Esther Duker-Pollack, 88, of Media, Pa., died of a heart attack on May 1. She was an elementary school teacher and middle school librarian who lived in Princeton following her retirement. Born in Rypin, Poland, one of 10 children, she and her family emigrated to the United States in 1923. She attended local schools in Pittsfield, Mass., and graduated from Radcliffe College with a major in government in 1937. Following marriage and graduation, she lived in New Jersey and in New London, Conn., from 1945 until 1958, where she reared her four children. She subsequently relocated to Brookline, Mass., and enrolled at Boston University, where she earned an M.Ed. In 1961, she moved with her children to central New Jersey. She lived and worked in Highland Park, first as an elementary school teacher and later as a middle school librarian, until her retirement in 1977. She relocated to Princeton in 1979, where she pursued a wide range of personal interests and volunteer activities, including cooking and gardening, auditing classes at Princeton University, and volunteering at the Merwick Unit of the Princeton Medical Center and at the Nearly New Shop. She was also a member of the Newcomers Club. She later moved to life care facilities near Philadelphia, first in Gwynedd and later in Media. She is survived by three sons, Ethan, Jeremy and Jonathan ; a daughter, Judith ; two brothers, Samuel and Jonathan; a sister, Rita; four grandchildren; and one great grandchild. On May 4 she was interred in a family burial plot at King Solomon Memorial Park in Clifton.
Esther Duker-Pollack, 88, of Media, Pa., died of a heart attack on May 1. She was an elementary school teacher and middle school librarian who lived in Princeton following her retirement. Born in Rypin, Poland, one of 10 children, she and her family emigrated to the United States in 1923. She attended local schools in Pittsfield, Mass., and graduated from Radcliffe College with a major in government in 1937. Following marriage and graduation, she lived in New Jersey and in New London, Conn., from 1945 until 1958, where she reared her four children. She subsequently relocated to Brookline, Mass., and enrolled at Boston University, where she earned an M.Ed. In 1961, she moved with her children to central New Jersey. She lived and worked in Highland Park, first as an elementary school teacher and later as a middle school librarian, until her retirement in 1977. She relocated to Princeton in 1979, where she pursued a wide range of personal interests and volunteer activities, including cooking and gardening, auditing classes at Princeton University, and volunteering at the Merwick Unit of the Princeton Medical Center and at the Nearly New Shop. She was also a member of the Newcomers Club. She later moved to life care facilities near Philadelphia, first in Gwynedd and later in Media. She is survived by three sons, Ethan, Jeremy and Jonathan ; a daughter, Judith ; two brothers, Samuel and Jonathan; a sister, Rita; four grandchildren; and one great grandchild. On May 4 she was interred in a family burial plot at King Solomon Memorial Park in Clifton.
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