Sally Lee Ostrom, born January 13, 1932, was the oldest child of Ruth Friedman Ostrom and Ben Ostrom (Bernard Selig Ostrom). Her little sister Lois Ann was born _______________. Ruth’s parents were David Friedman (May 2, 1873 – October 28, 1952) and Dina V. Weinburg (April __, 1878 – April 11, 1945). David’s parents were Jacob Friedman (1842 – February 14, 1924 – February 14, 1924) and Lena Falkenstein (March 1848 – August 2, 1920). David’s grandparents were Moses Friedman (1817- ________ ) and Katalin Cziner (1820 – March 14, 1901) and Abraham Cziner (1800 – __________) was Katalin’s father.
Lena Falkenstein’s parents were Josef Falkenstein (1809 – _______) and Betti Selones (1825 – __________).
As a youngster, Sally had dog named Tippy. She was young enough that when Tippy passed away and was replaced with another identical dog, at least once, she never knew the difference. Sally had a nice childhood until the untimely death of her father, Ben. Ben Reed, Sally’s oldest grandson, was named after Ben Ostrom. Sally was very bright and attended Walnut Hills High School, the college predatory high school in Cincinnati. She was very involved with her high school and then later, in the school’s alumni organization. She really enjoyed her high school reunions and worked hard organizing them. Sally was also very witty-she had lots of cute sayings such as _________________
Sally started dating Roy White when she was still in high school. She went off to Connecticut College for at least a year before returning to Cincinnati to be close to Roy. They married in the Hall of Mirrors in the Netherland Hilton (an Art Deco hotel located in downtown Cincinnati) in a beautiful wedding on June 17, 195__ and Sally wore a wedding dress made from the train of her mother’s wedding dress. The happy couple honeymooned in Bermuda before returning to Cincinnati to start married life. Maurice Ostrom White, (named after the grandfather he never knew and his mother’s maiden name) their first child, was born on May 26, 1953 followed by Barbara Dee White (named after Sally’s father as she was almost named Benita and maternal great grandmother Deena) on June 25, 1955 and Daniel Robert White (named after _____________), born May 29, 1957.
Sally was heavily involved with her children’s lives but still managed to work as a tutor for underprivileged children, serve as treasurer of the cookbook project created by the Sisterhood of Rockdale Temple and help with other civic and charitable endeavors. She was a friend to all – she did not care about age, color or background.
Sally was also a very talented seamstress. She happened to meet Molly Parniss, a very well known American fashion designer (she was part of the first generation of designers to be known by their names rather than by affiliation to a department store) at a dinner in Los Angeles when Molly admired Sally’s dress and asked who the designer was. Sally very modestly told Molly that the dress was her own design and that she had also cut and sewen it.
Sally was also an excellent cook. She entertained family, friends and famous people (such as composer Michel LeGrand) at their home in Amberley Village, Ohio. Her husband, Roy, often entertained at a local incredible French restaurant, The Maisonette, one of the handful of five star restaurants located around the country. The Maisonette was the place to see and be seen, but it was more of an annoyance to Roy due to the frequency of his entertainment duties. As a result of the frequency of his meals at The Maisonette, he became friends with not only the owner of this fine establishment, but also the Maitre d and the long time award winning chef. One day while Roy was kidding with the Chef, he invited the chef for dinner the following week at disown home. The tough part for Roy was having to go home and tell Sally what he had done. Poor Sally was left with the job of figuring out what to serve the long time award winning chef of a five star restaurant. Finally she decided that it would be difficult to impress the chef of a top end French restaurant with the type of the food that he routinely prepared so she would instead prepare a traditional Jewish Friday night meal. Brisket was the featured entree, cooked with a recipe that her children and grandchildren still relish. Needless to say, Sally, as always, hit another home run as her guest of honor was wonderfully impressed.
Roy’s work in the movie business took him away on many, many business trips. If Roy wasn’t accompanied by Sally on those trips, she packed his bags, did his laundry and kept the home fires burning. Both jobs were tough but she handled them well under difficult circumstances. Once while in Palm Springs, Sally and Roy were in a store when Roy told her that he wanted to purchase another can opener. Sally responded by saying that they had no need for yet another can opener. Roy responded by going out and purchasing a BMW sedan that he wound up leaving at the Beverly Hills Hotel for use during his frequent business trips.
Sally and Roy started opening more and more time in a relatively undeveloped Fort Myers Beach Florida. First they purchased unit at the Sun Cape that they kept for their own use. Sally loved walking on the beach and collecting unusual shells. She also enjoyed making crafts with her findings such as coquina seashell balls. The real estate market was very hot at that time-there were actually drawings to determine who would have the right to purchase condominiums when development plans were announced. Roy and Sally were fortunate enough to be able to purchase another unit on the beach for rental purposes. In 1985, Roy sold his business and Sally and Roy almost all of their time in Florida. Eventually, they tired of the amount of rental traffic attendant to life in Ft. Myers Beach so they sold both units and bought another beachfront condominium – this one at The Monaco, in Naples. With the real estate market remaining hot, Sally and Roy at least one more time, again paid a deposit for a condominium that was still a developer’s dream, giving them the right to purchase a unit when completed in two or three years. Once or twice Sally and Roy actually purchased a new home, moving to nicer and nicer beachfront condominiums, but it was not unusual for them to close on the purchase of a new condominium and simultaneously selling it for a profit. After many years of living on the beach, Sally and Roy decided to move to a beautiful home (1274 Waggle Way in Naples) on a water hole of a golf course. The home had an infinity pool overlooking the water and a green located directly behind their home. The backyard hot tub was a favorite place to relax, along with time spent on her computer located in the nook off of the kitchen. Roy’s office also had a hidden room adjacent to it, accessed through a moveable bookshelf. The home also had a little attached house on the grounds where all of the kids and grandkids loved staying.
As much as Sally loved her children and their spouses, one of the biggest joys of her life was her grandchildren. Emily, Maddie and Henry, born of her oldest child, Maury and his wife, Jan Frasier White; Ben, Andy and Alex, born of her daughter Barb and her husband Mike; and Allison and Jacob, children of Sally’s youngest child, Danny and his wife, Jessica Shaw White. She treasured their visits-sleeping over at the house on Golden followed by visits to the flea market, sleeping on the patio in Florida, collecting shells on the beach, going to the zoo or just talking with her grandchildren as they got older. She took tremendous pleasure in their successes and their joys.
Sally was diagnosed with _______________ and after a valiant 18 month battle with several trips to top notch M.D. Anderson Hospital in Texas and other consultations and treatments, she decided that she was ready to pass away. On March 26, 2007, at age 75, Sally White died, leaving a giant hole in the hearts of family and friends. She is buried next to her husband, Roy B. White in the United Jewish Cemetery aka Montgomery Cemetery, in Montgomery, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati.
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