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Geraldine Schwartz Bankoff

April 25, 1931 — June 9, 2018

AIKEN – Mrs. Geraldine Schwartz Bankoff, 87, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018.

Mrs. Bankoff was born in Brooklyn, NY, a daughter of the late Samuel and Elizabeth Minkoff Schwartz. She retired after more than 25 years of service as a Connetquot Teacher on Long Island, NY. She was a former president of the Retired Teachers Union on Long Island, a member of the Aiken Newcomers Club, and was in the Sisterhood of the Congregation of Adath Yeshurun, Aiken.

Survivors include her children, Charles Michael Bankoff (Marcia), San Clemente, CA, Susan Wilson, Aiken, SC, Andrew Bankoff (Kathleen), Holbrook, NY; grandchildren, Matthew Schmeltz, Amanda Ventura (Chris), Amberlie Bankoff, Adam Bankoff, Dr. Jillian Bankoff, Victoria Bankoff, Meagan Lynn Wilson, Brandy Rae Wilson; great-grandchildren, Michael Jerome Ventura, Ava Elizabeth Ventura, Ansley Rae Wilson-Carsten; sister, Zelda “Lee” Rand, Aiken,  SC, niece Stephanie (Rand) Hall, Long Island, NY.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jerome Stanley Bankoff, and son-in-law, Captain Bobby Wilson.

The funeral service will be Tuesday June 12, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Shellhouse – Rivers Funeral Home with Rabbi Shai Beloosesky officiating. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, please direct memorials to the Golden Harvest Food Bank, 81 Capital Dr., Aiken, SC 29803, or the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142 Memphis, TN 38148-0142

SHELLHOUSE – RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC

 

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