Ruth Moskowitz
Ruth Brown Moskowitz died peacefully on September 5 at The Commons in Lincoln, where she spent the last five and a half years of her life.
She was born in Chicago to Leon and Sophie Brown, both immigrants from Romania. When she was eight, the family moved to Coney Island, N.Y., where she grew up and graduated from Lincoln High School. She then obtained further education at the Pratt Institute and Teacher’s College Columbia University, where she received a bachelor’s degree. Later she received a master’s degree from Rutgers University in food science.
In 1942 Ruth married Sidney Moskowitz, a successful electrical engineer and a City College of New York graduate. They remained partners for 64 years until he passed away in 2007. Ruth and Sydney lived for many years in Hawthorne, N.J., where they raised their children. Upon Ruth’s retirement, they moved to San Diego.
Ruth focused her professional career on nutrition and feeding children. She initially began as an assistant food editor for Good Housekeeping magazine, then wrote recipes for Lipton Tea Company and moved on to direct the school food service in Elizabeth, N.J. In San Diego she became a voluntary ombudsman for the elderly in nursing homes and hospitals. At the age of 93 she finally retired, having received many awards for her work.
In 2016 she moved to Lincoln to be close to her daughter, Lynn DeLisi. Throughout her life, she was always devoted to family and hungry children worldwide. She is survived by her three children (Lynn, Barry and Shelley); five grandchildren (Jackie, Daniel, Noah, Carly and Kevin, and a sixth, Alex who predeceased her while serving in the Israeli army); and five great-grandchildren (Samuel, Kensuke, Sadye, Aili and Kai).
Ruth was laid to rest next to Sydney in the AM Israel Mortuary in San Diego. May she rest in peace and her memory be a comfort to all who had the privilege of knowing her. In lieu of flowers, donations to a charity of your choice providing food for disadvantaged children would be what Ruth would have wanted.