Arlene (Rosenstein) Davidson

of Chestnut Hill, died peacefully on January 26, 2017. Arlene graduated from Boston University in 1966 and received a master’s degree in environmental studies at the University of Rochester in 1982. She worked in public relations for 25 years at Dakota Software Company in Pittsford, NY. She was chairperson for the Pittsford, NY environmental board and President of the PTSA high school in Pittsford, NY. Before moving to Pittsford, Arlene taught second grade in Ridgewood, NJ and at the Ethical Culture School in New York City. Arlene loved cooking, entertaining, swimming, cross country skiing, writing poems and most of all spending time with her family. She was devoted to her husband, Kenneth H. Davidson, M.D., a cardiologist at Rochester General Hospital for 38 years and married for 50 years. She is also survived by her beloved two children, Laurie Davidson Medvinsky and her husband Larry, and Eric Davidson, M.D. and his wife Kelly; her four magnificent grandchildren, Zachary and Samantha Medvinsky, and Emma and Henry Davidson; and her sister and brother-in-law, Helene and David Bailen. Services at Temple Israel, 477 Longwood Avenue, (parking on the Riverway), Boston, Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 2:00 pm. Following interment in Temple Israel Cemetery, 492 North Ave., Wakefield, memorial observance will be held at the home of Eric and Kelly Davidson until 8 pm and Monday from 2-4 & 7-9 pm. The family requests that donations in her memory be made to the Eric Winer, M.D. Research Fund, c/o Dana Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284.