Obituaries

Alan Kronenberg, of Needham, age 63, passed away on August 12, 2022, after a long illness. Alan was the son of Marianne and the late Marvin Kronenberg. A 1982 graduate of Miami University (Ohio), he is survived by sister Judy Bruenjes and her husband Mike, and by his brother Jerry Kronenberg and his wife Karen. Alan was also the loving uncle of David and Lily Bruenjes. He is also survived by many cousins, and by his friend and longtime PCA Princessa Clendinen. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the charity of your choice.

Janice Indeck, born Janice Sarah Rabinovitz, passed away on August 11 at the age of 93. The daughter of Ada and Jacob Rabinovitz, she began her life in Boston Massachusetts until eventually trading the harsh winters for the warmth and sunshine of Coral Springs, Florida. As the steadfast matriarch of a sprawling family, it was her boundless passion that became the gravitational force that held us together through times of prosperity and periods of struggle and would endure to shape the generations to come.

For Janice, an eternal romantic, life was a constant adventure filled with literary pursuits, spur of the moment trips, and most importantly, love. Like she said, “I love life, others dream of something better, I dream of more of the same.” However, her deepest love was for her six children, their spouses, her 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren, each of whom claim their own special relationship with “Granjan.” A prolific writer, she imprinted us all with her talent to capture the magic of words and inspired many of us to become school newspaper editors, writers, and poets—while ingraining writing into the very soul of our family. She published a novel, One Last Child and countless collections of poems and aphorisms. But her tremendous literary influence did not stop there. Up until her illness, Janice taught classes at the local library and through video conferences with the goal of guiding her many class participants to write their life stories, giving a voice to so many who had previously been unheard and securing their narratives in history. The classes grew and for many the joy of writing became a highlight of their lives.

Granjan had an indomitable will, the impossible was merely a temporary condition. Born an heiress to the Stop and Shop empire her father started, Janice found herself at one point with her fortune gone and six children to support. Drawing from her knowledge of antiques, Janice started a business.  She began with yard sales, graduated to estate sales, opened her own successful antique store, “Yesterday’s Yield,” and then become an auctioneer. This child of privilege proved she could succeed in the toughest of circumstances. Janice was very specific that she was four feet, eleven and three-quarters of an inch tall, but her presence in our lives was that of a giant. None of her will to thrive was lost on those that loved her. Each of us, when times got tough, would reach out to Granjan, never failing to come away with a sense of strength and purpose to overcome the hurdles in our lives.

Married four times, the brilliant and beautiful Janice Rabinovitz loved the way she lived—passionately.  She was always stylish, favored extravagant jewelry and was ravenous for a new adventure. She craved knowledge and astounded many doctors and scholars with her grasp of a seemingly limitless store of information and opinions. Life with Granjan was inescapably vivacious, compellingly chaotic, and absolutely unforgettable. She was also the rock that we all stood upon, and we will miss her fiercely. But her astonishing legacy has insured that each of us will be able to hear the strength of her counsel in our minds for evermore.

Gerratt, Irving, of Dennisport, MA passed away August 11, 2022. Beloved husband of Lucille (Levine) Gerratt. Devoted father of Emily and Bradley Gerratt. Proud grandfather of Aaron and Nathan. Loving brother of the late Milton and Henry Gerratt. Graveside services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in Irving’s memory may be made to the Lower Cape Outreach Council, Inc.

Irving grew up in Boston and attended Bentley School of Accounting and Finance. He proudly served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, after which he owned and ran a printing company with his brother Milton. In 1988 Irving and Lucille retired to Cape Cod, a place they visited for many years. Irving was a respected pillar of their condominium community, often helping his neighbors, and serving for many years as Chair of the resident-led management association. 

Irving was married to Lucille for 74 joy-filled years. He was a gentle, kind, and caring person who loved to laugh and had a wonderful, often silly sense of humor. He was quiet, yet outspoken about the things that mattered most to him. He believed people should treat each other respectfully and decently, both personally and in their communities.

David G. Eisenstadt, of Belmont and North Falmouth, passed at home on August 9, 2022, at the age of 79, after a long illness.

Dave was born in Roxbury, MA to the Hon. Samuel and Esther. He was always proud to proclaim that he was a “Roxbury boy.” He graduated from Milton High School in 1960, and Boston University in 1965. He followed in his father’s footsteps into the legal field and graduated from BU Law in 1968. He was an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, and then worked with his father, and eventually in his own private practice. He was held in high esteem as a criminal defense lawyer. Dave counted among his friends many fellow lawyers, judges, clerks, court officers and police officers.

Dave was the most devoted father a child could ask for. Throughout his entire life, his children came above all else. He was there for his children every step of their lives; from the moment they were born to the day he died. His devotion carried on to his 12 grandchildren. He never missed a dance recital, sports event, or school milestone. Each of his grandchildren believed they were his favorite.

He met the love of his life, Emily Woods and they spent 15 beautiful years together, enjoying life at their homes on Cape Cod and Anna Maria Island, FL. They also traveled extensively to Africa, Greece, Italy, France, and the US. Every day they fell in love all over again.

He is survived by his wife Emily Woods, and his three children Michael Eisenstadt (Sheila) of Needham, Julie Stevens (Scott) of Needham, and Joseph Eisenstadt (Leah) of Sharon. He was the proud grandfather to 12 grandchildren who adored him: Alexa, Samuel, Nicole, Summer, Christina, Charles, Victoria, Ashley, Meredith, Kathryn, Daniel, and Henry.    He is also survived by his two sisters Naomi Stonberg (Jeffrey) of Gloucester, MA and Marilyn Gootman (Elliot) of Athens, GA and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family thanks Mass General Brigham Cancer Care team, and his oncologist Dr. Samuel Klempner, for the compassionate care he received over his 20 month illness.

Family and friends are invited to a memorial service on Friday, August 12, 2022, at 1:00 pm at the Dedham Hilton (25 Allied Drive), followed by a luncheon. Burial service will be private. The family will sit shiva at the Belmont home on Friday evening, August 12 from 6-8 pm. All are welcome.

In lieu of flowers, gifts in memory of David may be made to the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in honor of Dr. Sam Klempner to support Gastric/Esophageal cancer research. Please reference fund 234806. Gifts can be made online here (giving.massgeneral.org/donate)or mailed to Meagan Coons in the MGH Development Office, 125 Nashua Street, Suite 540, Boston, MA 02114. Checks payable to MGH Cancer Center, Gastric/Esophageal Cancer. Dave also served on the Board of Directors of Neurofibromatosis Northeast, 9 Bedford Street, Burlington, MA 01803. Donations will support NF 1 research in memory of David Eisenstadt.

Riva Marchione of Pescara, Italy, Revere, and in her later years Framingham, Massachusetts, passed away Monday, August 8, 2022 at St. Patrick’s Manor in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Daughter of the late Pasquale Belmonte and Vincenzina (Speziale) Belmonte, loving wife of the late Aldo Marchione, dear mother of Paula Nigro, Marisa Cohen and her husband Jeffrey, Valentino Marchione, and Carla Morss and her husband Warren. Grandmother of John Nigro, Ariel Cohen, Gregory Cohen, Amanda Morss Stein, Tyler Morss, Christian Marchione and Gabriella Marchione. Great-grandmother of Hunter and Jack Nigro and Lucille Marchione. Riva leaves behind a family of relatives in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

Services and Entombment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Riva’s memory to St. Patrick’s Manor, 863 Central St., Framingham, MA 01701.

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Steffi Lewin Shapiro, age 87, of Roslindale, formerly of Brookline, West Roxbury and Newton. Longtime yoga teacher, social worker, and graduate of Simmons College. Born in Berlin, Germany; grew up in Lima, Peru and Brookline, Massachusetts. Loving mother of Sharon Kamowitz and her husband Marvin Getman, Michelle Glickman and her husband Norman Glickman, and Joel Shapiro and his wife Carol Lethaby. Devoted grandmother of Joshua and Becky Kamowitz, Gabriella Glickman, Amanda Glickman, Abby Getman, and Emily and Jon Balbarin. Proud great-grandmother of Caleb, Anton, and Wiley.  Graveside service at Imas-Roxbury Lodge, 776 Baker St., West Roxbury on August 10, 2022, at 1:00 pm.  Shiva at the home of Sharon Kamowitz and Marvin Getman on August 10 from 7-9 pm, and on August 11 from 2-4pm. Shiva will continue at the home of Michelle and Norman Glickman on August 11 from 7-9pm.   In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Pan Mass Challenge or the charity of your choice.

Claire Shapiro, 90, of Framingham, formerly of Hopkinton, Ashland and Natick, died on August 5, 2022 at The Branches of Framingham. She leaves her son, Daniel Shapiro, and his wife Carol of Framingham; her sister Barbara Patashnik of Worcester; her two granddaughters, Alissa Carberry (spouse Clancy) of Burlington, VT, and Andrea Quinn (spouse Mark) of Philadelphia; her son-in-law James Carberry of Nashville; and other dear family members and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Henry, her daughter Marjorie Carberry, and her brother-in-law, Sanford Patashnik.

Claire grew up in Worcester and graduated from Classical High School and Becker College with a major in Journalism. She worked as a guidance office secretary in the Framingham Public Schools for over thirty years.  She loved her family, golf,  summers spent on the Cape, ice cream, and was an avid fan of the Cotuit Kettleers and, of course, the Red Sox.  She had a great passion for music – she played the piano and sang  – and after retirement she devoted herself to music. She traveled around the Natick-Framingham area with her keyboard entertaining at many of the local nursing homes and bringing joy to the residents. She was loved by all who knew her and will be dearly missed by everyone whose lives she touched.

Services will be held in the Sharon Memorial Park Chapel, 40 Dedham St., Sharon, at 1 pm on Monday, August 8, 2022.  Following the service, the memorial observance will be held at Daniel and Carol’s home until 6 pm.  Contributions in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of MA, 309 Waverley Oaks Road, Waltham, MA 02452 (alz.org), Death with Dignity, P.O. Box 2009, Portland OR 97208 (deathwithdignity.org) or a charity of your choice.

Special thanks to everyone at Fairview Estates in Hopkinton and at The Branches in Framingham for their extraordinary caring and compassion for Claire and her family.

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Sandra “Sandy” Hirsh Golding died August 1, 2022 of complications from congestive heart failure at her home at Fox Hill Village in Westwood. Sandy was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on November 18, 1930 to Samuel U. Hirsh and Rebecca C. Hirsh.  A popular and successful student, she was valedictorian of the class of 1948 at Drury High School. Heading down the Mohawk Trail over the Hoosac Range to Wellesley College, Sandy graduated with a degree in Sociology with the class of 1952, having served as President of Shafer Hall, her residence as an upperclassman. On January 7, 1950, Sandy accepted an invitation from a newly engaged classmate to join in a celebratory dinner as the date of Jordan L. Golding. Sandy originally had insisted that she would rather rearrange her sock drawer than go out on another blind date, but after sneaking a peek at Jordan in the Shafer Hall lobby by skulking down the back stairs, Sandy took a chance. Sandy and Jordan were married on March 15, 1953 in North Adams, following Sandy’s graduation and the conclusion of Jordan’s Navy service. Sandy began a long career in education, working with children with reading challenges. She earned a Master’s in Education from Boston University in 1958 and Master’s in Children’s Literature from Simmons in 1987. Sandy retired from the Brookline Schools in 1993.  Engaged not only in her own career, Sandy supported Jordan’s professional success, and saw to the care, feeding, education and carpooling of her three children, Larry (1955), Ellen (1957) and Matt (1962). Sandy enjoyed her home on the Cape, travel, sailing and singing, among other interests. Sandy triumphed in a battle with Stage 4 lung cancer in 1993, an ordeal which drew upon all of her strengths as a woman, and which honed the “seize the day” approach to life that had always been part of her character. This brief biographical note aside, Sandy will always be remembered for her generosity of spirit, her caring for others, and her concern lest any family member or guest not have enough to eat. A friend of ours once described Sandy to another friend about to meet her, “Mrs. Golding is a person who, after you have driven two hours to her house, will meet you in the driveway, ask how your trip was, and then offer that she had made a turkey, in case you were hungry.” Sandy was predeceased by Jordan, her husband of sixty-eight years.  She is survived by her children, Laurence (Cynthia), Ellen Rosenblatt, (David) and Matthew (Dawn). Her grandchildren, Eliot, Rebecca, Sam and Josh, step-grandchildren, Danny (Missy), Sarah, Aaron (Carly) and Sarah, and step-great grandchildren, Seth and Simon, were her pride and joy. Somewhat ironically, despite having lived a full 91 years, she was taken too soon. We love you, Mom!

Services will be held at Congregation B’Nai Tikvah, 1301 Washington St., Canton, MA on Sunday, August 7^th 2022 at 11 am. Interment to follow at Sharon Memorial Park, services will be live streamed, link can be found at the funeral home website. Memorial observance information will be shared at the funeral. Donations in Sandra’s memory may be made to Hebrew SeniorLife Hospice, c/o Hebrew SeniorLife Development Office, 1200 Centre St., Boston MA 02131, with Sandra Golding in the memo line, online at giving@HebrewSeniorLife.org, or to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Office of Philanthropy, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215, online at www.bidmc.org/giving.  Both organizations have been of great comfort and support to Sandy and the family.

Gracie Keezer-Of Brookline, on July 31, 2022.Beloved wife of the late Robert A.Keezer.Devoted mother of Candy Lechter and her late husband George, and Bill Keezer and his fiancé Laurie. Dear grandmother of Ali Shwartz and her husband Jared, Joshua Keezer and his wife Sarah, and Michael Lechner and his wife Jenny, and James Lechter. Cherished great-grandmother of Remi and Cooper Shwartz, and Lainey and Winnie Lechter. Devoted sister of Gloria Silver and Rita Cohen. Graveside services at Sharon Memorial Park on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 11:45 am. Following the interment a memorial observance will be held at the residence of Bill Keezer, 210 Nahanton St., Newton till 7 Pm Wednesday. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Combined Jewish Philanthropies,126 High St., Boston, MA 02110

Rosalind F. Kaplan, age 82, of Wellesley passed away peacefully in the company of family on July 31 after a long and courageous battle with both cancer and kidney disease. Roz was born in Bennington, VT on April 25, 1940 to George and Nesbith (Perlman) Fienberg. She leaves behind her husband Mark Kaplan with whom she shared 60 years of marriage; her three children Sharyn Chabot of Foxboro, Allison Romantz of Sharon and Joel Kaplan of Chevy Chase,MD; her daughter-in-law Laura Cox Kaplan, her sister-in-law Adele Kaplan of Needham and her seven grandchildren –Jessica, Jordan and Ariana Chabot, Alex and Ellie Romantz, and Ben and Lane Kaplan: also many other relatives and good friends. Roz worked in various administrative capacities at Boston College Law School where she was the Manager of the Law Review Publications for many years. She also taught English as a Second Language at the Harvard School of Continuing Education, at Bunker Hill Community College and in Israel on several occasions. Roz was active in helping “refuseniks” escape from the Soviet Union and settle in the U.S. in the late 1980’s and throughout the 1990’s and served for many years on the Board of Action for Soviet Jewry (now Action for Post-Soviet Jewry).  Roz’s funeral will be held at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 2:30 PM with burial to follow at Beit Olam Cemetery in Wayland. Shiva will be held at the home of Allison Romantz, 45 Horizons Road in Sharon on Wednesday from 7:00-9:00 PM and on Thursday, August 4 from 2:00-4:00 PM and 7:00-9:00 PM: also on Friday, August 5 from 2:00-4:00 PM at the home of Mark Kaplan, 75 Grove Street, Apt. 326 in Wellesley. In lieu of flowers, donations in Roz’s memory may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, the Brigham &Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain and Action for Post-Soviet Jewry(1430 Main Street, Waltham MA 02451).