Pinanski, Doris Nathalie

1928 - 2020  (92 years)

• Name	Pinanski, Doris Nathalie  [1, 2]
  Born	30 Jan 1928	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Apr 2020	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I5889	Our Family
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

  Family	Dunne, Arnold Howard,   b. 8 Mar 1927, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 7 Oct 1990, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Married	25 Jan 1951	Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Dunne, Charles Spencer + 2. Dunne, Priscilla N.
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024
  Family ID	F7338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SCHEFF, Doris (Pinanski) Of Cambridge, MA, died peacefully on April 21, 2020. Born to Anna and Samuel Pinanski in Boston, MA, Doris was married to the late Simon Scheff in 1978. She was active with her alma mater, Wellesley College, establishing a permanent teaching prize. Over her long career, Doris worked at Harvard Medical School, WCRB, and taught in the Weston public schools, where she last held the position of assistant superintendent of schools. After leaving Weston, she worked as an instructor at UMASS Boston and on research projects at MIT's Sloan School and The Harvard Graduate School of Education. Doris was a talented artist who drew and painted throughout her life. She was also a poet with a published book of children's poems. Doris was predeceased by her husband Simon and her sister Ruth Pinanski Green. She is survived by her children, Priscilla Dunne, Charles Dunne & Elizabeth Lenart, and Simon's children, Jonathan Scheff & Kimberly Butterwick, David & Mary Jane Scheff and Daniel Scheff, as well as six grandchildren. Doris had a quick mind, upbeat nature, kind heart and a great aesthetic sense. She had the ability to see others' talents, and encouraged them to use them to the fullest in her varied employment and social roles. We will all miss her greatly.

  
  

• Sources

  [S330] Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;). Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 [S239] Original Import into Legacy. [S1238] Priscilla Herzig. [S1073] Boston Jewish Advocate Index (JewishGen). 1/27/1951