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Submitted: 8/6/23 • Approved: 8/10/23 • Last Updated: 8/13/23 • R275242-G275242-S3
Jeanne Anne Shechet
December 10, 1940 - February 14, 2022
Jeanne A. Shechet passed away on February 14, 2022, in Omaha, Nebraska. She was 81 years old.
Jeanne was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on December 10, 1940. She became Bat Mitzvah at Mt. Zion Temple and graduated from Washington High School. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Education. Jeanne married Paul G. Cohen, an Air Force officer. They were assigned to bases in North Dakota and then the United Kingdom where their son David was born. Returning to the US, they settled in Omaha where they welcomed their daughter Debbie.
Jeanne worked as a trip coordinator for a ski trip planning company and was actively involved in B’nai B’rith Women, Hadassah, and Temple Israel.
Following her first marriage, Jeanne married Maximo Shechet. Together, they opened the Kosher Pickle, a kosher deli and restaurant.
Jeanne subsequently began a career as a secretary at Beth El Synagogue Talmud Torah. She worked with 23-years-worth of students, directors, rabbis and synagogue staff, retiring from her role in 2014.
Jeanne is survived by her husband Rabbi Maximo Shechet, Chaplain; children David Cohen and Debbie Roos; stepsons Stanley Shechet and Mark Shechet; and grandchildren Chana, Bailey, Jacob, Benjamin, and Cole.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at Miller Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, followed by interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mt. Zion Cemetery Society, Nebraska Humane Society, or Chabad Jewish Center of South Dakota.
Contributed on 8/6/23 by 9katz
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