Dorothy M. Reif's Obituary
Dorothy M. Reif, Age 85, of Fayetteville Arkansas died June 7th, 2013. She was born in the Bronx, New York on 25 August, 1927 to Irving & Sadie (Feinblatt) Levy.
She attended school in the Bronx, and went on to study at the Art Students League in Manhattan where she met her future husband Rubin Reif. They were married in 1949 and spent a year in France and Italy pursuing art and life. Rubin’s teaching career took them to Columbus Ohio, then in 1953 to Fayetteville where Rubin taught art at the UofA and Dorothy taught art classes and raised two children. She continued her lifelong pursuit of art until the last months before her death, enjoying the patronage of a number of local private collectors and businesses. She was a long time member of the Artists of Northwest Arkansas (ANA), Temple Shalom, and volunteered for many years for the Arkansas Holocaust Education Committee. She was a colorful fixture at the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market, whose characters and flowers were a frequent inspiration for her art.
She is survived by her daughter Erika J. Reif of Durham, N.C., her son Marc G. Reif of Fayetteville, AR, granddaughter Laxmi Haynes of Durham, N.C, grandson Hanuman Reif of Ashville, N.C., granddaughters Zoe P. Reif and Ana C. Reif of Fayetteville, AR. She was preceded in death by her husband Rubin and her brother Ira Levy of Fort Pierce, FL.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 11th at 2:30pm, at the Nelson-Berna Funeral Home on Crossover Road in Fayetteville. Burial will follow at Fairview Memorial Gardens on Mission Rd.
Memorial donations could be made in Dorothy’s honor to the Arkansas Holocaust Education Committee, P.O.Box 1371, Springdale AR 72765.
To sign the online guest book please visit www.nelsonberna.com
Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson-Berna Funeral Home and Crematory of Fayetteville
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