Obituary of Elinor Sherman

Eleanor Sherman, loving wife, mother, inventor, entrepreneur and community activist, passed away suddenly from natural causes at her home in Larchmont, New York on Friday, November 7^th 2025.  She was 81 and leaves behind a loving husband, Armen and son, Grant, both of Larchmont.

Eleanor was born in New York City on February 22, 1944, at Park East Hospital in New York City to Sally and David Sherman.

She graduated from Evander Childs High School in the Bronx in 1961, and in later years would host their 40^th high school reunion. 

Eleanor met her husband,  Armen, at a classical music concert and they married on May 20^th, 1979.  Eleanor did not necessarily like classical music, but thought it would be a place to meet a nice person.

Grant, their only child was born in 1981 at Lenox Hill Hospital.

In her early years, after years of working as a secretary and typist, she knew she was meant to do more.

She briefly attended the School of Visual Art in New York, and after trying to get into the “father and son” film industry, she entered school to become an X-Ray Technologist at New York Hospital.

Not wanting to ever say “hold your breath” again, she found her creative calling and started “Labor of Love Ad Specialties”, developing customized and specialized promotional products for her customers.

When Grant was very little, he turned orange from carrots used as an undisclosed filler in baby food.  Alongside a pediatrician, she went on to write a well-selling book on infant nutrition informing unsuspecting parents of the lack of labeling by the food industry.  Food companies at that time did not have to disclose ingredients on labels.

In 1991, the family moved from a small apartment in Manhattan to Larchmont, New York for smaller class sizes and a better way of life.

Eleanor returned to work at Yonkers General Hospital, but was disappointed that there were no adequate methods for cleaning the x-ray equipment.  AIDS was very prevalent and the transmission was unknown at that point.  She was told by manufacturer representatives that there was indeed a market out there for a product to clean the equipment.

What did she do?  She developed a wipe to clean equipment and started Technowipe, Inc, which Grant now runs to this day.  She became a leader in infection control and spoke many times before the FDA, almost getting physically removed for speaking the truth.  The Mammography Quality Standards Act was built around many of the issues she brought to light.

Eleanor also designed and received a United States utility patent for a disposable cover for the lower part of mammography equipment.

Eleanor was a driving force against all wrong-doing.  When the school district would not provide proper services for Grant’s learning disabilities, she learned how to self-represent herself and sued the Mamaroneck School District in New York Supreme Court with very little outside legal assistance.  She persevered for several years and by the time the lawsuit was over, Grant was already in college, only due to her efforts.

Discovering that many elders in her community were experiencing loneliness, Eleanor started a local community Facebook group “Larchmont Mamaroneck Boomers and Friends” to get local Larchmont and Mamaroneck Seniors together and meet for lunches at local restaurants.  She had hundreds of group members who would virtually participate and a smaller group who would meet for lunch.  She gained several friends, and so many people were able to meet and connect through her efforts.

Eleanor was also interested in genealogy and found many long-lost relatives and uncovered family histories through the 23 and Me and Ancestry DNA websites.

During the boredom of the COVID years, Eleanor would take up the hobby of bread baking and enjoyed sharing her recipes.  She also would find that she felt better and took care of her health better by using non-processed and organic products.

Family was very important and throughout the years would frequently vacation at Sea Colony in Bethany Beach, Delaware, and the Chataqua Institute as well.

Earlier in the week before her death, Eleanor was interviewed by the Shoah Foundation on her experiences in life with antisemitism.  This was an eye-opening experience and it gave her an opportunity to reflect on her life as a person of Jewish faith.

There are only so many stories we can share in this short document, but everyone who ever interacted with Eleanor knows that she had a strong and caring personality.  She will be missed by all and her legacy lives on.

There will be a funeral service on Wednesday November 12, 2025, at 11:00 am at John J. Fox Funeral Home, Inc.  2080 Boston Post Road Larchmont, NY 10538.

She will be laid to rest at Sharon Gardens Cemetery in Valhalla, New York that afternoon at 1:00PM.