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August 2019 Viewpointe, Page 19
Meet Your Neighbor: Sherrie Mellow

By Mort Mazor N.Y.C. Welfare Department for several years, and then She is proud her
taught 3rd grade students in Queens for the next 20 years. transfusion saved his
You don’t have to know Sherrie for long to realize “I loved being a teacher,” she said. “Being involved life.
this 88 year old thin, blond-haired wiry lady is a strong with my students and their parents was fulfilling.” Sherrie enjoys
willed individual who has faced some tough times in her She married and raised two daughters. Her husband being with people
life and came out on top. has been deceased over 21 years. Her older daughter who have positive,
Born and raised with one sister in the racially mixed suffered from asthma from childhood. “My challenge was st ro n g m e n t a l
tough Brownsville section of Brooklyn, N. Y. during keeping her alive, functioning and positive, enabling her attitudes; not whiners
financially depressed early 1930’s years in a Yiddish to become the adult woman she is today.” or complainers—
speaking household, “I had to learn to speak and write Sherrie is a staunch Zionist and admirer of Israel Prime people who face
English to succeed in school, and also learn Spanish to Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She attends religious adversity, evaluate
communicate with other students,” she said. services Fridays and Saturdays. the situation, find a
Sherrie had to defend herself against gangs while in She travelled to Israel during four summer vacations solution and move
elementary school, and Thomas Jefferson High School. when she was teaching to volunteer and serve in the Israel forward.
Her grit and determination earned her a B.A. at Brooklyn Defense Force where her duties included menial tasks
College and Master’s degree in Education at New York like KP and cleaning latrines. Mort Mazor and
University. On one trip to Israel she volunteered to donate her his wife Lucille were West Delray residents for 27 years
After completing her education she worked in the rare blood type to a severely wounded Israeli soldier. prior to relocating to Stratford Court, Boca Raton, Oct.
7, 2014.
Since 1999 he has written articles and blog posts about
people and community affairs for local newspapers. He
recently retired as Special Correspondent for the Weekly
Sections of the Sun-Sentinel and Jewish Journal with over
7575 Imperial Drive 475 articles published since 2008; and teaching a weekly
course in Creative Writing since 2002.
#202 The Mazor’s celebrated their 74th wedding anniversary
3 Bedroom 2½ Bath March 20, 2019. 
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