Jill Hurwitz

December 21st, 2025

So many happy memories of Jill. She was kind, sweet, smart, giving, talented, and so much more. A true woman of valor. We lived around the corner from the Rosenheims and met as babies when our moms walked their buggies with us in them. From then through high school and beyond I loved our times together. My deepest sympathies to all of her family, extended and nuclear, and to her many many friends. She touched us all,

~Sally A. Mandler
~, Bethlehem, PA

December 19th, 2025

Jill, Nancy and I lived in a big house together for the summer session at Skidmore College. Jill had a snake named Raskolnikov. The snake went missing. I was afraid it might appear in my bed! I always wondered if she ever found it. While visiting Tuscon, we would hike together, watch the sunset on Mt. Lemon and share memories. I mentioned to her that we didn’t know many people in Tuscon. She arranged a dinner so that we could meet more of her friends. So thoughtful and caring. I hear her sweet voice in my head and heart. May she rest in peace.

~Idrienne Steiman
~Skidmore College friend, Carmel IN

December 19th, 2025

Jill, if I make it to heaven too, I’m counting on you to teach me all the cards game there! I hope to see you soon, but not too soon. You were a wonderful person and friend.

~Stuart Sweet
~friend for 50 years, The Villages, Florida

December 19th, 2025

Jill was one of the most kind, generous, talented and creative persons I knew. She will be sorely missed by all she knew and taught. May her memory be a blessing.

~Barbara Schmidt
~Friend, Sarasota, Florida

December 19th, 2025

What a beautiful service. I am grateful to have known Jill and to have been touched by her life, however briefly or infrequently. May the beings with pink tendrils always be a comfort at her side and in the memories of her family and friends.

~Deborah (Krupp) Ketai
~classmate, Waterbury

December 19th, 2025

Too many to list here! I really wish I could have been there today. From nursery school on Jill was a sweet balancing force in my life. Love you all.

~Patti Brown
~Her oldest friend, Ashley Falls MA

December 19th, 2025

Have many great memories of Jill in high school, singing, dancing, laughing!

~Helene Verin
~friend, Palm Springs

December 18th, 2025

luckily, I collected several pieces of Jill’s pottery over the years, and I’ll always have them to remember her by.

~Leslie Jacobson
~Friend, Highland Park, IL