From Czechoslovakia to Cuba to America, Irene Resnick never met a stranger, and she left her family with a legacy of spirit, laughter and passion.
The Atlanta woman's daughter Lynelle Lande of Marietta reflected on her mother's colorful life from her emigration with her family to Cuba from Czechoslovakia at 6 months of age to Mrs. Resnick's first meeting with her husband of 58 1/2 years, Melvin Resnick.
Mrs. Resnick died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, after an illness. Graveside services were held Dec. 18 at Arlington Memorial Park with Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla officiating.
"My mother went to a Jewish Community Center dance in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1947, and that is where she met my dad. She couldn't speak a word of English. But their eyes locked, and that was it for the rest of their lives," Mrs. Lande said.
Mrs. Lande said her father courted her mother during that monthlong visit to Jacksonville.
"They couldn't communicate, so my grandmother would interpret for them," Mrs. Lande said. Her mother, who grew up speaking Spanish, also knew her own parents' Yiddish, which Mr. Resnick's mother spoke.
The two wrote letters to each other for seven months, with someone on each end translating, so there was a limit to how intimate they could be, Mrs. Lande said. "Then they got married. I asked my mother how well she really knew my father because these days you have to go to counseling and all sorts of things before you get married. She told me, 'I knew it the minute I laid eyes on him he was the one for me.' "
In Atlanta, Mrs. Resnick was a member of Congregation Or VeShalom and its Sisterhood, as well as a life member of Hadassah.
For 27 years the Resnicks worked side by side as operators of the Timberlake Sandwich Shop in Atlanta. Mrs. Lande said they retired nearly 15 years ago and were never apart from that time until Mrs. Resnick's death.
"They literally do not do one thing without each other, it is such a loss," Mrs. Lande said. "I've lost my mother, but my dad, he lost his beloved."
In recent years, Mrs. Lande said, her mother had taken on a perspective of "don't sweat the small stuff."
"There was just such a peace about her," she said.
Mrs. Lande said her mother was always making new friends. "Everywhere she went, she would start a conversation."
As recently as one year ago when Mrs. Lande attended a bar mitzvah in Miami with her mother, she couldn't find her. It turned out that Mrs. Resnick was on the stage, doing the limbo.
She lived a life filled with passion and love, Mrs. Lande said.
"Every person she met, she touched. She had a tremendous caring about other people and just a goodness that permeated others."
In addition to Mr. Resnick and Mrs. Lande, survivors include daughter Darlene Thompson; brother and sister-in-law David and Genia Klein; granddaughter Monica Lande; and grandsons Benjamin Lande and Sloan Thompson.
The Atlanta woman's daughter Lynelle Lande of Marietta reflected on her mother's colorful life from her emigration with her family to Cuba from Czechoslovakia at 6 months of age to Mrs. Resnick's first meeting with her husband of 58 1/2 years, Melvin Resnick.
Mrs. Resnick died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, after an illness. Graveside services were held Dec. 18 at Arlington Memorial Park with Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla officiating.
"My mother went to a Jewish Community Center dance in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1947, and that is where she met my dad. She couldn't speak a word of English. But their eyes locked, and that was it for the rest of their lives," Mrs. Lande said.
Mrs. Lande said her father courted her mother during that monthlong visit to Jacksonville.
"They couldn't communicate, so my grandmother would interpret for them," Mrs. Lande said. Her mother, who grew up speaking Spanish, also knew her own parents' Yiddish, which Mr. Resnick's mother spoke.
The two wrote letters to each other for seven months, with someone on each end translating, so there was a limit to how intimate they could be, Mrs. Lande said. "Then they got married. I asked my mother how well she really knew my father because these days you have to go to counseling and all sorts of things before you get married. She told me, 'I knew it the minute I laid eyes on him he was the one for me.' "
In Atlanta, Mrs. Resnick was a member of Congregation Or VeShalom and its Sisterhood, as well as a life member of Hadassah.
For 27 years the Resnicks worked side by side as operators of the Timberlake Sandwich Shop in Atlanta. Mrs. Lande said they retired nearly 15 years ago and were never apart from that time until Mrs. Resnick's death.
"They literally do not do one thing without each other, it is such a loss," Mrs. Lande said. "I've lost my mother, but my dad, he lost his beloved."
In recent years, Mrs. Lande said, her mother had taken on a perspective of "don't sweat the small stuff."
"There was just such a peace about her," she said.
Mrs. Lande said her mother was always making new friends. "Everywhere she went, she would start a conversation."
As recently as one year ago when Mrs. Lande attended a bar mitzvah in Miami with her mother, she couldn't find her. It turned out that Mrs. Resnick was on the stage, doing the limbo.
She lived a life filled with passion and love, Mrs. Lande said.
"Every person she met, she touched. She had a tremendous caring about other people and just a goodness that permeated others."
In addition to Mr. Resnick and Mrs. Lande, survivors include daughter Darlene Thompson; brother and sister-in-law David and Genia Klein; granddaughter Monica Lande; and grandsons Benjamin Lande and Sloan Thompson.
From Czechoslovakia to Cuba to America, Irene Resnick never met a stranger, and she left her family with a legacy of spirit, laughter and passion.
The Atlanta woman's daughter Lynelle Lande of Marietta reflected on her mother's colorful life from her emigration with her family to Cuba from Czechoslovakia at 6 months of age to Mrs. Resnick's first meeting with her husband of 58 1/2 years, Melvin Resnick.
Mrs. Resnick died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, after an illness. Graveside services were held Dec. 18 at Arlington Memorial Park with Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla officiating.
"My mother went to a Jewish Community Center dance in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1947, and that is where she met my dad. She couldn't speak a word of English. But their eyes locked, and that was it for the rest of their lives," Mrs. Lande said.
Mrs. Lande said her father courted her mother during that monthlong visit to Jacksonville.
"They couldn't communicate, so my grandmother would interpret for them," Mrs. Lande said. Her mother, who grew up speaking Spanish, also knew her own parents' Yiddish, which Mr. Resnick's mother spoke.
The two wrote letters to each other for seven months, with someone on each end translating, so there was a limit to how intimate they could be, Mrs. Lande said. "Then they got married. I asked my mother how well she really knew my father because these days you have to go to counseling and all sorts of things before you get married. She told me, 'I knew it the minute I laid eyes on him he was the one for me.' "
In Atlanta, Mrs. Resnick was a member of Congregation Or VeShalom and its Sisterhood, as well as a life member of Hadassah.
For 27 years the Resnicks worked side by side as operators of the Timberlake Sandwich Shop in Atlanta. Mrs. Lande said they retired nearly 15 years ago and were never apart from that time until Mrs. Resnick's death.
"They literally do not do one thing without each other, it is such a loss," Mrs. Lande said. "I've lost my mother, but my dad, he lost his beloved."
In recent years, Mrs. Lande said, her mother had taken on a perspective of "don't sweat the small stuff."
"There was just such a peace about her," she said.
Mrs. Lande said her mother was always making new friends. "Everywhere she went, she would start a conversation."
As recently as one year ago when Mrs. Lande attended a bar mitzvah in Miami with her mother, she couldn't find her. It turned out that Mrs. Resnick was on the stage, doing the limbo.
She lived a life filled with passion and love, Mrs. Lande said.
"Every person she met, she touched. She had a tremendous caring about other people and just a goodness that permeated others."
In addition to Mr. Resnick and Mrs. Lande, survivors include daughter Darlene Thompson; brother and sister-in-law David and Genia Klein; granddaughter Monica Lande; and grandsons Benjamin Lande and Sloan Thompson.
The Atlanta woman's daughter Lynelle Lande of Marietta reflected on her mother's colorful life from her emigration with her family to Cuba from Czechoslovakia at 6 months of age to Mrs. Resnick's first meeting with her husband of 58 1/2 years, Melvin Resnick.
Mrs. Resnick died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, after an illness. Graveside services were held Dec. 18 at Arlington Memorial Park with Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla officiating.
"My mother went to a Jewish Community Center dance in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1947, and that is where she met my dad. She couldn't speak a word of English. But their eyes locked, and that was it for the rest of their lives," Mrs. Lande said.
Mrs. Lande said her father courted her mother during that monthlong visit to Jacksonville.
"They couldn't communicate, so my grandmother would interpret for them," Mrs. Lande said. Her mother, who grew up speaking Spanish, also knew her own parents' Yiddish, which Mr. Resnick's mother spoke.
The two wrote letters to each other for seven months, with someone on each end translating, so there was a limit to how intimate they could be, Mrs. Lande said. "Then they got married. I asked my mother how well she really knew my father because these days you have to go to counseling and all sorts of things before you get married. She told me, 'I knew it the minute I laid eyes on him he was the one for me.' "
In Atlanta, Mrs. Resnick was a member of Congregation Or VeShalom and its Sisterhood, as well as a life member of Hadassah.
For 27 years the Resnicks worked side by side as operators of the Timberlake Sandwich Shop in Atlanta. Mrs. Lande said they retired nearly 15 years ago and were never apart from that time until Mrs. Resnick's death.
"They literally do not do one thing without each other, it is such a loss," Mrs. Lande said. "I've lost my mother, but my dad, he lost his beloved."
In recent years, Mrs. Lande said, her mother had taken on a perspective of "don't sweat the small stuff."
"There was just such a peace about her," she said.
Mrs. Lande said her mother was always making new friends. "Everywhere she went, she would start a conversation."
As recently as one year ago when Mrs. Lande attended a bar mitzvah in Miami with her mother, she couldn't find her. It turned out that Mrs. Resnick was on the stage, doing the limbo.
She lived a life filled with passion and love, Mrs. Lande said.
"Every person she met, she touched. She had a tremendous caring about other people and just a goodness that permeated others."
In addition to Mr. Resnick and Mrs. Lande, survivors include daughter Darlene Thompson; brother and sister-in-law David and Genia Klein; granddaughter Monica Lande; and grandsons Benjamin Lande and Sloan Thompson.
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