Ellen Ross Kornfield's Obituary
Ellen Kornfield daughter of William & Shirley Ross from Newark, New Jersey, born on September 19th, 1948 passed away on August 25th, 2023 just 17 days after her beloved husband Paul Kornfield passed. Ellen resided in their home with her, son Marc and daughter-in-love Beth of Port Saint Lucie, Florida.
Beloved wife of Paul Kornfield. Loving mother Marc Kornfield of Port Saint Lucie, Michael Kornfield of Martinsville, Indiana and mother-in-love of Beth Kornfield of Port Saint Lucie. Proud grandmother of Caleb & Willhelm, Andrew and Tristen.
Ellen met her husband Paul while they were at a social event in high school and began to fall in love. Right after they were married, Paul was drafted to serve our country in Vietnam with the US Army and Ellen finished her college degree to come a teacher.
Ellen spent nearly 40 years molding young minds in Elementary Schools mostly as a third-grade teacher, where she coined the phrased ‘Once A Kornfield Kid, Always A Kornfield Kid!’
She was a true matriarch with a heart of gold, the glue that kept the family close, the best friend that would call you just to check to see if you were doing ok, the one that would cook for days and weeks for a Jewish Holiday and the oldest sister of two sisters to Sara and Stella. Ellen and her husband Paul loved traveling and visiting new places. They have flown and cruised around the world together as well as with their lifetime friends and family.
While Ellen’s two boys were in school, she was very involved in their extracurricular activities with her younger son Michael being in sports and her older son Marc being in the school band.
Visitation will be Sunday, September 3rd, 2023 from 9:30am – 10:00am, at Beth David Memorial Gardens at 3201 N. 72nd Avenue in Hollywood, Fl 33024. Services will be on Sunday, September 3rd, 2023 at 10am in the chapel at Levitt Weinstein at Beth David. Graveside Service will follow the service. We are asking everyone that would like to attend the service, to please wear the color purple, as that was Ellen’s favorite color. The zoom link is https://www.shiva.com/bf8kn5q2
Ellen was diagnosed with Alzheimer's!
For more information, please get in touch with Ellen’s son Marc.
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