Joan Dollinger

Born in Newark, NJ on February 4, 1929, Joan went to Weequahic High School, Upsala College and Newark State College and earned her Master’s Degree in Counselling at Montclair State University. She was a beloved teacher at Burnet Hill School and at Mt. Pleasant Junior High School in Livingston, NJ for many years. While maintaining a full-time teaching career she co-founded Women In Self-Help (“Wish”) a service to assist female victims of domestic violence in partnership with St. Barnabas Medical Center. She also volunteered at Turning Point, an organization assisting those with alcohol and drug dependency.

She was active in counselling centers as well as various charitable and progressive causes both in New Jersey and Boca Raton Florida where she retired with her husband of 65 years Kenneth “Buddy” Dollinger. Joan was the recipient of many honors and awards including the Hannah G. Solomon Award for Outstanding Service to Women from the National Council of Jewish Women and the “Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award” from the Livingston Chapter of UNICO. In her final years she was a resident at Crane’s Mill in West Caldwell NJ.

Joan leaves behind her daughter Reesa Greenwald, her son Jeffrey Dollinger, as well as 4 grandchildren Jamie Geltzeiler, Corey Liberman, Jaclyn Stukey, and Michelle Forber, and 6 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be private. In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations in her memory to Foundation for Diabetes Research of Livingston, NJ (973) 994-1974.