Adele has passed

Adele Siegel’s close friend Alice let us know today, that “Our dear friend Adele left us this morning. This beautiful, funny lady will be missed.“ She posted this photo of Adele, along with her announcement.

Her son Harvey arranged for her obituary to be posted by the Palm Beach Daily News: "Adele Siever Siegel, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend found her final peace on September 18, 2020 at the age of 96. She was a founding member of the Jacob Kravits Center and the Palm Beach Country Club alongside her loving husband, Mac Siegel, with whom she always found a ready and elegant dance partner until his passing in 1989. She became the chair of a Palm Beach American Heart Association gala/auction and actively worked to enhance their charitable legacy. Mrs. Siegel enjoyed golf, tennis, bridge, and telling a good, but decidedly rowdy joke. She loved to laugh and share her joys with all. She is recently predeceased by her longtime companion, Sumner Hushing. With her passing, an epoch of old Palm Beach also closes. Private Services will be held in New York City. In lieu of flowers, please send memorial donations in Adele's name to the American Heart Association"

Adele started dating my dad in the mid 1990s. Having a lot in common, they enjoyed each other's company, and traveling our country's highways together in the summers, visiting friends and family, playing golf and tennis, and enjoying the magnificent sights to be seen throughout the United States. We first met her at our home in San Diego, when they were taking a tennis clinic at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.

 

She was a sweetheart - with that devious twinkle in her eye - and we welcomed her into our small family. We had so many lovely visits by her and Dad, and with them, and with her, as recently as this January, before the COVID-19 craziness started. This photo is from June 2015, after I began traveling again. She loved her home in Ballenisles, for good reason. We had just finished a delicious buffet breakfast at the Club, and went outside to enjoy their gorgeous view for a moment. She would graciously host us at her house, when we visited, and we loved walking through the surrounding neighborhoods, and enjoying the beautiful landscaping throughout the community.

 

I’ll miss her a lot.