[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 21, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING ELEANORE deVADETZSKY

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                           HON. DWIGHT EVANS

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 21, 2017

  Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a noted centenarian of 
Philadelphia, Ms. Eleanore deVadetzsky.
  Eleanore deVadetzsky was born in Pennsylvania Hospital on June 11, 
1917, to Minna (nee Wolfsohn) and Tevye Rosenstein of Olney and 
Wynnefield. It was just months after the entry of the U.S. into WW I. 
Tevye had a trained voice, a choir leader, opera enthusiast, taught 
music and song and was a strong supporter of the founding of Israel.
  Minna fled an unhappy family situation in Latvia, when a very young 
woman, making her way alone to the New World, with little more than a 
suitcase crammed with philosophy books, Spinoza and Maimonides. She was 
a homemaker, suffragette, and struggling businesswoman, who prized 
education and always had a book in her hands. She studied science, and 
upon graduating, became a chemist, first at Tastycake Bakery and later, 
at Whitman's Chocolates.
  Along the way, Eleanore Rosenstein met the dashing Vladimir, aka 
Walter, deVadetzsky, who bore a striking resemblance to actor Richard 
Ney, and was on his way to the South Pacific to fight in World War II. 
They wrote letters during his absence, and they were married on his 
return.
  They managed to travel to far-flung places around the globe such as 
China, Japan, Australia for the '56 Olympics, pre-Castro Cuba, Central 
and South America, and almost every European country, making friends 
wherever they were. Both here and abroad, Eleanore & Walter enjoyed 
theater, ballet, music and art.
  For many years, they both volunteered at Pennsylvania and Graduate 
hospitals. When Walter passed away in 2005, Eleanore continued 
volunteering at Pennsylvania Hospital and CHOP, until 2010, when she 
was sidelined with a broken ankle. She never touched alcohol, but 
always had a cocktail waiting for Walter at the end of the day, and was 
a connoisseur and devotee of dark chocolate, to which she attributed 
her longevity. Eleanore frequently visited with family and friends 
around the globe by telephone.
  Sadly, Eleanore passed away on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 from 
complications of dementia. Her family and friends celebrated her 100th 
birthday and said goodbye on Sunday, June 11. She is survived by her 
cousins Rosenstein, Winitz, Wagner, Dichter, Kaplan & Vaughan.

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