MAXINE "MACKEY" EPSTEIN

EPSTEIN
MAXINE "MACKEY" (nee Pincus)

Age 98, died on Thursday, July 9, 2020 of natural causes in her home at Pennswood Village, Newtown, PA. She was born on February 22, 1922, in Phila. Her parents were Nathan Pincus (1885-1960) and Pauline (Stein) Pincus (1887-1978), both first generation immigrants from Nowy-Dwor near Grodno in the Polish - Russian border region. Her father emigrated to America and settled in Philadelphia in 1905, her mother shortly after. She survived her siblings, Irwin Nat Pincus (1912-1983) of Germantown, PA; Sylvia (Pincus) Machinist (1917-2000) of Manchester, NH; and David Nathan Pincus (1926-2011) of Wynnewood, PA. Her father and his brothers established Pincus Brothers Maxwell (PBM) to manufacture men's tailored clothing in Phila. in 1911. The business was owned and managed by the family until 2001.
She married Dr. Martin Epstein, the love of her life, and a true story of love at first sight, in an elopement on February 24, 1943, 2 days after she turned 21. The civil service took place in the Chapel at Albright College, where they met at a dance. A year later, she told her parents that she had married, and she was subsequently married in a Jewish service.
Mrs. Epstein lived in Yardley, PA from 1950 - 2002 where she raised her family before moving to Pennswood Village in Newtown, PA in 2002 with her beloved husband, Dr. Martin Epstein (1919 - 2010). She graduated from Friend's Select School in Philadelphia, attended Albright College for two years, then transferred to and graduated from The University of Pennsylvania.
As a child, she was involved in art and became a Registered Maine Guide at Highland Nature Camp on Sebago Lake in Maine. She studied art, typed books into Braille for the Bucks County Association for the Blind, was active in women's organizations, ORT, and Adath Israel Congregation in Trenton, NJ, and contributed to the community at Pennswood Village in Newtown, PA. Her charitable contributions supported organiza-tions for the benefit of women, hunger, justice, health, the environment, and wildlife. But her life was really about family.
She is survived by her children, Dr. Andrew L. Epstein (Karen Ingalls), of Newton, MA and Santa Fe, NM; Eric W. Epstein (Karyn Gilvarg) of New Haven, CT and New Orleans, LA; and Robin Epstein Wyman (Richard Wyman) of Wolfeboro, NH. She is also survived by her beloved grandchildren, Eli Epstein (Maren McGuire) of Los Angeles, CA, Amos Epstein of Somerville, MA, Ian Epstein of Brooklyn, NY, Alex Epstein of Philadelphia, PA, Samuel Wyman of Dorset, VT, and Rachel Wyman of Kialua, HI.
She will be remembered for her unswerving love of family, for "making memories" of vacations, trips, and celebrations, for her generation-skipping generosity to support her grandchildren's education, health, summer camp, and homes, for her moral and ethical stance to life, and her integrity, dignity, and self respect. She taught her children and grandchildren to live loving and fulfilling lives, and to live without resentment or regret. She will be remembered for all that and more. She was our leader. Like no other.
Services will be private and led by Rabbi Benjamin Adler of Adath Israel Congregation. There will be a Memorial Service when safe again to congregate. She will be buried with her beloved Marty at Fountain Lawn Memorial Park in Ewing, NJ. Funeral arrangements will be provided by ORLAND'S EWING MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 1534 Pennington Road, Ewing Township NJ. Donations can be made in her memory to Planned Parenthood (www.plannedparenthood.org) and Heifer International (www.heifer.org). To send condolences to the family visit:
orlandsmemorialchapel.com