Estelle Epstein

Preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Sidney M. Epstein, her siblings Alvin Pottern and Hope Brockman, and her awesome son-in-law Jared . Survived by beloved sister Bev Shapiro. Mother of Bonnie Hechtkopf of St. Petersburg, Florida, Kenneth Epstein of Las Vegas, Nevada, Jill Espeset Epstein of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and mother-in-law of Chris Espeset. Loved by grandson Bram Hechtkopf and his wife, Lara, grandson Quinn Zannoni and his wife, Joanna Zannoni, and Mariah Espeset Madrid and her husband, Jose Madrid Gutierrez. Proud of her three great grandchildren: Jozy, Estellena, and Azura.

Estelle spent most of her career as an elementary school teacher at Horace Mann Laboratory School in Salem. In her retirement she pursued her passions of writing and music. Estelle’s poems will be missed by many including her numerous nieces and nephews.

Donations in her honor are welcomed at the Jared S. Hechtkopf Community Food Bank c/o: St. Petersburg Free Clinic, 863 3rd Avenue N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 or to the Swampscott Senior Center, 200 Essex St., Swampscott, MA 01907.

Funeral service and burial will be held at Vilkomir Jewish Cemetery, 840 Broadway, Melrose, MA on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 11 a.m. The staff at Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel is honored to care for Estelle and her family.

For more information or to register in the online guestbook, please visit www.stanetskyhymansonsalem.com.