Ann Hirsch Moll
Ann Moll, age 88, of Dedham, formerly of Merrick and Freeport, New York, passed away peacefully at home after a long illness, on November 14, 2022. Ann was predeceased by her parents, Leopold and Ethel Hirsch, and her siblings Muriel Lukashok, Alan Hirsch and Herbert Hirsch.
Ann moved to NewBridge on the Charles in 2020 so that she could be closer to children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Ann loved NewBridge, her fellow residents (especially her many friends on 3rd Floor of the 3000 Building) and the staff. Ann was lucky enough to live just one door away from her son’s in-laws, Dr. Paul Chervinsky and the late Elaine Chervinsky, close friends for over three decades.
She became involved in many initiatives at NewBridge and totally embraced its learning environment. Her garden, and the tomatoes and flowers it produced, were of great pride to her, but nothing gave her more joy than the pumpkin it produced this past growing season.
Ann began her career in early-childhood education. She later worked for the national homebuilder Kaufman & Broad. Her yellow hardhat painted with flowers by one of her colleagues exists to this day. Subsequently, she became a textile broker and started her own company: Woman of the Cloth. In her 80s, she returned to teaching in the Head Start Program on Long Island and took great joy in reading each week to students in the Dedham Public Schools when she moved to Massachusetts.
Ann had numerous avocations. She loved art and museums; was a voracious reader; a participant in Daf Yomi-a daily regimen of learning the Oral Torah and its commentaries; and was a fearless traveler, her most recent voyage on a working freighter to Tahiti.
Ann is survived by her children, Jonathan and Debbie Moll of Newton, David and Stacy Moll of Massapequa, New York, Amy Pink and Fred Lipsky of New York and Costa Rica; by her grandchildren, Danny Moll and his wife Marina of Boston; Benjie Moll and his wife Anna; of Newton; Emily Moll of Buffalo, New York; and Nikki Moll of Massapequa, New York; by her great-granddaughters, Sophie and Janey Moll and Maddie Moll; by her niece, Beth Hirsh of New York, New York; and by her beloved friend, Charles Lipson.
Ann was incredibly well cared-for by Victoria Lutaaya, Maggie Kigundu, Betty Nagawa, Joy Mugamba and Antoinette Ntananga.
The funeral will be private. Donations in Ann’s memory may be made to Congregation NewBridge c/o Hebrew Senior Life, Development Office, 1200 Centre Street Boston, MA 02131 or Dorot, 171 West 85th Street, New York, NY 10024 (https://www.dorotusa.org/donate).