ELIZABETH SCHNEEWIND

SCHNEEWIND--Elizabeth Hughes, 81, died on the 12th of June, 2021, in Brooklyn, New York. Born May 11, 1940, in Chicago, she attended the University of Chicago Lab School and in 1959 received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Chicago. She later obtained an M.A. in philosophy from Brown University and was ABD in philosophy at Yale University. Elizabeth and her husband Jerome B. Schneewind resided in New Haven, CT; Pittsburgh, PA; Brooklyn, NY; and Baltimore, MD. They returned to Brooklyn upon retirement. Elizabeth received an MSW from the University of Maryland in 1985. She worked at Jewish Family Services in Baltimore, published on geriatric care, and was an accredited translator of German philosophy. Elizabeth is survived by her husband of 58 years, Jerome B. Schneewind; three daughters, Sarah, Rachel, and Hannah; four grandchildren, Leonora, Elizabeth, James, and Sebastian; and her sister, Helen Brock. She is also survived by her sons-in-law Bruce Tindall and Nickolas Gikas and her daughter-in-law Janelle Heideman. She was predeceased by her parents, Everett Cherrington Hughes and Helen McGill Hughes. A funeral was held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Tuesday, June 15. The family requests donations to the American Civil LIberties Union in lieu of flowers.