Sadie S. Appelstein

Sadie S. Appelstein, age 98 of Marblehead, died on Sunday in Salem Hospital. Born in Malden the daughter of the Samuel Eva Schlager, she graduated from Revere High School with honors class of 1931 and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She had resided in Marblehead since 1954. She was a piano teacher for more than 70 years. She was a past president of the Swampscott-Marblehead B’nai B’rith and the Elson Club of New England Conservatory of Music, a past vice president of the North Shore Piano Guild, a member of Hadassah, the Jewish Rehabilitation Center Auxiliary in Swampscott and the Sisterhood of Cong. Shirat Hayam in Swampscott. Sadie spent all her years enjoying the love and company of her family and many, many friends.

Beloved wife of the late Samuel Appelstein. Dear daughter of the late Samuel and Eva Schlager. Devoted mother of Janet Williams and Martin and his wife Jo Anne Appelstein. Loving sister of the late Saul and his wife Rose Schlager, Joseph and his wife, Beatrice Schlager. Cherished grandmother of Scott, Raymond and his companion Rebecca, Earl and his wife Barbara, Seth and his fiancé Riva, Eve Williams, Jeffrey Appelstein and his wife Kim, Eric Appelstein and his wife Karen, great-grandmother of Samuel and Haley Williams, Dr. Clarice and her husband Brad Baumgartner, Leigh, Joshua, Brooke and Jacob Appelstein. She also leaves many beloved relatives, including Sam’s family. Services at the Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel, 10 Vinnin St., Salem-Swampscott line on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 11:00 A.M. Interment will follow in the Tifereth Israel Memorial Park, 232 Fuller St., Everett. Memorial Observance at her late residence through Friday sundown. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in her memory may be donated to the Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., #B102, Danvers, MA 01923 or the New England Conservatory of Music, 290 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115.