Deceased Information

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• DECEASED

  Marlene Appley

  Leah bat Shmuel v. Elisheva

• AGE

  98

• DATE OF DEATH

  Saturday, July 08, 2023 (Before Sunset)

• DATE OF FUNERAL

  Wednesday, July 12, 2023

• TIME OF FUNERAL

  10:30 AM

• PLACE OF FUNERAL

   

• FUNERAL STREAM

  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85283341692?pwd=SGF2UlUwZmJ4WmdVK2FocGdyOWRNQT09

  Meeting ID: 852 8334 1692

  Passcode: 989498

• PLACE OF BURIAL

  Greenwood Cemetery

• SHIVA INFORMATION

  At the home of Elizabeth Appley and Sandy Epstein on Wednesday and Thursday.

• DONATIONS

  • ❖ Hadassah Hospital in Israel

  • ❖ Charity of One's Choice

• OBITUARY

  Dr. Marlene Bondy Appley of Chapel Hill, North Carolina passed away peacefully on July 8 after a brief illness. At 98, she lived a vibrant and active life until her final weeks. Born in Czechoslovakia, her family eluded Hitler’s invasion and fled to America in 1939. Living in Brooklyn, she and her brothers and sisters were ardent members of Hashomer Hatzair, a Zionist youth group. Marlene made Aliyah to Israel in 1948 after the creation of the State of Israel as a founding member of Kibbutz Sasa in the northern Galilee. There she married George Appley and their first child, Abner, was born in 1951. Always a gifted student, she returned to college after the birth of two more children, Elizabeth and Noah, earning a PhD  as a microbiologist in Anatomy and Physiology at the University of Oklahoma Medical School in 1971. Winning a post-doctoral program at the National Institute of Health in Washington DC, she went on to teach at the State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport, Marymount Manhattan College, Georgia State University, and the University of the Pacific where she earned tenure. Taking a break from teaching, she traveled through Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia before returning to traverse North America and finally settled in Chapel Hill, where she returned to teaching until age 87. She enjoyed a lifetime of successful research, publishing, collaboration, and legions of enthusiastic students who adored her and were mesmerized by her charming and inspiring lectures, her humor, energy, and creativity. 

  Marlene had a zest for adventure, the arts and was a gifted storyteller with an infectious laugh and a beautiful and ready smile. She loved to swim, hike and ski, pastimes she pursued throughout her life. She loved her family and was the most wonderful mother, wife, aunt, sister, and friend. She was proud of her children and grandchildren and was always an important inspiration, guide, and source of support, delighting in their successes. After a storybook romance, she married Dr. J. Ross Macdonald when she was 91 and he was 93 and they shared many happy years together. 

  Marlene is survived by her beloved family, husband Ross, her son, Noah and his partner, Naresia Pauly, who dedicated himself to helping her and Ross maintain their healthy and independent lifestyle over the past five years, and her daughter Elizabeth, son in law Sandy Epstein, and grandsons Benjamin and Joseph and daughter in law Danielle, as well as many nieces and nephews, friends and colleagues. She was predeceased by her beloved son, Abner, and brothers and sisters, Edgar Bondy (Rivka), Ruth Melchet (Asher), Alice Jaffe, and Ruben Bondy. 

  Graveside services will be held at Greenwood Cemetery July 12 at 10: 30 am. Arrangements by Dressler’s Funeral Services. Donations in her memory may be made to Hadassah Hospital in Israel or to the charity of your choice.