Lenore Gans Bartner

Lenore Gans Bartner, 87, of Kearny died Nov. 13, 2011. She was born in Newark.

Mrs. Bartner worked at the Louis Schlesinger Realtor Co., L and R Manufacturing, the Motor Club of America, ACT Air Freight, West Hudson/South Bergen Chamber of Commerce, and Scandia Packaging Machinery Co.

She served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1944-45 and was a member of the Sanford L. Kahn Post 538 of the Jewish War Veterans and the American Legion, Kearny Frobisher Post 99.

She was a member and officer of Congregation B’nai Israel of Kearny and an officer of its sisterhood.

Predeceased by her husband, Milton, in 1986, she is survived by two daughters, Sue-Ann Sullivan of Poughkeepsie, NY, and Abbie Griffiths of Brick; two sons, Jeff of Midland, Mich., and Howard of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a sister, Irene Lewis of Kearny; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services were held Nov. 14 with arrangements by Menorah Chapels at Millburn, Union. Memorial contributions may be made to Congregation B’nai Israel or its sisterhood, Kearny.