Elinor Gold Obituary

Elinor J. "Ellie" Gold, 86, died on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. She was the beloved daughter of the late Jane and Jack Goldberg, sister of the late Richard Goldberg of Potomac, MD, and granddaughter of the late Ada and Al Oppenheimer. Ellie was born and raised in Greensburg. She studied at the University of Pittsburgh, then transferred to and graduated from Chatham College in 1959. She married Sanford B. Gold, a real estate developer and broker from Squirrel Hill, and a year later, the couple moved to Monroeville, where they raised their three children. Ellie worked at The Fashion Store in Vandergrift until becoming a grandmother and spent her free time creating professional-quality quilts and other sewing projects. Her greatest love was time spent with family. Among her volunteer activities, Ellie was an early activist for the recycling movement in the 1970s via the Group for Recycling in Pennsylvania (GRIP). She was involved in Temple David Sisterhood, ORT, and as a youth group supervisor. In her later years, she served on the Board of the Jewish Family and Community Services. Ellie is survived by her children, Bob (Amy) Gold and Sue (Scott) Long of Squirrel Hill, and Karen Gold Anisfeld of Kfar Saba, Israel; grandchildren, Jess (Mk) and Jake (Morgan) Gold, Julie (Cai) Evans and Jordan Long (Melanie Vera), and Alon (Sivan) Anisfeld; and great-grandchildren, Jaqob, Jimmy, Leeya, Lennie, Asher, and Ellis. She is also survived by her beloved nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews, and friend and caregiver, Donna Ristoff. Services at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, at RALPH SCHUGAR CHAPEL INC., 5509 Centre Ave., Shadyside. Visitation one hour prior to service from noon to 1 p.m. Interment at Temple Emanu-El Cemetery, Greensburg, PA. Donations in memory of Ellie Gold may be made to the Jewish Family and Community Services of Pittsburgh, 5743 Bartlett St., Pittsburgh, PA 15217, and the Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217. www.schugar.com