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Eulogy for Mom (Sue Viener - 9/9/16)

LOVE.  Mom loved everyone.  She loved every child she ever met or saw and winked at, especially the ones with a little twinkle of mischief in their eye.  She loved every caregiver and every housekeeper she ever had.  Yes, Jon, even Edith from Beautiful Barbados.  She loved everyone in her community, every dear friend, and especially her family. 

FAMILY.  Mom showed us what family meant.  She worked hard to keep all of us close by creating family traditions that would continue to bring us all together.  She had a plan for how close she wanted her family to be and she executed her plan flawlessly.  She welcomed Sara and Meryl into the family and loved them like the daughters she never had, she loved, loved, loved each and every grandchild, loved Joe and I more than we often deserved, and especially loved Dad.

STRENGTH. Mom was the strongest person I have ever known.  These past 15 years have been a show of unyelding strength in the face of multiple cancers, ongoing pain, and a failing body.  Her mind was always sharp. She made a pact with God that she wanted to be at each grandchild’s bar and bat mitzvah and through sheer strength of will, (and some help from above), she achieved her goal. 

GENEROSITY.  Everyone knows how generous Mom was.  She was generous with her treasure, her time, and her encouraging words.  There isn’t anyone who spent any time with Mom that didn’t come away changed for the better and with a feeling that they could accomplish anything. 

FUNNY.  Mom had an amazing sense of humor and joy for life.  She loved funny and inappropriate birthday, valentine’s day, and Halloween cards.  Halloween was her favorite time of year.  She loved Halloween because of all the kids that would come to the door and because she thought toilet papered trees were pretty.  

She taught us what hell night was all about, and showed us how to raid and prank our neighbors. Apologies to the Patotskis for filling the space between your front door and screen door with leaves and ringing the bell, and running and to anyone who may have “accidentally” got sprayed with shaving cream on October 30^th as Mom drove us by.  I’d also like to apologize to anyone in Hampton Heights, Mom loved driving through the piles of leaves along the road. Additional apologies to any of my carpool friends who got squished against the windows when Mom took her infamous sharp turns, and I forgive you Mom for continuing to play bumper-brakes (the act of continuously pressing the brakes to make the car go bump, bump) even after I begged you to stop because of my car sickness. 

I have loved every naughty, fun filled and special moment that I got to spend with you.

Sue Brenner Viener (1939 - 2016)

Sue Brenner Viener, 77, passed away on Friday, September 9th, 2016 in her home in Leesburg Virginia.

She was the wife of George P. Viener.

Born April 12, 1939, in Harrisburg PA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Jeanette Brenner and granddaughter of Jacob and Bessie Miller and Addie and Louis Brenner of Lebanon PA.

Sue attended Penn Hall Preparatory School where she was a Senior Trophy Gal and matriculated to The University of Maryland in 1957 where she obtained her Bachelors of Science Degree.  After graduation she worked as a beloved Nursery School Teacher.

Sue was very active in the Reading community where she spent over 40 years on the board of the JCC and chaired all committees.  She was on the boards of Temple Oheb Shalom, Opportunity House, and B’nai Birth House, Breast Cancer Support Services as well as actively involved in the UJA where she was the chairwomen several times as well as the chairwoman of the ladies Reading United Jewish Campaign.  Sue also led Temple Oheb Shalom’s Life of the Temple campaign, raising over $575k.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Joseph Viener husband of Meryl Sanders Viener, of Upper Brookville, NY, and Adam Viener husband of Sara Lawson Viener, of Reston VA.  She is also survived by her Sister, Louise Brenner Nelson of Wilkes-Barre, PA.

There are 6 grandchildren: Jack Viener, Addison Viener, Ruby Viener, Cara Viener, Riley Viener, and Jolie Viener.

A memorial service and burial will be held at Oheb Shalom, 555 Warwick Dr, Wyomissing, PA on Monday September 12^th at 1:30pm with the burial will be immediately following the service.  Shiva will be held at the home of Sue and Herb Wachs at 7pm on Monday.

Sue was instrumental in bringing the PJ Library program to Reading and requests that memorial contributions may be made to support the PJ Library program in Reading care of The Jewish Federation of Reading, PA, 1100 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 125, Wyomissing, PA 19610.

Yazing continues to grow rapidly!

In October of 2015 we finally launched Yazing.com.  I have had the idea for the business for many years and was one of those ideas that just stuck around and got better and better over time.  Many business ideas just aren't like that.  The concept if fairly simple, make it easy for members to earn large cash rewards both for everything they recommend and purchase online. 

For years at both Cyberia and Imwave we have had private access to these large marketing commissions that the top sites offered as well as their current deals and coupon codes.  Yazing is an attempt to simplify the process and open it up to EVERYONE. 

I wanted to create a platform that would pass through 100% of the cash rewards earned to our members for their recommendations and purchase and earn money for the business without taking a cut of our members transactions (like most companies do).  My current theory, that seems to be showing signs of success, is that if we can get people sharing their links to earn money on their recommendations, that these links, would increase the SEO value of our deal pages, and Yazing would make money on all the transactions that come in organically through the search engines.

Yazing has been growing rapidly.  We just posted a monthly update where we detail some of the specifics including over $5.5 million dollars in sales for our brands and nearly 100k in cash rewards for our members.

If you haven't checked out the site, please do and let me know what you think.  If you are not making money on your recommendations and purchases, you can be sure someone else is taking that available cash!

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