Ann Kaplan

FUNERAL SERVICE: Friday, July 10, 2026, at 10:00 AM at Arlington Memorial Park, 201 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, GA 30328. 

SHIVA: Shiva will take place immediately following the service on Friday, July 10 until 3:00 PM, and a shiva minyan will be held on Sunday, July 12 at 7:00 PM at the home of Stan Sunshine, 590 River Valley Road, Atlanta, 30328. Please park on Edgewater Trail. 

OBITUARY: 

Ann Zeider Kaplan passed away peacefully on July 8, 2026. Ann was born in Cork, Ireland to, Abraham and Cheva Zeider, the last of siblings Ethel, Sadie, Madeline and Shmuel. She emigrated to the United States at the age of 19 to be with close relative Molly and her parents Meir and Cipe Tabaksman. She married Irving Sunshine in 1950 and together they had two sons Alan and Stan. After Irving’s untimely death in 1954, she raised her two sons until marrying Ted Kaplan in 1965. Ann and Ted became an inseparable team, starting a business; Stag Trailer Supply, later Stag-Parkway, raising the two boys and eventually travelling the world.

In business, she created a strong sense of discipline and reason into environments that constantly changed. Ann was a remarkable woman, one whose impact touched everyone she came into contact with. She had incredible business intuition, discipline and significant leadership skills, but most importantly she had a dramatic impact on her family. She instilled a tremendous value system into her children and grandchildren. Additionally, she made friends all over the world with almost everyone she came into contact with.

Ann is survived by her sons Dr. Alan (Betty) Sunshine and Stan (Luci) Sunshine, her four beloved grandchildren and their spouses Michael (Maya) Sunshine, Justin (Jennifer) Sunshine, Marshall (Meredith) Sunshine, Blake (Adam) Leiber, as well as eight great grandchildren.

Contributions can be made in her memory to Atlanta Jewish Federation, Jewish Home Life Communities, Ahaveth Achim Synagogue, or Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta.