Anne F. Wascou, 90, of Moravian Manor, Lititz, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2011. She was born in in 1921 in Karlsruhe, Germany. She was happy growing up with her late parents, Elfriede and Max, and her brother, Arno, and sister, Ilse.

She was preceded in death by her husband Dr. Albert E. Wascou in 1980.

Anne was a homemaker.

In 1938 at the age of 16, Anne traveled to America on the S.S. St. Louis to escape the Holocaust. She was the only one of her family who survived.

Anne was very active in her community and had many wonderful friends. She belonged to Congregation Shaarai Shomayim and the Shaarai Shomayim sisterhood. From 1967-1969 Anne was the Lancaster Jewish Community Center Auxillary President, and was named the Lancaster Jewish Community Center Woman of the Year for 1965-1966. She also belonged to Hadassah, the B'nai B'rith Foundation, the World Jewish Congres Foundation, the Anti-Defamation League, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the National Museum of American Jewish History.

She is survived by two daughters, Marilyn, wife of Dr. Ronald Toplitz, of Lancaster, Ellen Wascou, wife of Daniel Weinhold, of Lancaster, a grandson, Loren Toplitz, husband of, Traci Ext, and a great-grandson, Winston Theo Toplitz, both of Cleveland Heights, OH.

Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 18, 2011 at 1pm in the Chapel of the Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory 3110 Lititz Pike with Rabbi Jack Paskoff officiating. Visitation with the family will be at Snyder's from 12noon-1pm. Interment will be in Shaarai Shomayim Cemetery. The Family respectfully requests no calling hours after the service on Friday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Congregation Shaarai Shomayim 75 E. James St. Lancaster, PA 17602. To send the family online condolence, please visit SnyderFuneralHome.com. Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory 717-560-5100