Mrs. Shirley Knopf

March 27, 1932 - August 15, 2017

Somerset, NJ Shirley ( Rosengart) Knopf, 85, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at her home at Stein Assisted Living, Somerset, NJ. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Shirley had lived for several years in Irvington, NJ before moving to North Brunswick in 1965. She has been residing in Somerset since 2005 and the past few years have been spent at the Stein Assisted Living. Shirley was a member of the Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick for over forty years. She participated in the many Temple activities. First and foremost, Shirley was a homemaker, who loved spending time with her family. The daughter of the late Abraham and Bessie (Schultz) Rosengart, she is survived by her loving children and their spouses, Drs. Karen and Ira Rosen, of East Brunswick, NJ, Eric and Shelley Knopf, of Livingston, NJ, Eric and Andrea Jacob, of Princeton, NJ, her grandchildren, Hillary and her husband Joey, Brian, Jeremy, Becky and Evan, her sisters and their spouses, Florence and Bruce Samitt, Arlene and John Banocy and her brother and his spouse, Bernard and Ellen Rosengart. Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 pm Wednesday, August 16, in the Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, 222 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ. Interment will follow at the Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge, NJ. Arrangements are by the Crabiel Parkwest Funeral Chapel, 239 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ. Memorial contributions may be made either to Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple or your favorite charity in memory of Shirley.