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For proof of the adage that greatness comes through struggle, one need not look further than Dayan Westheim

She was a successful craftswoman, businesswoman, and customer relations specialist — but she was always a mother first

He constantly chose to focus on the positive. Yes, it had been terrible, but it was over. He had survived and married and built a family and he was so grateful. And relieved.

She went through life making friends. At the phone-in shivah, her daughters recorded a stream of women who identified themselves as Hennie’s best friends.

“My father didn’t live to save money. He lived to use money to help people, and he did that every single day.”