HERBERT - Edith passed away on August 23, 2013 at the age of 96. She was a 58-year resident of Valley Stream's Green Acres, now known as Millbrook.
Edith Herbert graduated from Hunter College with a BS in 1938 and earned a MS from Teachers College in 1939. She was a kindergarten teacher for 30 years - 14 years in Scarsdale and 16 years at the Morris Avenue School in Rockville Centre. She was a member of many peace organizations both on Long Island and nationally including PACA, South Shore Citizens for Survival, Five Towns Forum and ARISE. Edith was a professional-level Folk Dancer who both taught and performed, and she had studied with Martha Graham. Additionally, she was for many years a member of the Nassau Hiking and Outdoor Club and a supporter of several classical music groups on Long Island.
She was wheelchair-bound, suffering from advanced dementia after her third seizure in July 2011. A two-time cancer survivor (1974 and 2007) she was still living in her home with round-the-clock medical care. She is survived by her long-time life partner of 30 years, Kenyon Silvey, who was lovingly devoted to her throughout her journey; her older son Jonathan, an artist living in Brooklyn, and her niece, Sue Shehan from Georgetown, DE. Her brother Gilbert Stahl, and her younger son Roger had pre-deceased her.
She has donated her body to Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical School, as did her mother in 1980. There will be a celebration of her life on a date to be determined.
Published in NY Newsday on August 27, 2013
Edith Herbert graduated from Hunter College with a BS in 1938 and earned a MS from Teachers College in 1939. She was a kindergarten teacher for 30 years - 14 years in Scarsdale and 16 years at the Morris Avenue School in Rockville Centre. She was a member of many peace organizations both on Long Island and nationally including PACA, South Shore Citizens for Survival, Five Towns Forum and ARISE. Edith was a professional-level Folk Dancer who both taught and performed, and she had studied with Martha Graham. Additionally, she was for many years a member of the Nassau Hiking and Outdoor Club and a supporter of several classical music groups on Long Island.
She was wheelchair-bound, suffering from advanced dementia after her third seizure in July 2011. A two-time cancer survivor (1974 and 2007) she was still living in her home with round-the-clock medical care. She is survived by her long-time life partner of 30 years, Kenyon Silvey, who was lovingly devoted to her throughout her journey; her older son Jonathan, an artist living in Brooklyn, and her niece, Sue Shehan from Georgetown, DE. Her brother Gilbert Stahl, and her younger son Roger had pre-deceased her.
She has donated her body to Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical School, as did her mother in 1980. There will be a celebration of her life on a date to be determined.
Published in NY Newsday on August 27, 2013
HERBERT - Edith passed away on August 23, 2013 at the age of 96. She was a 58-year resident of Valley Stream's Green Acres, now known as Millbrook.
Edith Herbert graduated from Hunter College with a BS in 1938 and earned a MS from Teachers College in 1939. She was a kindergarten teacher for 30 years - 14 years in Scarsdale and 16 years at the Morris Avenue School in Rockville Centre. She was a member of many peace organizations both on Long Island and nationally including PACA, South Shore Citizens for Survival, Five Towns Forum and ARISE. Edith was a professional-level Folk Dancer who both taught and performed, and she had studied with Martha Graham. Additionally, she was for many years a member of the Nassau Hiking and Outdoor Club and a supporter of several classical music groups on Long Island.
She was wheelchair-bound, suffering from advanced dementia after her third seizure in July 2011. A two-time cancer survivor (1974 and 2007) she was still living in her home with round-the-clock medical care. She is survived by her long-time life partner of 30 years, Kenyon Silvey, who was lovingly devoted to her throughout her journey; her older son Jonathan, an artist living in Brooklyn, and her niece, Sue Shehan from Georgetown, DE. Her brother Gilbert Stahl, and her younger son Roger had pre-deceased her.
She has donated her body to Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical School, as did her mother in 1980. There will be a celebration of her life on a date to be determined.
Published in NY Newsday on August 27, 2013
Edith Herbert graduated from Hunter College with a BS in 1938 and earned a MS from Teachers College in 1939. She was a kindergarten teacher for 30 years - 14 years in Scarsdale and 16 years at the Morris Avenue School in Rockville Centre. She was a member of many peace organizations both on Long Island and nationally including PACA, South Shore Citizens for Survival, Five Towns Forum and ARISE. Edith was a professional-level Folk Dancer who both taught and performed, and she had studied with Martha Graham. Additionally, she was for many years a member of the Nassau Hiking and Outdoor Club and a supporter of several classical music groups on Long Island.
She was wheelchair-bound, suffering from advanced dementia after her third seizure in July 2011. A two-time cancer survivor (1974 and 2007) she was still living in her home with round-the-clock medical care. She is survived by her long-time life partner of 30 years, Kenyon Silvey, who was lovingly devoted to her throughout her journey; her older son Jonathan, an artist living in Brooklyn, and her niece, Sue Shehan from Georgetown, DE. Her brother Gilbert Stahl, and her younger son Roger had pre-deceased her.
She has donated her body to Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical School, as did her mother in 1980. There will be a celebration of her life on a date to be determined.
Published in NY Newsday on August 27, 2013
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