Rebbetzin Chaya MushkaShe died on February 10, 1988, [[22 Shvat|22nd of Shevat]], 5748, after a brief illness, and was buried in the [[Old Montefiore Cemetery]] in [[Queens, New York]], next to her mother, Rebbetzin Nechama Dina, and grandmother, Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah, and near her father.<ref>{{citation | last =Goldman | first =Ari L. | title = Chaya Schneerson, Wife of the Leader Of the Lubavitchers | newspaper =[[The New York Times]] | date = February 11, 1988 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/11/obituaries/chaya-schneerson-wife-of-the-leader-of-the-lubavitchers.html }}</ref>
Soon after her death, her husband founded a charitable organization in her name. The organization, ''Keren Ha'Chomesh'' (Chomesh is an acronym of Chaya Mushka Schneerson), serves a variety of causes, primarily thoseworking related toin women's religious, social and educational programs. A campus of the [[Bais Rivka]] girls' school ("Campus Chomesh") was also named inafter her memory, as were many other institutions. After her death, when the Rebbe was asked about the extent of the Rebbetzin's greatness, he remarked, "Only [[Hashem]] knows."
