Dorothy Eimbinder, 75, of Tarrytown

The following obituary comes to Patch from Dorothy's family:

Dorothy Eimbinder, 75, of Tarrytown passed away on May 10. She is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Jerry, who she met when she was 19 and married at 21; their three devoted children Jill, Eric and Richard; their spouses Howard, Lisa and Beth; and their seven grandchildren.  

Her dear grandchildren are Stephanie Melnick, a freshman at Cornell University, Ali Melnick, a junior at Scarsdale High School, Jamie Eimbinder, a sophomore at West Hills High School in Stamford, CT, Josh Eimbinder, an elementary school student in Stamford, and Max, Lexi and Gabi Eimbinder, elementary school students in Tenafly, NJ. 

Dorothy grew up in Brooklyn and was the only child of Paul and Bessie Salzman. She attended Brooklyn's Lafayette High School and graduated from Brooklyn College. Following graduation, she taught second-graders in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn and second-grade pupils at the Redwood School in West Orange, New Jersey. 

She and her husband previously lived in Melville (Long Island) NY, West Orange, NJ, and Somerville, NJ. For the past eleven years they have been residents of Tarrytown—ten of these years in the Wyldwood community. 

Dorothy wanted to move to Tarrytown from Long Island after learning it was halfway between Eric and Lisa's house in Stamford and Richard and Beth's home in Tenafly. 

She loved to read novels (averaging one book per week), make needle point pillows, collect miniature teapots, and play Mahjong every week with her Wyldwood neighbors. She enjoyed cooking and her recipe "clippings"  collection of mostly articles cut from newspapers and magazines numbered several hundred. She did the NY Times' crossword puzzle every Sunday morning—religiously. Her favorite song was Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life." 

She fought ovarian cancer for nearly six years but her health was weakened in January, 2013, first by an E. coli bacterial infection and then by a C. difficile infection. 

The funeral will be held at Westchester Reform Temple, 255 Mamaroneck Road, Scarsdale, NY on Monday, May 13 at 11:00 a.m.