Roslyn Gnatt
Roslyn Brickman Gnatt, 84, of Manalapan died March 9, 2013. She had lived in Manalapan since 1969.
Mrs. Gnatt began her career as a social worker and later as a teacher in inner-city Brooklyn. She taught for Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, earning a service award for completion of 20 years of service on June 7, 1988. In July 1976, she received a Supervisor/Principal Certification from the New Jersey Department of Education. Her expertise was in reading education, and she was well-known in the community, where she tutored and consulted in reading education after her retirement.
She graduated from New York University and held master of arts degrees from Bank Street College of Education and Kean College of New Jersey.
She was a volunteer for the Princeton chapter of Reading/Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, a member of the Manalapan Township Community Response Team, volunteer for the Monmouth County Board of Elections, and member of Marlboro Jewish Center.
Predeceased by her husband, Abner Murray Gnatt, in 1986, she is survived by two daughters, Andrea (Fred) Kahn and Deborah Gnatt Levy (Robert); four grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.
Services were held March 12 with arrangements by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing. Memorial contributions may be made to United Jewish Appeal.
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