Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Feiga Rachel Crystal, 64, mother of Leon Crystal, Sunday editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, at Arnold Blum’s funeral chapel, 153 East Broadway.
Mrs. Crystal died late Friday afternoon after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband, Baruch Crystal; two sons, Leon and Morris, and a daughter, Mrs. G. Goodman of Boston.
Interment was in the Mount Judah Cemetery of Brooklyn.
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