Miriam (Rosen) Gerber

Miriam Rosen Gerber, 75, of Tampa, FL, died Monday November 1, 2021 at Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation in Live Oak, FL. Born at Hartford Hospital, she was the daughter of the late David P. and Doris (Manheim) Rosen. She grew up on Mansfield Street, Warrenton Avenue and then Colebrook Street in Hartford before moving to West Hartford in 1959. Miriam graduated from Conard High School in West Hartford in 1964. She studied at Kent State University and at the University of Hartford. Throughout her life, family and close friends called her Mimi or Mim. Miriam worked in the life insurance industry, beginning her career at Underwriters Service Agency in the early 1970’s and later moving to Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance. She moved to Malvern, PA in 1992 and then to Millburn, NJ where she became a Senior Underwriting Associate at Executive Life Associates in Union, NJ. A decade later she moved to Tampa and married Ralph Gerber in March 2007 where they lived together among the wildlife of Lake Ellen in Carrollwood. She was known to take in stray cats including one large enough to be confused with a small panther. She was a fan of mystery-thriller novels, country music, off-color jokes, and could always be called upon to answer trivia. You only needed to look at her social media feed to know of her ardent support of Israel, U.S. Veterans, and any picture of a cute animal. She leaves a son Jon Brause and his wife Judith Ackerman of Denver, CO; a brother, Mark Rosen and his wife, Etta of Boston, MA; nieces and nephews, Johanna Rosen and her partner Anna Marchefka, Tamara McKerchie and her husband Bill, Eli Rosen and his wife Shoshana, and Seth Rosen. Miriam was predeceased by her husband Ralph who passed away from COVID-19. Funeral services will be graveside at the Beth Hillel Synagogue Memorial Park in East Granby at 1PM on Thursday November 4, followed by interment. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, 333 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford 06117, or to The Humane Society of Tampa Bay, 3607 N Armenia Ave, Tampa, FL 33607.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, 333 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford 06117, or to The Humane Society of Tampa Bay, 3607 N Armenia Ave, Tampa, FL 33607.