Phyllis S. Jaffe

JAFFE--Phyllis S., an early practitioner of education labor law and wife of the late Frederick Jaffe, died at home in Ossining, NY, on December 22, 2008. She was 83. Mrs. Jaffe served in the Women's Army Corps during WWll, graduated from Columbia Law School in 1949, and served as the president of the Ossining Board of Education 1966-69. Mrs. Jaffe led Plunkett and Jaffe's Westchester County office from 1975 until her retirement in 2003. Her cases included Immediato v. Rye Neck School District in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of high schools to require community service as a graduation requirement. Mrs. Jaffe was preceded in death by her brother Edwin Shelley. She is survived by and will be missed by her sons Paul, David (wife Leslie); and Rick (wife Kim) four grandchildren, Dara, Gary, Eli and Julian; her brother, Heywood, (wife Maritza), their daughter and granddaughter; and sister-in-law Florence, her children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Donations can be made in the name of Phyllis Jaffe to The Clear View School (serving children with special needs), 480 Albany Post Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. The family (pauljaffe@verizon.net) is planning a memorial service to be held at a later date.