Elinor “Ellie” Rosenthal Kraut, 91, died Sunday at her home in Aventura, Florida.

Born in Princeton, NJ, she grew up in Princeton and lived in the Trenton area for most of her adult life.

Elinor graduated from Princeton High School in 1946, where she captained the basketball and baseball teams.

She graduated with a degree in psychology from Smith College in 1950, where she was captain of the baseball team and president of its Hillel Chapter. After graduation she worked as a social worker for the State of New Jersey.

In 1954 she married Dr. Irving Kraut, a successful orthodontist in Trenton. The couple lived above his office on West State Street for several years, then moved to Lawrence in 1957 shortly before the birth of their third child. There, the family grew to eight children, and in 1969 they moved to Ewing, where the family was completed with the birth of a ninth child. The family were members of Adath Israel Congregation.

She learned tennis from her father, the late Samuel Rosenthal, while in her teens and the sport would become a lifelong passion. She played and coached tennis until the age of 90. She won numerous tournaments in Trenton, Princeton, and Mercer County throughout in the 1950s and 1960s in both singles and doubles, including in partnership with her sister Marilyn Rosenthal.

In 1962 she began teaching tennis at the Trenton YWCA and also taught at the Ewing Adult School and on her own court in Ewing. She instilled a love for the game in all of her children and in the hundreds of players she coached through the years. In 1968 the family was featured in World Tennis Magazine. In 2016 the National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) of Trenton honored her at their annual gala as one of a group of “Women who rock.” In 2018 her children and tennis friends presented her with an award commemorating 56 years of coaching tennis.

After the death of her husband in 2001 she increasingly spent time in her winter home in Aventura, FL, eventually making it her permanent residence while returning to Ewing each summer.

Daughter of the late Samuel and Ida Rosenthal, she is predeceased by her husband Dr. Irving Kraut, her eldest son Dr. Jon Kraut and by her brother Donald Rosenthal.

She is survived by four daughters Robin Kraut Zell of Tekoa, Israel, Carin Kraut Cohen of Vorhees, NJ, Lesley Kraut Schwarzman of Princeton, NJ, Wendy Kraut of Aventura, FL, four sons Dr. Bruce Kraut of Lawrenceville, NJ, Gary Kraut of Paris, France, Dr. Eric Kraut of Pikesville, MD, Dr. Robert Kraut of Orlando, FL, 28 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and counting, and a sister Marilyn Rosenthal.

Funeral services are Wednesday 12:30pm, July 3 at Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, 1534 Pennington Road, Ewing Township. Burial to follow at Fountain Lawn Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made in her name to National Junior Tennis and Learning of Trenton, (njtloftrenton.org), and to Greenwood House, (greenwoodhouse.org) a network of senior living, care and service based in Ewing.