Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Edith Jacobi Baerwald, who died Sunday at her summer home at Neptune, N. J., aged 87. She was the widow of Paul Baerwald, one of the founders of the Joint Distribution Committee, and was active in JDC for about half a century. The services were held at Temple Beth Miriam, Elberon, N. J.
Statements of condolence over Mrs. Baerwald’s passing were issued on behalf of the JDC today by Edward M. M. Warburg, chairman, and Charles H. Jordan, director-general; and by the leading officers of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mainmonides Hospital of Brooklyn, and other prominent Jewish organizations.
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