Michelle Feins Obituary

MICHELLE FEINS

On August 11, 2019, at home--just as she wished, surrounded by her husband of almost 65 years and children.

Beloved daughter of Jerome and Betty Sinsheimer and favorite sister of Warren (Flo) Sinsheimer.

Mickey was raised in New Rochelle, NY and attended Emma Willard School and Connecticut College. She was a speech pathologist and audiologist who initially taught at Seton Hall University and subsequently practiced in the public schools.

A masterful and tireless planner, Mickey dried her sink, fed chipmunks from her hand, owned a pick up truck for no good reason, paid the tolls of cars behind her (before EZPass and SunPass), went falconing, kept her air conditioning on overdrive, picked wild blueberries, sent the best care packages to camp and college, and was the first woman Rotary president in New London, NH. She was a regular at MacKenna's Restaurant, hosted campers and counselors on their days off, played the flute in community bands, collected antiques, brought in her elderly neighbor's newspapers, enjoyed Grunings chocolate chip ice cream, sang silly family songs in harmony, made German chocolate birthday cakes, paid $1 for the 5 cent pillows at the New London Barn Playhouse, had a soft heart for eclectic folks, maintained lifelong friendships with her college roommates, looked forward to daily phone calls from her brother, and made everyone she was with feel loved and appreciated. Always.

Mickey is survived by her husband, Martin, children Jeffrey (Lynda) Feins, Nancy (Dale) Adler, Jon (Amy) Feins; grandchildren Ben (Nicole) Feins, Elyssa (Mike) Nadler, Casey Feins, Elizabeth (fiance Alex Hinton), Anna, Oliver and Adam Feins, Daniel (Michele) Adler, Jonathan and Emily Adler; four-and-a-half great-grandchildren and her favorite ’governess’ Margaret.

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