Donna Ellen Schwartz

Schwartz, Donna Ellen Axelband, born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx (New York), NY, July 17, 1949, passed away in Wellington, FL on March 10, 2023. She was the beloved wife of Mr. Martin P. Schwartz, of New York, NY and Wellington, FL; mother of Dr. Erika M. Schwartz (m. Neal Orringer) of Bethesda, MD and Mrs. Jennifer R. Gross (m. Steven Gross) of Wellington, FL; and sister of Mr. Phil Axelband (m. Bari Axelband) of Jupiter, FL. She is also survived by four grandchildren-Gabrielle, Frederick, Emily, and Matthew. Donna Axelband was the daughter of the late Fred and Sonia Axelband of Delray Beach, FL and received a Masters of Arts degree from the C.W. Post Center at Long Island University and Bachelors of Arts degree from the City University of New York. She was a talented teacher who taught high school students with severe learning, emotional, behavioral, developmental, and other disability categories in the Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau County (Nassau BOCES) system.

After spending much of her life in New York, in 2008 she and her husband moved to Wellington, FL. She took pride in the accomplishments of her family and pleasure in organizing family gatherings and trips. Devoted to education, she was committed to learning and raising awareness of the Holocaust. The funeral took place in Boynton Beach, FL on March 13. Please donate in memory of Donna Schwartz to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum at https://donate.ushmm.org/6hRw6kqugUOvJLNKCIbD1g2