Carolyn Grossman, Age 98

Carolyn Grossman was a kindergarten teacher at PS 200 in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. She retired in 1976, and lived in Suffolk County, Long Island. “She gave me the gift of wanting to be a teacher, too,” said her daughter, Marjorie Debowy, who once taught 1st grade at PS 200 and has since retired. Grossman is also survived by another daughter, Ellen Grossman, and extended family.