Maxine (Pincus) Epstein, NEWTOWN, PA — Maxine (Pincus) Epstein (“Mackey”), 98, died on Thursday, July 9, 2020 of natural causes in her home at Pennswood Village, Newtown, PA. She was born on February 22, 1922, in Philadelphia. Her parents were Nathan Pincus (1885—1960) and Pauline (Stein) Pincus (1887–1978), both first generation immigrants from Nowy-Dwor near Grodno in the Polish — Russian border region. Her 
father emigrated to America and settled in Philadelphia in 1905, her mother shortly after. She survived her siblings, Irwin Nat Pincus (1912–1983) of Germantown, PA; Sylvia (Pincus) Machinist (1917–2000) of Manchester, NH; and David Nathan Pincus (1926–2011) of Wynnewood, PA. Her father and his brothers established Pincus Brothers Maxwell (PBM) to manufacture men’s tailored clothing in Philadelphia in 1911. The business was owned and managed by the family until 2001.
She married Dr. Martin Epstein, the love of her life, and a true story of love at first sight, in an elopement on February 24, 1943, two days after she turned 21. The civil service took place in the Chapel at Albright College, where they met at a dance. A year later, she told her parents that she had married, and she was subsequently married in a Jewish service.
Mrs. Epstein lived in Yardley, PA from 1950 — 2002 where she raised her family before moving to Pennswood Village in Newtown, PA in 2002 with her beloved husband, Dr. Martin Epstein (1919 — 2010). She graduated from Friend’s Select School in Philadelphia, attended Albright College for two years, then transferred to and graduated from The University of Pennsylvania.
As a child, she was involved in art and became a Registered Maine Guide at Highland Nature Camp on Sebago Lake in Maine. She studied art, typed books into Braille for the Bucks County Association for the Blind, was active in women’s organizations, ORT, and Adath Israel Congregation in Trenton, NJ, and contributed to the community at Pennswood Village in Newtown, PA. Her charitable contributions supported organizations for the benefit of women, hunger, justice, health, the environment, and wildlife. But her life was really about family.
She is survived by her children, Dr. Andrew L. Epstein (Karen Ingalls), of Newton, MA and Santa Fe, NM; Eric W. Epstein (Karyn Gilvarg) of New Haven, CT and New Orleans, LA; and Robin Epstein Wyman (Richard Wyman) of Wolfeboro, NH. She is also survived by her beloved grandchildren, Eli Epstein (Maren McGuire) of Los Angeles, CA, Amos Epstein of Somerville, MA, Ian Epstein of Brooklyn, NY, Alex Epstein of Philadelphia, PA, Samuel Wyman of Dorset, VT, and Rachel Wyman of Kialua, HI.
She will be remembered for her unswerving love of family, for “making memories” of vacations, trips, and celebrations, for her generation-skipping generosity to support her grandchildren’s education, health, summer camp, and homes, for her moral and ethical stance to life, and her integrity, dignity, and self respect. She taught her children and grandchildren to live loving and fulfilling lives, and to live without resentment or regret.
She will be remembered for all that and more. She was our leader. Like no other.
Services will be private and led by Rabbi Benjamin Adler of Adath Israel Congregation. There will be a memorial service when safe again to congregate. She will be buried with her beloved Marty at Fountain Lawn Memorial Park in Ewing, NJ. Funeral arrangements will be provided by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, 1534 Pennington Road, Ewing Township NJ.
Donations can be made in her memory to Planned Parenthood (www.plannedparenthood.org) and Heifer International (www.heifer.org).
I work in the gym at Pennswood Village.Maxine came in often to work out there.Always enjoyed our conversations.A very independent lady.She was so positive and upbeat even when she had health issues.Maxine was very generous.During the holidays,she gave the dept.a basket of fruit and she often shared her imported coffee candies with us.She was one of my favs.Will miss her!
My love and sympathy to each one of you..
It was such a blessing to have had Maxine in my life.
I always told her that she was such a beautiful person inside and outside. She would laugh and say the outside came from a bottle.
She was such a loving and caring woman.
I would hug her and tell her how much I loved her and she would do and say the same.
We talked about what a wonderful family she had. She was so very proud of all of you.
I will miss her beyond words.
She would tell me that she was always sitting on my shoulder. She will always remain there and in my heart and my thoughts.
I will always see that beautiful, kind smile.
I never knew why Maxine was a Mother, sister,grandmother. But now I know why she became the woman she chose and created a family everlasting.🙏🏻♥️✌🏿😇🌊
Andy, Eric and families- I learned this morning of your mother’s death. Please allow me to express my condolences for your loss. As you may know our fathers were high school classmates as were Andy and I.Our connection in that respect always gave me a special feel for our relationship.I will always remember the strict decorum maintained by your Mom in our Hebrew School carpool- mainly we were afraid to render even a peep ! I also remember the look of fear on Andy’s face when she came to pick him up at Charlie Boehm after the NIC’S affair. Apparently her methods worked because you all turned out right which is the highest tribute to a Mom.i’m sorry to have missed you Andy at the last two(?) reunions. All my best and so sorry about your Mom.Howard Rednor