WYLMA DORYS NEEDLE's Obituary
On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, Wylma Dorys Needle, loving wife, mother of three children, Nana, and matriarch of our family passed away at the age of 87. Wylma was born on May 17, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts to Walter (Israel) and Faye (Fannie) Kaplan. Wylma married Herbert Needle on September 22, 1957 in Boston. They raised three children, Mark, Eric, and Jodi.
In 1976 the family left Randolph, Massachusetts and moved to Orlando, Florida. From 1977 to 1990, we lived in Longwood, a suburb of Orlando, where many of their Boston relatives relocated to as well.
In 1990, Wylma and Herb moved to Boynton Beach and later, to Lake Worth, Florida. In 2021, they moved in with Eric and Eileen, in Melbourne, Florida.
Wylma is survived by Herbert, her husband of 64 years, her sister Rita Slotnick and her son Eric and his wife Eileen Needle. Their grandchildren include Benjamin Ross and Heather Rose Fraden, the children of Jodi and Steven Fraden, and Ryan Casey and Connor Flynn Needle, the children of Eric and Eileen Needle.
May our memories of her be blessed
We love you.
—Eric Needle
Chapel Service 11 am Monday, November 22, 2021 at Beth Israel Memorial Chapel, 11115 Jog Road, Boynton Beach, Florida 33437 561-732-3000. Interment will take place at South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, Florida
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