ESTHER FREEDMAN

We celebrate the life of a most amazing, loving, kind, indomitable woman who embraced her family and friends to the fullest. Those of us who were fortunate enough to spend time with Esther, and the more time the better, were quite sure that we came away a happier and privileged person. Esther was awesome; she made the world a better place and made us better to have known and loved her.

We will miss her family stories, her great laughter, her love and concern. Esther will...

Esther was the most incredibly talented, gifted, joyful woman both my husband Rob and I have ever known. She was smart, savvy, direct, honest...always told it like it was - and we valued her opinion on every topic from helping to create a corporate structure, to coordinating complicated business relationships, to developing strong relationships among staff, to making the best brisket ever and to advising about child care and keeping family at the center of your life. And her devoted, loving...

Dear Sandy and Alan:

My reflections on a most wonderful person:

Your mother was unique in so many ways. I met her in 1993 when I asked her to help our practice move to the "next phase" where we would become more "corporate". (She had just finished doing the same thing for colleagues of mine in urology who today related a host of fond memories to me when I called them.) She was the consummate person for the job. While always being too independent to become our employee...