Newport News — Anna Lee Vaughn Kahn Goldfarb Liverman left this earth on Friday, May 30, 2014, surrounded by her loving family.
Lee was born in Oklahoma and has been a Virginia resident for more than 60 years. Lee was a professional model and actress in her early years and a successful businesswoman until retirement. She owned and operated Guaranteed Foods of VA with her first husband Edward.
Lee served myriad of roles including Temple Sinai’s president and Sisterhood president, board member of the National Girl Scout Council, and many other organizations. However, she felt her most important roles were as a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Lee was a recipient of multiple community awards and honors. She spent a lifetime making the most of each day, being a loving matriarch to her family and friends and being a world traveler.
She is survived by her devoted husband, Robert Liverman; her children, Dianne Haley and David Kahn; her adopted children, Star Carlton and Joel Menco; her stepchildren, Betty Moritz and Nancy Millstein; her grandchildren, Lee Anne Dunn, Eric Kahn, Jill DiGrazio, Michael Saks, and Julianna Kahn; and her great-grandchildren, Haley Saks, Alexander Saks, William Dunn, Dylan DiGrazio, Madison Kahn, Lily Kahn, Devon DiGrazio and Jacqueline Kahn, as well as many nieces and nephews and other extended family and friends.
A service was conducted at Ohef Sholom Temple by Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg with burial at Peninsula Memorial Park. Weymouth Funeral Home. Contributions to the Temple Sinai Edward E. Kahn Biblical Memorial Garden or a charity of choice.