Enid M. Starr

STARR, Enid M.

Of Brookline, died peacefully on Sunday, March 24 surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her beloved husband Jay Agarwal, her four loving children Sandy Starr and his wife Raine Figueroa of Cambridge, Tony Starr and his wife Kathy Chazan Starr of Newton, Julie Starr-Duker and her husband Dr. Jay Duker of Newton, Dinny Starr and her husband Alan Gordon of Newton, and her fourteen grandchildren: Jake, Jason, Bear, Bradley, Sierra, Sam, Tyler, Emma, Jacquie, Elly, Clayton, Ryder, Cameron, and Piper, and her brother Jim Maslon and his wife Laura of Los Angeles. Enid was predeceased by her sister Patricia Maslon of Los Angeles. Enid was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughter of the late Luella and Sam Maslon. Enid earned her A.B. degree cum laude in 1951 from Radcliffe College and her certificate of completion in the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration in 1952. In 1967, she graduated cum laude from Boston College Law School. For more than forty years, Enid was a very successful and highly respected attorney at the Boston-based law firm Barron and Stadfeld where she specialized in medical malpractice, zoning, and general civil litigation. She was much loved by her grateful clients and law partners and admired by the entire legal community. She served as Senior Trial Counsel Lecturer of the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Program and on the faculty for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Trial Advocacy Program. Enid had a long and distinguished history of community service including Chair of the Brookline Zoning Board of Appeals, Legal Counsel and Lifetime Trustee of Temple Israel in Brookline, Trustee and Executive Committee Member of the CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Trustee of Lesley University, Trustee and Executive Committee Member of The Chestnut Hill School, Treasurer of her Radcliffe class, and a member of the Advisory Committee to the Radcliffe Institute. Enid was an original New England Patriots season ticket holder and never missed a Patriots or Harvard home football game. She loved playing bridge with Jay, attending her grandchildren’s plays and sporting events, skiing with her friends at Waterville Valley and Telluride, and traveling the world. Enid lived her life with boundless energy and was adored by her large family and many friends. She will be greatly missed. Services at Temple Israel, 477 Longwood Ave., (parking attendants on The Riverway), on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 10:30 AM. Interment at Temple Israel Cemetery, Wakefield. Family will be at her residence on Thursday from 7:00-9:30 PM, Friday from 1:00-5:00 PM, and Sunday from 1:00-5:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Friends of Yemin Orde, 12230 Wilkins Ave., Rockville, MD 20852, www.yeminorde.org, or to The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, 205 Portland Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114,www.theschwartzcenter.org.