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Charlotte Primack Obituary
Jan. 23,1918 - Apr. 20, 2016
Santa Cruz, CA
Charlotte Primack died peacefully in her home at Dominican Oaks in Santa Cruz, California with her three children by her side on April 20, 2016. Born and raised in Rhode Island, she graduated Cranston High East (1936) and Bryant College (1938). Charlotte went on to work at the Providence School Department as a director of Federal Programs and retired after winning a landmark Equal Pay for Equal Work case. She spent her first 90 years in Rhode Island very connected to her community. Along with Sam, her husband of 60 years, she shared a lifelong interest in progressive politics, issues of social justice and the arts. Then at 90 she came to California and has loved every minute living in "Paradise" as she called Dominican Oaks, having her whole family around her and being so well cared for. She left this life at 98 with no regrets, no fear, feeling loved and so pleased that her children and grandchildren are all thriving. She was pre-deceased by her husband, Sam Primack and her siblings: Ira Rakatansky, Shirley Halsband and Eleanor O'Brien. Charlotte is survived by her children and their spouses: Sara and Cliff Friedlander, Mark Primack and Janet Pollock, Ellen Primack and Eric Schmidt, and her grandchildren: Eva Primack, Luka Primack and Sasha Friedlander. There will be a celebration of life service at Dominican Oaks in the coming weeks.
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