Remembering Lorraine Greenfield, 99

Lorraine Bohrer Greenfield, the longest and oldest living congregant of Congregation B’nai Sholom-Beth David in Rockville Centre for the last 72 years, died at 99.

Greenfield was born in 1923 and moved to the community in 1951. She lived at her home at 49 Muirfield Road in Rockville Centre for 49 years before moving to Garden City.

“She always considered Rockville Centre her home,” her son, Jeff Greenfield, said. “She loved going to dinner at George Martin’s.”

She was a faithful member of the congregation who would walk to the temple every week except in her later years. She was also a devoted mother and would call her kids, Jeffrey and Janie, every single day. She also had four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren whose lives she cared about deeply. The depth of her love was immeasurable and her dedication was fierce. Over the years she maintained a tight relationship with her brother Seymour.

Lorraine and her husband, Marty, shared so many decades together attached at the hip. When they weren’t traveling together with family or friends, they enjoyed relaxing in the Catskills with the Grossingers, and Kutchers, or hanging out at the Concord. She wintered in Boca Raton, Florida.

She kept a kosher home and insisted on holding her family Bar and Bat Mitzvah parties and weddings at the temple so that her community would benefit financially and communally. She prioritized the success and perseverance of her Jewish community.

Lorraine loved her people, which is probably why, of all the places she traveled to her favorite place, where she felt most at home was in Israel. She brought blessing into the world to her family, friends, community, and all who knew her. She will be greatly missed. Her memory will always be a blessing.