 On August 17, about 20,000 people lined the street for the funeral cortege of hundreds of vehicles; Perri fainted at the gravesite.Starkman's headstone in Hamilton's Ohev Zedek Cemetery, commissioned by Perri, referred to her as "Bessie Starkman – Perri" but the "Perri" part was later removed by persons unknown.Part of Starkman's estate went to Perri, and the rest to her children.