Zelda Malachowsky

(Asbury Park Press)

ZELDA MALACHOWSKY
AGE: 81 OAKHURST
Zelda Malachowsky, 81, of Oakhurst NJ passed away on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 in the home where she raised her children. Mrs. Malachowsky was born in Brooklyn and loved New York City. Mrs. Malachowsky graduated from Brooklyn College and received her master's degree in occupational therapy from Columbia University, of which she was very proud. She was an active volunteer with the American Cancer Society and was a lifelong member of Temple Beth Miriam in Elberon, NJ, where she was a member of the Sisterhood and had served on the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Malachowsky lived at the center of a large and ever-expanding network of family and friends, and she was devoted to each and every one.
She is survived by two sons, Chris and his wife Melody of Los Altos Hills, CA, and Jeff and his wife Cynthia Guyer of Portland, OR; her brother, Martin Rutenberg and his wife Lynne of Newton, NJ; and two sisters, Ellen Cohen of Venice Beach, CA, and Judy Wunsch and her husband Robert of Los Angeles, CA. She is also survived by her five beloved grandchildren, Sarah, Michael, Ryan, Spencer and Parker, and an unbounded number of nieces, nephews, friends and family. Mrs. Malachowsky was preceded in death, in 1996, by her husband of 45½years, Dr. Martin Malachowsky.
Services will be held at 11am Thursday at Temple Beth Miriam in Elberon NJ. Interment will follow at Temple Beth Miriam Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Zelda Malachowsky's name to Helen's Room of the American Cancer Society, Jersey Shore Region, or to the Alzheimer's Association, California Southland Chapter (Los Angeles). Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels, Ocean NJ, is in charge of arrangements.