ROCKLAND — Katie Claire Silverman left our world on Friday, September 29, 2023. Her daughter Arlene Faulkner and grandson Daniel Faulkner were with her. On June 3, Katie celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family, at the Knox Center where she had resided five years.

A graveside service for Katie will be held Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., at the Berliawsky-Small Cemetery on Upper Park Street in Rockland. Rabbi Lorin Troderman from the Adas Yoshuron Synagogue will officiate.

In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make memorial donations to Pope Memorial Humane Society, P.O. Box 1294, Rockland, ME 04841 or ortamerica.org or mail, ORT America National Office, 75 Maiden Lane, Floor 10, New York, NY 10038.

Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, Rockland, Maine.

To share a memory or story with Katie’s family, please visit their online Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.