Funeral services have been held for Sylvia Nemirow. She died peacefully Aug.5 in Sequim, Wash., where she had lived for the past four years, surrounded by family. Sylvia was born in Jersey City to David and Laura Rabinowitz and graduated Dickenson High School. Sylvia was a legal secretary in Jersey City for many years and was active in American Jewish Congress. Her husband of 44 years, Charles Nemirow, passed away in 1987. Sylvia is survived by her sister, Eleanor Manders of Union; her children Bruce and Joan Klapp Nemirow of Westport, Conn., and Kenneth and his wife, Diane Nagler, of Port Angeles, Wash, her grandchildren, and her great-grandson.