Northborough Erika Rozentals (Silins), 78, of Northborough passed away peacefully on September 14, 2014 at Beaumont Rehabilitation in Northborough after a short illness. Her husband Alfreds Rozentals died in 2009. She leaves her loving son Alfreds R. Rozentals II, wife Donna, and her grandson Robert T. Rozentals of Northborough. Her half-sister Rasma McAllister, husband Raymond and two nephews of Poughkeepsie NY, her half-brother Robert Ronis of Poughkeepsie NY and her best friend and care giver Charlie Gonyea of Northborough from Holden MA. Born in Riga Latvia, she arrived in Sioux Falls, North Dakota as an immigrant in 1952, moved after to Poughkeepsie NY where she worked for the telephone company and two department stores and gained her US citizenship. She married in March 25, 1965 and moved to Fairfield CT and then to Sterling IL in 1971 and finally settled in Northborough in 1975. She worked in the cafeteria at Algonquin HS and as a nurse's aide at Granger Nursing Home from 1978 to 1981. Then work as a QC inspector for Honeywell [AKA Loral Corp.] from 1981 to 1989. She needlepointed landscape portraits for sale from 1992 to 2008. She enjoyed traveling to Booth Bay Harbor ME, Siesta Key in Sarasota FL and traveling across the country with her best friend in the motor home. Memorial will be private. To share the memory or leave a cond