Mrs. Sarah M. Wiernick, mother of Peter Wiernick, editor of the “Jewish Morning Journal,” died yesterday morning.
Mrs. Wiernick was born in Vilna more than eighty years ago. She came to the United States in the late eighties. She lived in New York during the last twenty-five years.
Mrs. Wiernick is survived by two sons and one daughter, Peter, Simon and Bertha, by ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
