SALISBURY — Doris Faber, 92, died Dec. 7, 2016, at Noble Horizons in Salisbury.
Born Jan. 29, 1924, in New York City to Florence (Greenwald) and Harry Greenberg, Doris graduated from New York University in 1943. While at NYU, she worked for The New York Times as a campus correspondent; after graduation, she continued at The Times as a staff reporter, first for the women’s section and eventually as a general assignment reporter on the City Desk.
In 1951, she married fellow reporter Harold Faber.
While raising two daughters, she continued contributing occasional feature articles to The Times about life in suburbia.
She also began writing books of interest to children and young adults on a variety of subjects, ranging from vitamins to Margaret Thatcher. In addition, she wrote several books for adults, most notably “The Life of Lorena Hickock, E.R.’s Friend,” published in 1980.
In 1971, she and Harold moved to Ancram, N.Y., where they lived until 2001. They collaborated on a series of books about great Americans in various domains (government, literature, science).
In addition Doris wrote a regular column on food and restaurants for the RoeJan Independent, and was involved with a variety of civic groups, including one planning Ancram’s bicentennial celebration. She was an adult literacy volunteer for many years and, not least, was a founding member of the Ancram Lady Walkers.
After moving to Noble Horizons, both Doris and Harold were active participants in the Taconic Learning Center and the Jewish Community Group of Northwest Connecticut. Harold died in 2010.
Doris is survived by her sister, Ann Greenberg of New York; and her daughters, Alice Faber of Hamden, Conn., and Marjorie Faber of Coventry, Conn.
There will be no services. Memorial donations may be made to the Connecticut Food Bank.
