Obituary of Clara E. Maidenbaum

We are sorry to announce the peaceful death of Clara E. Maidenbaum of Plantation, Florida formerly from Schenectady, NY on Monday, May 14, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Born in 1921 to Morris and Anna Eingold in the Bronx, the family moved to Schenectady shortly after. She graduated Nott Terrace High School and Rhodes Business College in New York City. She married Morris Bornfield in 1942 and raised a family with him until his death in 1969. She remarried Joseph Maidenbaum in 1971 and continued working for NYS Civil Service before retiring. She studied piano at an early age and played for her entire life. Her musical talents were great and she found great personal joy and gave it as an entertainer and accompanist for greatful organization and audiences wherever she was. She is survived by a son, Mark Bornfield or Hollywood, Florida, and two step children, Eileen Alansky and Alan Maidenbaum and several nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by Morris Bornfield and second husband, Joseph Maidenbaum and a son, Harvey Bornfield. Services at the Agudat Achim Cemetery, Schermerhorn Street, Rotterdam, NY on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 11:00 am,