Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Neediest Cases - Jewish Association for Services for the Aged Aids Sarah Gellert, 99 - Series - NYTimes.com

By KEN BELSON

Sarah Gellert’s favorite word is wonderful. Her parents and friends growing up in the Bronx were wonderful. Her two husbands were wonderful. Her friends from the company where she worked for more than four decades were wonderful.

Mrs. Gellert is 99 and counting, living alone in the Bronx with little family, almost no savings, and problems with her hearing, vision and mobility. But while many others her age are consumed with their limitations, Mrs. Gellert remains upbeat, the warmest person in the room.
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