100th birthday Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | June 17, 2011 Mitzi Lederer Mitzi Lederer, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia on June 23, 1911 will celebrate her 100th birthday with family and friends in Foster City. Mitzi, who had a premonition of worse things to come, insisted on her family leaving her homeland during Nazi occupation, and together with her husband and twin sons hastily departed for Panama in ’39 followed by making her permanent residency in S.F. in ’47. She now makes her home in San Mateo in close proximity to her twin sons Peter (Doris) and George (Sheila), grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. J. Correspondent Also On J. Religion This animal lover is learning to kill them to fulfill a higher purpose First Person Visiting Morocco when disaster struck, we decided to stay and help From the Archives How Jews of color have shown up (or not) in our pages over the years Politics Biden and Netanyahu finally meet after months of tension Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up