Lore Silton

Lore Silton, a former resident of Rye Brook, NY, passed away on April 15, 2017. She is survived by her husband Peter Silton, son Andrew Silton and his wife Margaret Kanze Silton, daughter Nicole Klemens, former son-in-law, Michael Klemens, son Daniel Quat, grandchildren Katherine Silton and her husband Roger Williams, Andrew Silton and his wife Katherine Weissler, Daniel Klemens and Robert Klemens, and great granddaughters Annabel and Emily Williams.

Lore was born in Hohenlimburg, Germany on December 17, 1920 to Morris Rosenberg and Hilde Benjamin. She had an older brother Fritz. Lore and her family left Germany in 1936 and lived in Belgium. Her father died in a traffic accident in 1939, and her brother and stepfather were arrested and deported to Gurs, France shortly after the German invasion of Belgium in 1940. Lore and her mother fled Belgium in 1941 and were smuggled into Free France. In 1942 Lore and her family escaped a German deportation order in Annecy, France by hiking across the Swiss border. She survived the remainder of World War II in refugee camps and as a maid in Switzerland.

Lore came to the US in 1947, living and working in Manhattan as a secretary. She married her husband, Peter in 1949. They lived in Queens, Dallas, Texas and from 1960 until 2015 in Rye Brook, NY before moving to the Knolls retirement community in Valhalla, NY. In addition to being a stay-at-home mom, Lore was a long-time member of the Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at White Plains, a volunteer for Carver Center, an organization serving the minority communities of Port Chester, a French tutor, a volunteer in boy scouts, girl scouts and the PTA, and a sales representative for various Caribbean hotels.

During 67 years of marriage to her husband Peter, a retired airline executive for KLM, Lore traveled through dozens of America’s national parks, explored many of the world’s great cities, and reunited with family and friends spread across the continents. Lore had a passion for cooking and hospitality, which she continued to pursue up until this year.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Doctors Without Borders or the Valhalla Ambulance Corp. A memorial service will be held at a later date.