Pearl Rissover

September 2, 1935 - October 27, 2020

Rissover, Pearl Lipp Pearl was born in 1935 in Havana, Cuba to parents Ida Sitrin Lipp and Albert Lipp as they were in the process of emigrating from Buenos Aires to Cincinnati. Perhaps because of her early years spent in the Caribbean, Pearl was drawn to tropical plants and became a gifted horticulturist. She was a founding member of the Cincinnati Cactus & Succulent Society, and had an award winning greenhouse. When people told her she had a green thumb, she would correct them and say that she knew so much about plants because she studied and researched them. She and her husband Gene (Dr. Howard E. Rissover) raised 3 children, Dr. Jay (Dr. Janalee) Rissover, Lynne Rissover, and Arlen (Susan) Rissover. She is survived by her children and grandchildren: Trent (Kait) Rissover, Jason Rissover, Kirsten (Adrian Sanchez-Roig) Rissover, Jenny Rissover and Tenley Rissover. Pearl is also survived by her beloved brothers Ronald (Barbara) Lipp and Steven (Brenda) Lipp, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her loving husband and her brother & sister in law, Simon and Elaine Lipp. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association would be appreciated.