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Shoshan, Abigail

Shoshan, Abigail


Daughter of Susan and Solomon. Was born on August 11, 1968 in Yeruham, the eldest daughter of a family of three. Abigail attended the Hanasi elementary school in Yeruham and the Shoshana Sapir High School. Abigail was an exemplary, responsible and sensitive child. At school she stood out for play and theater, was active in sports and participated in running and basketball competitions and loved the sea and the pool. Avigail was described by her many friends because she always devoted her time to others: she took care of the elderly, supported and ate, and volunteered to help the Magen David Adom branch in Yeruham. Abigail was a Yaffa girl and took part in the beauty contest in Yeruham. She cultivated house plants and flowers, loved to read books, and wrote notes in her diary. At the end of October 1986 Avigayil was recruited to serve in the IDF, where she served as a manpower coordinator and assumed responsibility for being an education coordinator, Abigail, who served in the role of the adjutant, noted her great sensitivity to the soldiers, the patience she had always enjoyed And her kindness and light-heartedness After a few months of service, ninth. On September 13, 1987, she fell during her service. Abigail died in a road accident near Ramat Hovav in the Negev and was brought to rest in the military section of the Yeruham cemetery. Survived by her parents and two brothers – Shimon and Yaniv. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the unit commander wrote: “Abigail’s duty is to work daily with people, she never raised her voice about a soldier, she did not refuse the requests of the many soldiers. We will always remember the parties she organized for the soldiers, the shows we saw because of her concern for the cards and her devoted assistance in bringing the volunteers from abroad and their quick and easy absorption. Avigail was loved by everyone, from her commanders to the last of the soldiers. “

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