Toby Morris Pearlman died in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

Born Toby Delores Morris on August 4, 1926, in Sharon, Pennsylvania, of Holocaust survival parents Lillian Weisel and Isadore Morris, Toby, her sister Rose,and her parents lived above the bakery her family owned and operated. When her father died at a very young age in 1936, the family sold the business and moved to Canton, OH. to be closer to family.

In Canton, Toby thrived graduating Lehman High School as Valdictorian. Her mother was able to afford one semester at Ohio State University. It was in Canton that she met and married her husband Samuel Pearlman in 1946, and they had two daughters together. They owned Motz Grocery in Greentown, OH, until Sam went into business with his Brother-in-Law opening the Value Center in Wooster, OH. in 1961. Four weeks shy of the families move to Wooster, Sam died of a heart attack. Toby and her daughters moved to Wooster for three years where Toby worked to help grow the business. The family then made the decision to return to Canton, OH. where Toby began work in furniture sales at Jacobson's R & J Furniture. She remained there until its closure. She then completed her sales career at Thurin's Furniture until her retirement.

Toby never met a stranger. She treated everyone she met with kindness and respect, worrying that whatever she sold them was "right" for them. No household with children would be encouraged to buy anything not indestructible. No person was pushed to strain their budget. And most everyone she met had to listen to stories about her family..

During this time, she epitomized the model single mother. She encouraged her two daughters to become first generation college graduates, she celebrated their marriages, and finally, she cherished the six grandchildren that soon expanded her beloved family. Fiercely independent, Toby excelled in her role as "Grandma" and swelled with pride as she celebrated each and every grandchild's accomplishments.

Once retired she filled her time with family events and volunteering at Mercy Hospital's gift shop. She approached her volunteer capacity with the same commitment she exhibited while working.

Once health no longer supported her independence, Toby chose to join her eldest daughter in Atlanta, where she watched that half of her family grow to include 8 southern great grandchildren and monitored from afar her gain of another 6 great grandchildren in Ohio. She lived just long enough to express her worries to her eldest grandchild concerning new driver safety.

Toby's legacy will live on in the lives of her Atlanta family daughter Ilene (Adrian) Grant, Grandsons Sammy (Tracey) Grant and their children Elizabeth, Jacob,and Heather, Andy (Dara) Grant and children Matthew,Sari, and Naomi, and Jonathan (Becca) Grant and Levi and Leilani; daughter Brenda (Sam) Linnick of Wooster, OH., grandchildren Lisa (Josh) Zelvy of Cincinnati with their boys Eli and Aaron, Janie (Brad) Weisman and children Kallie and Tucker of Columbus, OH. , and Seth (Adrienne) Linnick and children Noah and Fiona of Cleveland, OH. She is also survived by her devoted and loving caretaker Jonette Underwood, honorary family member, who made sure the last four years of her life were as special as they could possibly be.

A funeral service honoring her life will be held on Thursday, February 21, at 2:00 P.M. at Arnold Funeral Home, 1517 Market Avenue North, Canton, OH. Final resting place is Canton Hebrew Cemetery. Donations in her Memory may be made to Weinstein Hospice, 3150 Howell Mill Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30328, or Agudas Achim Congregation, 2508 Market Avenue N 700 MT. Canton, OH 44714.