Norfolk—Felice Mae Saks, 86, died peacefully at home with her family at her side.
She is a Norfolk native and the daughter of the late Abram and Jennie Levenstein Abram and was preceded in death by her husband Harvey Saks and her son Jules A. Stern.
She was a graduate of Maury High School, West Hampton College, and earned her Masters Degree In English from Old Dominion University. She retired from Tidewater Community College as a professor of English and public speaking after 30 years employment. She was a member of Ohef Sholom Temple.
Her love of poetry, literature, Stephen Sondheim, and Casablanca will be long remembered. But above all, she will be remembered for her kindness and compassion.
Survivors include her loving daughter Alison Stern-Dunyak and her son-in-law, James Dunyak and her grandson, Alexander H. Dunyak, all of Cambridge, Mass., and several cousins and countless friends.
A graveside funeral was held in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens with Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg officiating.
Memorial donations to Doctors Without Borders, TCC Educational Foundation, or the charity of the donor’s choice. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts.