Iris M. Semeya March 21, 1934 - March 3, 2024

Aventura, Florida - It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Iris M. Semaya, who left us on March 3, 2024. She peacefully bid farewell, surrounded by her family, after a life filled with love, dancing, and devotion to family.

Born on March 21, 1934 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Iris was the cherished

daughter of David and Betty, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York with her sister Sylvia. Growing up in a single-mother household after her father’s tragic passing, from a young age, she displayed an extraordinary strength of character, resilience and an indomitable spirit that would guide her throughout her life. In her youth, Iris excelled in school. In her 20s, she worked at an advertising agency, where she was known for her fast typing skills, amazing penmanship, and her outgoing personality.

In 1957, meeting on a blind date, Iris embarked on a journey of love and

companionship when she married her beloved Ike the next year. Their bond was a source of inspiration to all who knew them, and their love endured through the trials and triumphs of 64 years together.

Iris moved to south Florida in 1962, and together with her family, made the North Miami Beach area her home. She went back to college to get a certificate in Early Childhood Education and taught at both Temple Sinai of North Dade and Beth Torah Adath Yeshurun Early Childhood Schools for 30 years. She was loved by her students and their parents.

As a mother, wife, and grandmother, Iris was the heart and soul of her family. Her children and grandchildren were the light of her life, and she delighted in their every achievement and milestone.

Iris is survived by Ike, her devoted husband, her children David and Masako of Tokyo, Ellen and Ronald Krasnow of Palo Alto, grandchildren Benjamin and Jack Krasnow, and Isaac, Rachel and Hannah Semaya, her sister-in-law Evelyn Semaya, and her many loving nieces and nephews in South Florida and New York, who will cherish her memory forever. Iris is predeceased by her sister Sylvia Monuse, her brother-in-law Harold Monuse, and her brother-inlaw Sam Semaya. The family would like to thank Paula Bruce-Stanley, her loving care giver, for helping to take care of Iris in her final years.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 11:00 am at Lakeside Memorial Park, followed by interment. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus (https://btbrc.org/giving/) or The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation (https:// www.floridabreastcancer. org/), in honor of Iris’s memory. May her soul find eternal peace and may her memory be a blessing. Arrangements by Levitt-Weinstein Blasberg-Rubin-Zilbert Memorial Chapel (305) 932-2700.