Mae Anderman

Mae is survived by her children, Myra Feder, Barbara Peskin and her husband Arnold, Arthur Anderman and his wife Carole; 7 grandchildren; and 23 Great grand children.

Mae Anderman, at 106, (April 8. 2013) is one of the senior members at the Atria on Cuttermill Road, Great Neck, where she has lived for the past 12 years. She enjoys the company and the activities of her friends at the Atria, and. keeps herself very busy with her 3 children and their spouses, 7 grandchildren and their spouses and 25 great grandchildren.

Mae was born on Johnson Street, in Brooklyn, N.Y. on April 8, 1907, to Ida and Meyer Eckstat. Her parents were poor immigrants from Russia. Mae was the oldest of 5 children. Her father died when he was only 47 years old, leaving her mother Ida with Mae’s help as the eldest, to bring up her siblings and help in the dry goods store that Ida ran, in order to feed her family. Mae and her sister Lillian keep in daily touch with each other. Her other siblings, Charlie, Sam and Birdie, passed away.

Although her mother, Ida, could not read and write English well, until later in life when she went to school at age 80. Education was very important to Ida. Each of the five children went to college. It was at City College at night that she met her husband, Max Anderman, who was also studying at night school.

Mae had a very active life in charities, politics, and business. For many years she worked with Max and her sons-in-laws, as the designer and vice president of sales in Maytex Mills, a national curtain manufacturing company. In 1945, Mae and Max purchased a 100 room hotel,the Breeze Lawn Hotel, in Ellenville, New York. Mae ran the hotel for many years, where she started the first day camp at a Catskill hotel. She is “credited” with making a movie star of Buddy Hacket. One summer, Buddy was working across the street at the Nevele Hotel, and had a disagreement with the entertainment manager. He came to see Mae to work for her She told him that she could not hire him, because his routines were a little too “riskee” for her family crowd. Without the job, he wound up in Hollywood.

Max and Mae enjoyed politics. They attended the 1964 Democratic Convention in Atlantic City. She was a Democratic Committee women from Queens County. where they lived for many years.

Max became president of the Briarwood Jewish Center in Queens and Mae was the president of the sisterhood for six years. Between them and other members, they built a synagogue building, which was previously housed in a store front.

Mae used to enjoy daily walking ( up to 7 miles a day), and driving with her friends to Ellenville. She was a champion scrabble and shuffleboard player plays a very good game of Rummicub, and loves to keep up on world events, and spend time with her friends and family. She always enjoyed dancing and was last seen dancing at a party at the Atria.

Daily from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM she is generally on the telephone with her grandchildren who enjoy talking with her and seeking her advise.

Mae enjoys getting email Her email is:[email protected]