TEMPLE ISRAEL, 2324Emerson Avenue South, Minneapolis. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts are preferred, either to Sholom Home West or the Jewish National Fund where trees will be planted in her memory at American Independence Park in Israel. SHIVA will be held at Temple Israel 7 pm on Wednesday.