Adina Epstein Bialas of Pine Island died peacefully on February 15, 2020 after a five-year battle with Multiple Myeloma. She was 45 years old.
Born in Jerusalem on April 16, 1974, to Bonnie (Chernick) and Itzhak Epstein, Adina was the beloved wife of Jeffery M. Bialas, proudest, most devoted mother of Maya and Claire and sister of Binyamin (Ben) Epstein.
Adina is also survived by her nieces Annika and Eliana Epstein, sister-in-law Ulrika Thunberg, aunts and uncles Bella (Ytzhak) Reichenbaum, BatSheva (Yair) Dembo, Alice Chernick, Miriam (Yehuda) Israel, Andrew (Raquel) Chernick, numerous cousins, and Uncle Lou Poloniak.
In 2010, Adina started J&A Farm, an organic Black Dirt farm, with Jeff, Maya and Claire. She was a committed community member, exceptional friend and founder of the Orange County Multiple Myeloma Support Group (ocny@imfsupport.org). Adina was able to help other myeloma patients get the care they needed.
Adina is a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the French Culinary Institute. She was an amazing cook, a loving mother and wife, and was loved and respected by all that knew her.
Donations in Adina’s memory to the International Multiple Myeloma Foundation (www.myeloma.org) would be appreciated. And, if you are able, please donate blood.
Memorial visitation, with the sharing of memories, was held Feb. 18 at T.S. Purta Funeral Home, 690 County Route# 1, Pine Island.
NYC family will sit shiva in Manhattan; details TBA.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the T.S. Purta Funeral Home.
To send a condolence online, please go to www.purtafuneralhome.com.