A pall has fallen over the Lakewood community with the devastating news of the petirah of Habochur Eli Schepansky z”l, just 18 years old, who was niftar early Sunday morning following a fatal car accident in Hamilton, New Jersey.
Eli had set out in the early morning hours together with a friend on a mission of chesed, traveling to Philadelphia to assist a mutual acquaintance. Tragically, on their return trip, their vehicle was involved in a collision with a truck. Eli was killed in the crash, while the other bochur sustained serious injuries.
Eli was a son of R’ Moshe and Mrs. Leah Schepansky of Garden of Eden Drive in Lakewood, NJ.
All are asked to be mispallel for Mordechai Zelig ben Blima.
The levayah for Eli will be held at 5:15 p.m. at the Congregation Sons of Israel Holocaust Memorial Chapel, located at 613 Ramsey Avenue in Lakewood, New Jersey, followed by kevurah at the adjacent Mt. Sinai Cemetery.
Umacha Hashem dimah me’al kol ponim.
