Obituary of Iris Lucash Haas

IRIS LUCASH HAAS HARRIS, NY Iris L. Haas, a resident of Harris, N.Y., died on Friday, August 10, 2007 in the Orange Regional Medical Center, Middletown, NY. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 2, 1946 the daughter Eli and Francis Lucash. Iris was a retired New York City school teacher, who taught English at South Shore High School in Brooklyn, NY for 28 years. Upon retirement she and husband, Michael, moved up to a small farm in Harris, NY. She was a tutor for Literacy Volunteers of America. She was also a member of and Vice President of Catskill region Hadassah and an active member of the Sisterhood of Temple Beth Shalom in Florida, New York. Iris is survived by husband Michael at home in Harris, her daughter Francie Israeli of Washington, D.C., her son Avi Israeli of New Paltz, NY, her step daughter Cheryl Haas Geller and her husband Bruce of Long Island, NY, her grandson Jordan Lucas Geller, her step son Eric Scott Haas and his wife Anna of Staten Island, NY. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 10am in Temple Beth Shalom, 13 Roosevelt Avenue Florida, NY. Burial will be in New Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, NY. Donations in memory of Iris may be made to Temple Beth Shalom or your favorite animal Charity.