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Farmington Hills; nephew, 
Rob Garsoff. She is also 
survived by a stepfamily of 
21 children, grandchildren, 
and great-grandchildren; 
many close cousins and dear 
friends of more than 70 
years. 
She was the dear sister-
in-law of the late Marilyn 
Garsoff; dear aunt of the late 
Craig Garsoff. 
Contributions may 
be made to the Dolores 
Gordon Music Fund, c/o 
Conservative Synagogue 
of Westport, 30 Hillspoint 
Road, Westport, CT, 06880, 
tcs-westport.org (please 
specify Dolores Gordon 
Music Fund when making 
the donation.) A grave-
side service was held at 
Hebrew Memorial Park. 
Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel.
 

REVA 
GORNBEIN, 
100, of 
Wilmington, 
N.C., died Nov. 1, 
2020. 
She lived life fully. She 
traveled to Antarctica at age 
97, taught and played bridge 
at age 99 and finally gave up 
driving this past December. 
When she was a young 
woman, she worked as a legal 
secretary and decided that 
she wanted to see the world. 
She enlisted in the U.S. Army 
during World War II and 
ended up in Germany. She 
learned cryptography and 
saw Hitler’
s bunker in Berlin. 
She went to Dachau and per-
sonally flew one of Hitler’
s 
private secretaries from 
Berlin to Munich for a mili-
tary trial. She traveled widely 
and loved literature, music 

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