Helen and Bernard Grosky, Jewish Couple Devoted to Family, Die Four Days Apart

By Ellen Braunstein

Helen Etta Goldberg Grosky and Bernard Warren Grosky, a couple whose lives were centered on family, community and one another, died recently just four days apart. Bernard died on Aug. 8 at 96, followed by Helen on Aug. 12 at 94.

Married for 66 years, the Groskys were remembered by family and friends as a partnership of humor, strength and unwavering devotion. “They were soulmates,” said their niece, Eileen Ewing. “Everyone knew how much they loved each other. We weren’t surprised they went so close together. That’s just who they were.”

Born on March 8, 1929, Bernard grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Olney High School in 1946. Helen was born in New York on June 30, 1931, and moved to Philadelphia as a girl. They met in the late 1950s on a blind date that quic