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ELEANOR SPINGARN Obituary

Name: Service for ELEANOR GRACE SPINGARN
Start: 2015-09-04T15:00:00.000Z
Location: Levine Chapels

SPINGARN, Eleanor Grace

(Harrison) Age 101, of Manhattan and Boston, on Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Daughter of the late Paul and Clara (Horowitz) Harrison. For 63 years, beloved wife of the late Dr. Clifford L. Spingarn. Mother of John Harrison Spingarn & Marilyn (Morrow) and Alexandra Harrison Spingarn. Grandmother of Noah Spingarn Koff (Arabella D'Oyly), Jason Spingarn-Koff (Sabrina Gschwandtner), Sierra Charlotte Spingarn, Katherine Louise Spingarn, and Joseph Harrison Spingarn and great-grandmother of three. Eleanor graduated as Valedictorian from Washington Irving High School and was the editor of the WI Times. She attended Columbia School of Journalism in business studies. She built her husband's Medical practice in Internal Medicine over 52 years at Mount Sinai Hospital. Mrs. Spingarn was the President to the Woman's Auxiliary of the County Medical Society of New York from 1983-84. At the age of 91, she moved to Springhouse in Boston, MA. She was a guiding light and was cherished by all who knew her and all who had the honor of experiencing her vitality, intelligence and Grace. Services at Levine Chapels, 470 Harvard Street, BROOKLINE, on Friday, September 4 at 11:00am. Burial in Walnut Hills Cemetery, 96 Grove Street, Brookline. Memorial observance at the home of Alexandra Spingarn following the burial. Remembrances may be made to Springhouse Foundation, 44 Allandale Street, Boston MA 02130 or to Parmenter Hospice, 266 Cochituate Road, Wayland, MA 01778.

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Published by Boston Globe from Sep. 1 to Sep. 2, 2015.

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Susan Travis

September 26, 2015

I am grateful I had the opportunity to spend precious hours with my aunt Ellie months before her death when she still was able to share stories of our family's history. She was a wonderful story teller and she filled me with visions of the purple dress with blue satin sleeves sewed by our beloved grandmother Clara that she wore on her 9th birthday when she went to the opera with her handsome father Paul Harrison. From a young age my Aunt Ellie was like a mother to her sister Rozzie, my mother. At the end of Rozzie's life she was there every day continuing her loving care. The sister's are now reunited and we will keep their memories alive through the stories we will continue to share with each other.
With love Eleanor's niece Susie Travis

Richard Kameros

September 17, 2015

Today I mailed a contribution to JourneySongs to honor the memory of my aunt, Eleanor Grace {Harrison) Spingarn. She was privileged to enjoy the music of JourneySongs several times before her passing.
Aunt Eleanor was a fine woman who was a valuable member of our family. Thankfully, this was spread over the many years of her life.

Karen Hilliard

September 16, 2015

My deepest condolences to Sandy, her sons and grandchildren, all of her cousins, extended family and the many friends who loved Eleanor. I was honored and graced by her presence and her love as she entered Hospice care just 5 months ago. It felt like I knew Ellie five lifetimes! I will never forget her stories about her Manhattan years, her youth, adulthood and all her contributions through her good work on earth was inspirational. Ellie, we loved you living and we love you still. Your soul is blessed and surrounded by love. You walked through life with love, grace and gratitude.

Cheryl Malone

September 15, 2015

We are so sorry to hear of your mother's passing and will note it for our members. She and Doctor Spingarn were a real team in practice, and we won't see their like again.

"The New York County Medical Society and the Board of Trustees of the Clifford L. Spingarn MD Memorial Education Fund join in mourning the passing of Eleanor G. Spingarn, the widow of past Society president Clifford L. Spingarn, MD.

Mrs. Spingarn, 101 at the time of her death, served several terms as president of The Auxiliary to the New York County Medical Society. She was a leader in organized medicine in her own right, as well as a true helpmate in Doctor Spingarn's practice.

The members send their sympathies to the Spingarn Family.

Alexandra Spingarn

September 8, 2015

Hi Kate:

Growing up in a musical family in lower Manhattan, my mother, Eleanor Spingarn, always said "A day without music is a day wasted." Her mother Clara Harrison and sister Gertrude Harrison Gover, (Julliard 34') were trained singers and so, she grew up surrounded by music. Gertrude's son and my cousin, Eugene Gover, sang with the Cantata Singers for 40 years.

However, on September 1st , Mother died at 101 years and nine months and her funeral was last Friday at Levine Chapel on Sept. 4th. 2015.

A group of your Journey Singers with Joan Caplan, came and sang at The Levine Chapel in Brookline and their contribution made it a very beautiful service.

They also came, over the year to Sing at my Mother's bedside when she was dying at Springhouse in Jamaica Plain and they gave her much pleasure. In the end, she spent her last month at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Hospice Home in Wayland. It made a very difficult end, somehow more tolerable for us, with an excellent, continuously loving and caring staff.
Therefore, I want to finally make a contribution to your wonderful organization. Please tell me how I can do this and where I can mail or email my contribution.

Sincerely,
Alexandra "Sandy" Spingarn

Rob Travis

September 6, 2015

Aunt Ellie and Uncle Cliff, Aunt Gert and Uncle Ab, we were lucky to grow up visiting their houses and being part of the Harrison girls sphere of influence. Ellie was always there for my mother. She was always a gracious hostess to Michele and I in our visits to Manhattan. We especially enjoyed our 2 hour chat about old times this past summer in Boston. You were truly one in a million!

Alexandra Spingarn

September 6, 2015

I will honor you till the day of my last breath. You were from a generation that cannot be replicated today, where human devotion to caring for others and personal discipline in ones life have been lost. I will
Remember all I have learned from you about aging with dignity and self respect. And I will try to care more about others than my own comfort or personal gain. Your loving daughter, Sandy

Dan Gover

September 5, 2015

I am so sorry to lose my Godmother, my aunt Ellie, Eleanor Harrison Spingarn. She was a very powerful influence in my life, and is the last of the Harrison girls [the three graces] to leave us. My mother Gert, Gertrude, was the eldest, after Paul and Clara's son Irving died at age seven. Rozzie, Rosalind, was the youngest. She and her husband Maxie and my cousins Susie and Robert also lived in Brooklyn, as we did. Ellie was the middle daughter, the most important one, according to her father and my grandpa Paul, because the oldest and the youngest were the bread, but she was the meat in the middle of the sandwich. Ellie and Cliff moved their children, my cousins John and Sandy from Queens to Manhattan, thus giving the Harrisons a real foothold in the heart of New York, from the Lower East Side, where they started out, to the Upper East Side. We miss her terribly and will remember her with great love for the rest of our lives.
Dan, Janice, Mike, and Adam Gover

Alexandra Spingarn

September 5, 2015

Your devoted daughter Sandy.

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