Saba “Shirley” Dragon

July 25th, 2016

Hello Leon,

I am unable to attend your mother’s funeral tomorrow but I wanted to express my heartfelt condolences. I hope Saba did not suffer in her later years. I don’t know if you remember my parents, but they were very good friends with your parents (and the other Dragon’s, the Reisman’s, the Levitt’s, and the Rochman’s as well). I probably played hundreds of games of kaluki (sp?) with them when I was very young (and they gave me back my money when I lost). Like you, all of my parents siblings, as well as their parents, were killed in the Holocaust.

I had many conversations with Saba and David over the years. They always gave me excellent advice and they were certainly very proud of their son “the doctor”. I don’t know if you remember my sister Peggy, but you played with her a few times when your parents brought you to our house. Unfortunately, she died 4 years ago from Multiple System Atrophy. My father Herman died in 1988 and my mother Sylvia died in 2002. I’m so very glad that Saba lived for 92 years and I hope David makes it to 100. Sally Reisman died last year and I was able to attend the funeral and share memories with her son Herschel.

Warmest Regards,

Bernie Freibaum

~Bernie Freibaum
~son of Saba’s friends Herman and Sylvia, Chicago, IL