?????RALEIGH, N.C. -- Dora Beleck "Doris" Mermelstein, 98, died peacefully Wednesday morning, Dec. 31, 2008, at the home of her daughter. ?????? Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday in Ahavath Sholom Cemetery, 411 N. University Drive. Rabbi Ned Soltz, Congregation Beth-Shalom, Arlington, will officiate. Following committal prayers, Doris will be laid to rest next to her husband, Marvin. Minyan services will be held on Friday at Congregation Ahavath Sholom, 4050 S. Hulen Street, beginning at 6 p.m. ?????? A native of Hugo, Okla., and a former resident of Tyler, Dora was born Sept. 15, 1910, the daughter of Sam and Mary Swengal Beleck. She was married to Marvin David Mermelstein, who died Dec. 25, 1994. ?????? In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her siblings, William Beleck, Ida Abranson and Sarah Goldfarb. ?????? Survivors: Her daughter, Elka Yeskel Marish and her husband, Filip Yeskel, of Raleigh, N.C.; and her grandchildren, Ari, Zach, Sarah, Sabrina and Caleb. Robertson Mueller Harper Funerals & Cremations 1500 Eighth Ave., 817-924-4233
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