Known equally for her beauty and charm, Mrs. Rohr had a disarming penchant for displaying an inordinate amount of care and attention to friends and those who came to her for advice. Those who were close to her described a regal figure with an infectious laugh who paid great attention to the details of the lives of those around her.
Matriarch of Philanthropic Rohr Family, 78
Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, a devoted mother and grandmother who nurtured a family with philanthropic interests spanning the globe, died in her hometown of Bal Harbour, Fla., on Monday after a long illness. She was 78.
Known equally for her beauty and charm, Mrs. Rohr had a disarming penchant for displaying an inordinate amount of care and attention to friends and those who came to her for advice. Those who were close to her described a regal figure with an infectious laugh who paid great attention to the details of the lives of those around her.
A woman proud of her heritage, she also publicly lived her Judaism in times and places where such displays were unheard of.
ìImagine a private house in 1960ís South America where you can see that thereís a
sukkah in the yard, with people enjoying the food and the líchaims and singing,î said Mrs. Danielle Gorlin Lassner, a close friend who first met Mrs. Rohr in early 1963 at a butcher shop in Bogota, Colombia. ìPeople of all kinds who were not Jewish [were] looking in, yet she always celebrated her yiddishkeit with great pride.î
