Sonia Peres Dies at 87; Please Pray for Israeli President Shimon Peres

Please pray for Israeli President Shimon Peres as he mourns the passing of his wife, Sonia, 87. Please pray, too, for their entire family and friends, that the Lord would comfort them and draw them each to His heart.

"This is my comfort in my affliction,that Your word has revived me,” wrote King David in Psalm 119:50.

“Peres is survived by her husband, their three children Tzvia, Yonatan, and Hemi, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren,” reports Haaretz. “Her son-in-law and physician, Dr. Raphael Walden, told Israel Radio she died peacefully in her sleep. The president arrived at the Peres family home Thursday afternoon. The presidential residence publicity adviser announced that the family is currently in deep mourning, and will issue another release soon….”

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