Shirley Lowy, the wife of billionaire Westfield founder Sir Frank Lowy, has died in Israel after a long battle with illness.
The family revealed her passing, which occurred on December 9, in a statement released on Saturday night, the Herald Sun reports.
“It is with deepest sorrow that we confirm the passing of Shirley Lowy, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother-in-law and great grandmother,” the family said.
“She passed away peacefully at the age of 86, in Tel Aviv, comforted in her last days by her husband, Frank, and her closest family including sons David, Peter and Steven.”
Lady Lowy was born in Sydney and lived in some of her early life in Bondi.
She met Sir Frank, now 90, at a Chanukah party in 1952 and they married 18 months later.
The couple had three sons David, Peter and Steven, and Lady Lowy cared for the children as Sir Frank worked in his business.
When the boys had grown up, she went to university and completed an arts degree but prioritised her family life over paid work.
The article by Staff Reporters appeared in The Australian.