Roean Iscoff

October 25, 1928 - October 24, 2023

Roean Norwitt Iscoff

, a loving wife, mother, and adored grandmother, passed away peacefully on October 24 surrounded by her family. She was born in SF on October 25, 1928 to Annabelle and Albert Norwitt. She attended Lowell High School and was a member of the Beta Tau Sorority through which she made many lifelong friends. Roean met her husband, Marvin Iscoff (deceased in 1991) in 1946 at holiday dance at the JCC in San Francisco. They were married for 43 years, lived in San Francisco, and raised 2 daughters Pam and Dana. Roean was a consummate volunteer as she worked tirelessly on a number of organizations and boards in the Jewish community: Jewish Community Federation, Hebrew Free Loan, Institute on Aging, and AIPAC. Roean oversaw the very successful JWF fundraising Telethons during the month of February for a number of years. She was well known for her amazing ability to do seating for tables for special events for these organizations. Roean was a strong matriarch of her family as she organized celebrations for Jewish holidays, Thanksgiving, family dinners, Lake Tahoe vacations, birthday celebrations, and Sunday brunches. Her family was extremely important to her, especially her 5 grandchildren. She spent special time with each of them, attended their school events, musical performances, athletic games, their Bar and Bat Mitzvah, graduations, and weddings. For the last 15 years, Roean lived at the SF Towers. Roean is survived by her daughters Pam Schneider (Michael) and Dana Iscoff (Michael); her grandchildren David Schneider (Aimee), Jeffrey Schneider, Adam Daigian, Emily Iscoff-Daigian (Essam) and Matthew Schneider. Our family is extremely grateful for Roean’s caregivers, Lourdes Castenada and Athela Campenero, who took exceptional care of her these past 7 years. We appreciate the care of the ANX Hospice nurses that she received in the last months. If you wish to donate in memory of Roean Iscoff please do so to the Institute on Aging or Hebrew Free Loan. Funeral Services will be held on Sunday October 29 at 1:30 at Hills of Eternity Chapel, 1301 El Camino Real, SF 94014