May 8, 1923—September 30, 2011
Reva Ketzlach Twersky, 88, a Seattle native, passed away peacefully at the close of the Jewish New Year, in the Kline Galland Home. She is survived by son Rabbi David Twersky of Seattle and daughters Judy Twersky of Forest Hills, N.Y. and Marya Twersky of Fair Lawn, N.J. She had six grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren — all of whom she was very proud. She was preceded in death by more than 20 years by the “love of her life,” Meyer Twersky, a communal leader and son of the Talner Rebbe of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Twersky was a life-long member, regular worshipper and active Sisterhood worker at Congregation Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath. She was a dedicated parent, volunteer, and PTA president at the Seattle Hebrew Day School (Academy) and was active in the (Women’s) Hebrew Free Loan Society, Mizrachi Women (AMIT), and the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.
Reva was a proud alumnus of the Seattle Talmud Torah, Garfield High School (where she was honored by the Garfield Golden Grads for lifetime achievement), and the University of Washington (from which she earned her MSW and was a founding social worker at the UW School of Family Medicine at University Hospital.)
She loved family and was considered to be the “matriarch” of the Steinberg-Ketzlach-Treiger-Elyn families who were and are pioneers and leaders within Seattle’s Jewish community. She authored a two-volume memoir entitled In the Footsteps of My Grandmother, referring to her grandmother and role-model, Chaya Tsivya (Anna) Steinberg (in whose home Reva was born), who died in 1944.
The family suggests that donations be made to Congregation BCMH, the Seattle Hebrew Academy, or the Northwest Yeshiva High School.
Reva Ketzlach Twersky
