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Fannie Greenberg, 112, dies; was oldest New Yorker BY SOPHIA CHANG | sophia.chang@newsday.com October 24, 2007 Article tools E-mail Share Digg Del.icio.us Facebook Fark Google Newsvine Reddit Yahoo Print Single page view Reprints Reader feedback Text size: Fannie Greenberg, a spirited and fashionable woman who saw the world change immeasurably in her century-plus on Earth, died Oct. 5 at the Regency at Glen Cove nursing home [CORRECTION: An obituary yesterday for Fannie Greenberg incorrectly described the Regency at Glen Cove. It is an assisted living facility. PG. A19 ALL 10/25/07], her family said.
She was 112 years and four months old, making her the oldest New Yorker, according to the Gerontology Research Group, an organization that tracks the world's living "supercentenarians," people 110 years old or older. A Buffalo woman, Olivia P. Thomas, is now the oldest New Yorker at 112 years and less than four months old, according to the gerontology group.
Born May 24, 1895, in Ottawa, Ontario, she was the oldest of Eva and Morris Adler's five children. She left school to work in her father's general store, where one day a man named Aaron Greenberg saw her behind the counter and fell in love, said their daughter, Claire Rivers.
"She had curly hair and big blue eyes," said Rivers, a retired business owner from Great Neck. "He came back for her hand three times." The young couple moved to Brownsville, Brooklyn, where Aaron Greenberg worked as a cigar roller and a film projectionist.
Fannie Greenberg devoted her life to raising Rivers and another daughter, Judy. "She was feisty and tough and always there for you," Rivers said.
As a young woman in Canada, Greenberg worked for a time at an upscale women's clothing boutique, where she helped the women of Ottawa's political scene dress in finery and avoid tactical blunders of wearing identical outfits. "She had to make sure she didn't sell the same dress to the same people," Rivers said.
That fashion sense, with an appreciation for Chanel suits, persisted through her life. "She was a jewelry freak," Rivers said, and noted her mother wore her gold earrings until just before her death.
After her husband died in 1978 at the age of 82, Greenberg moved in with Rivers, and then moved to the Regency in 1998. She attributed her longevity to a robust habit of walking and biking in her youth, Rivers said.
Greenberg was buried in New Montefiore Cemetery in Pinelawn, next to her husband. Rabbi Richard Shapiro of Temple Beth El in Great Neck gave a graveside eulogy.
In addition to her daughter, Greenberg is survived by her brother Max Adler, 98, of Ottawa, five grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Ryoung122 04:16, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
