Salem - Beloved wife of the late Jack H. Shapiro. Loving mother of Elizabeth (Benjamin Kopin) Shapiro Kopin, Yossi (Sara Kahn) Shapiro and Jonathan (Carly Figliulo) Shapiro. Proud grandmother of Joshua (Emily Higgs) Kopin, Zachary (Kellie Lounds) Kopin, Shira Kahn Shapiro, Isaac Kahn Shapiro, Jacob (Erin Wallin) Shapiro, and Ma'or Shapiro. Cherished great-grandmother of Ya'ara Kahn Shapiro. Dear sister of Dotty (Dr. Jerome) Starr. Will be missed by many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral services are private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Yaira's memory to The Cantor Irving Ackerman and Amalia Isaksohn Ackerman Cantorial Scholarship Fund at the Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, donate at www.jtsa.edu, Jewish Woman's Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, www.jwfchicago.org, Meals on Wheels, www.cje.net, or The Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel, for Minian Shivioni Mazkeret Batya, www.masorti.org, Masorti Foundation, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027.