Jocelyn Reznick

Jocelyn S. Reznick, 99, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt, died peacefully on November 3rd, 2016 at her home in Mount Kisco, NY. Born Jocelyn Schneider in the Bronx, NY, she graduated from Hunter College before becoming Assistant to the Dean there as well as Professor of Latin. A long-time resident of Scarsdale, NY, she was the loving wife of Irving Shmerler and Mortimer Reznick, whose deaths preceded hers. She was a woman of boundless intelligence, curiosity and kindness, and her interests were many: books, political activism, and later, the craft of writing; many of her reflections on domestic life were published in the Westchester section of The New York Times. But her greatest achievement, she believed, was her family. She was our relentless champion, our fierce protector, our rock and our role model. She leaves her six children (Susan, Nina, Jane, Ellen, David and Joan), her seven grandchildren (James, Elizabeth, Andrew, Laurie, Brian, Tess and Kate), her five great-grandchildren (Evan, Lance, Jack, Emily and Rebecca) and her sister, Frances. Her older sister, Maxine, died at age 101. We are profoundly grateful to have had our remarkable “Joyce” in our lives. Private graveside services will be held at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hawthorne, NY, on Monday, November 7th. In lieu of flowers, donations in her name may be made to Hospice of Westchester and Putnam Counties.