Esther Sloan, 50-Year Resident of Scarsdale, Passes Away on New Year's Eve

Esther Sloan of 4 Tompkins Road died of natural causes at the age of 96 years old on December 31st, at the family home where she and her husband, Irving, a longtime social studies teacher in the Scarsdale public schools and Village Historian, lived for more than 50 years.

Esther was one of four children born and raised by Anna and Morris Gendelman in the East Village of Manhattan, surviving her siblings, Helen, Irving and Ottie, her husband of more than 50 years, Irving, and the remaining members of her family’s generation who were the children of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.

Coming to America with no formal education, they raised their family to be committed to professional achievement and financial success, while at the same time, maintaining their strong Jewish identity.
Whereas her husband, Irving, was a well-known, quite active member of the local Scarsdale community, Esther was just as comfortable living somewhat in his shadow, taking pride in his many accomplishments and local notoriety.

Esther was an accomplished professional in her own right whose laboratory research in the naissance of hematology is credited with the discovery of several clotting factors in close collaboration with Dr. Robert Rosenthal at Beth Israel Hospital in Lower Manhattan and later, at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Harlem.

Following Irving’s passing in 2008, Esther continued their commitment to the Scarsdale Teen Center, to the Scarsdale Public Library and to Bet Am Shalom synagogue in White Plains.

Esther leaves her son, Philip, his wife, Debra, their daughter, Ali, her nieces, nephews, and their spouses, as well as her beloved grandnieces and grandnephews.

Rabbi Akiva Nelson of Bet Am Shalom Synagogue of White Plains will officiate a graveside service at Sharon Gardens Cemetery in Valhalla on Friday afternoon, January 2nd (Time TBD), followed by Shiva at 4 Tompkins Road in Scarsdale until sunset. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Esther’s memory to the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research https://www.yivo.org/

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