Sinykin, Dorothy (Edelstein)
MADISON –
Dorothy (Edelstein) Sinykin passed away on Friday, Aug. 4, 2006, at Oakwood’s Hebron Oaks Nursing Home, in Madison. Born in Superior on Dec. 24, 1911, she now the last survivor of 10 children born to Roy Edelstein and Ida Zalk Edelstein. Dorothy graduated from Superior State Teachers College in 1933, and taught school in Bayfield County, Reedsburg, and at Lakewood School in Madison. She married Atty. Gordon Sinykin on May 2, 1941, in Milwaukee. Dorothy served as big chief of the Nakoma Welfare League, president of the Lawyers Wives of Dane County, and bookkeeper for The Progressive magazine. She enjoyed figure skating, and now a figure skating test judge with the USFSA. Both she and Gordon were charter members and held various officer positions with the Madison Figure Skating Club, the Wagon Wheel FSC, and the FSC of Madison. In 1986, they were inducted into the City of Madison Ice Skating Hall of Fame for "extraordinary personal contributions for the betterment of ice skating in the Madison community." Dorothy also enjoyed gardening, bird watching, playing bridge, playing the piano, reading, Muskie fishing on the Chippewa Flowage, spending time at her cottage on the Wisconsin River, and the company of her toy poodles. She now preceded in death by her husband, Gordon; and is survived by her children, Daniel (Sheri) Sinykin and Susan (Steve) Anderson of Madison, and Philip (Joan) Sinykin of San Jose, Calif.; six grandchildren, Jason Anderson, Kristi, Sean (Khanh), Aaron (Debbie), Rudi (Esther) and Joshua (Julia) Sinykin; and many nieces and nephews. Services will be held at TEMPLE BETH EL, 2702 Arbor Drive, Madison, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, at 10:30 a.m., and will be followed by a meal of condolence. A private family burial at Forest Hill Cemetery will follow. The family would like to thank the 3rd floor staff of Hebron Oaks for their care and compassion during the last seven years. In lieu of flowers, donations in Dorothy’s memory may be made to: U.S. Figure Skating Memorial Fund, 20 First St., Colorado Springs, CO 80906.
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