Leila Sellinger, 91, passed away at her Coral Gables, Florida home on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. She was born in Newark, NJ to Isadore and Katherine Ackerman. She married Martin Sellinger in 1960, the love of her life, who passed away in 1982. She went on to forge a full life of interests from art to theater to travel and a successful career in education culminating as the Dean of Student Life at Union County College.
Leila was the beloved wife for over 20 years of Martin Sellinger, loving mother of Eric (& Randi) Sellinger and Michael Sellinger (& Sandra Bermudez), devoted grandmother of Melanie (& Sam) Kopit, Rachel Sellinger, Noah Sellinger, Jamie Sellinger and Lucinda Sellinger Bermudez.