Obituary of Estelle Lankin

Estelle Lankin, age 85, died on Thursday, March 3, 2005 in New Providence, NJ. She was born on August 8, 1919 in New York and had lived in Warren for the past 47 years. Mrs. Lankin graduated from Battin High School in Elizabeth, NJ. She was the President of Glide Away Door Construction and Co. for 25 years. Mrs. Lankin was the Art Director & President for the Warren Womens Club, the president of the Warren Middle School PTA and the President of Watchung Hills High School PTA. She was an antique buff who enjoyed interior design and going to Atlantic City with her friends. She was a devoted mother, great friend, generous aunt and lover of the arts and she will be greatly missed. Her strength, courage, dreams and spirit will live in our hearts forever. She is predeceased by her husband, Robert Sidney Lankin in 1970, her sisters, Audrey Schneider and Elizabeth Thompson and her brother Leonard Blumenthal. Surviving are her daughters, Daryl of Aubrey, TX and Robbi of Warren. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 8:45 am at Higgins Home for Funerals, 752 Mountain Blvd. Watchung followed by a 9:30 am Funeral Mass at Our Lady of the Mount Church, Warren. Interment will follow at Graceland Memorial Park in Kenilworth. Visitation will be on Friday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m.