Obituary of Sophie Fuchs MD

Dr. Sophie Schalet Fuchs, age 87 of Marathon, Florida died at the Eddy Village Green in Cohoes on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. Dr. Fuchs was born in Poland and received her M.D. from Charles University in Czechoslovakia. She practiced pediatrics for many years in Northport, New York retiring in 1997. Dr. Fuchs was a survivor of the Holocaust. She was married to Dr. Bertram Fuchs until his passing in October of 2010. She is survived by a son, Dr. Marc Fuchs and his wife Dr. Betsy Fuchs of Delmar, NY and a daughter,Dr. Ronnie Fuchs and her husband Dr. Sandy Rabison of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Grandmother of Dr. Daniel J. Fuchs, Amanda B. Fuchs, Rebecca Rabison and Joseph Rabison. Dr. Fuchs was predeceased by her brother, Dr. Norbert Schalet. Services at the Levine Memorial Chapel, 649 Washington Avenue Albany, NY on Friday, October 21, 2011 at 1:30pm. Interment will follow in the family plot at the Bethlehem Cemetery in Delmar, NY. Those wishing to remember Dr. Fuchs in a special way may make memorial contributions to The American Parkinson's Disease Association, 135 Parkinson Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305-1943.