Esta Schnabel Obituary

SCHNABEL Esta Greenberg, 89. Born March 6, 1913, died, Sunday, November 17, 2002. Beloved wife and sweetheart of Jack. Devoted mother to Andrea, Stephen, Julian. Affectionate aunt to Jesse. Loved mother-in-law to Renee and Olatz. Adored sister to Mary and Beatrice, sisterin-law to Nat and Allan. Doting grandmother to Gregory, Steven, Kelly, Deborah, Sally, Elizabeth, Lola, Stella, Vito, Olmo, Cy, Anne, Andrew, Rebecca. Great grandmother to Mikayla, Nina, and Julia. Esta Schnabel was the valedictorian of the Jewish Theological Seminary. President of Hadassah. Innovative fundraiser. Pink lady. Amateur poet. Actress in the films Basquiat and Before Night Falls. Adlibed her lines. Sponsored refugees during the Holocaust. Helped in infinite ways. Wise and best friend to anyone who was lucky enough to come in contact with her. Humanitarian. Lived a full and realized life. You are still with us. Thank you Ettie. P.S. 5000 tablecoths cha-cha into a nightclub.

Published by New York Times on Nov. 19, 2002.
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Ettie, as she was known by my parents, Muriel and Harold Jacobs was a neighbor to us in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She was a kind soul and always happy. Muriel and Harold spent many happy times with Ettie and Jack there. I remember a story that my mother told me about Harold visiting Julian's studio and did not realize he was walking over wet paint on a canvass that was laid out on the floor. He left his footprints on it and I wonder to this day if Julian ever left those footprints and made them part of the painting. Anyway, those days in Lauderhill were happy days for Ettie, Jack, Harold and Muriel and I will never forget them. May the memories be a blessing. - paul

paul jacobs

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November 17, 2023

So sorry to hear of Esta's passing. I wish I had known that she and Jack were living in Middletown - My mom is Roslyn Theodore (Ethel Schnabel Newman's daughter). Ethel was Jack's aunt, so we are cousins to you and we live in CT too.

Judy Aron

November 20, 2002

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