Funeral of Olga Meshoe Washington

29 January 2025

The funeral of Olga Meshoe Washington took place in Haifa on January 22 at 13:00 South Africa time.

While the funeral will took place in Israel, the Meshoe family arranged a memorial service for Olga which took place on Sunday, 26 January. All of the Jewish community were invited to attend with transport both to and from the memorial service.

Olga continued to show up for the South African Jewish community, now was our time to show up for her and give comfort to the family.

A YouTube recording of the funeral can be view here

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