Sylvia Kuller, Age 90

Sylvia Kuller taught English at IS 246 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and later became a guidance counselor at the school.

Sylvia was born and raised in Brooklyn, the daughter of immigrants, Esther and Sam Serota.

During her time at IS 246, she aided in its transition from elementary to middle school in 1965, and later helped make the bilingual and ESL programs successful. She helped develop "Project Basics," a program that the Board of Education and the Urban League had instituted to improve curriculum throughout the New York City schools. Her career includes teaching special needs children, humanities/ancient history, drama and first grade.

Throughout her life, she was an advocate for women and children. Her 25 retirement years were spent in Monroe Township, N.J. Mrs. Kuller was a tireless worker for National Council of Jewish Women in Brooklyn and Monroe Township. Her worldly brilliance, leadership and enthusiastic motivational techniques shine forever in those lives she changed. She is survived by her daughter, Irene, in Seaford Harbor, N.Y. and son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Lori, in Audubon, Penn. Her husband, Alvin, and brother, U.S. Patent Judge Saul Serota, Esq., predeceased her.