Elaine Pearlstein

Elaine Deborah Mann Pearlstein was born in Baltimore on March 19, 1960, and passed on July 28, 2025. She was the second of three children to Henry and Janet Mann (Earle and Michele). Henry and Janet were married in June of1956, on the evening of the day that Janet’s brother, Steven Bond had his Bar Mitzvah. Henry was one of 5 children. His older brothers Manny and Herbert came to the United States before the Holocaust. Henry, Joseph and Hilda were Holocaust Survivors. The family moved from Gist Avenue to Starbrook Road in June 1966. Janet and Henry divorced in 1982.

In 1984, Janet married Manny Whitman and became Janet Bond Whitman. They had 18 years of joyous marriage until he passed in February 2002.

Elaine met her husband Mark Edward Pearlstein in January 1985 and married in May 1991. A long-time employee of Baltimore County Public Schools. She was a member of Ionic Chapter #73 Order of the Eastern Star and supported both the Owings Mills and Eldersburg Chabad. She did extensive travel with the Grand Lodge of Maryland Ancient Free and Accepted Masons with Mark. They were blessed with their son Gregory Sidney Pearlstein in July 1994, then with his wife Haley made us Grandparents with the birth of Thomas. Our gift of a daughter Rachel Morgan Pearlstein came into our lives in September 1997. A Davis & Elkins graduate, she is going into her third year as an Instructional Assistant with the Carroll County Public School.

Funeral services will be held at Sol Levinson Funeral Home, 8900 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville 21208 on Thursday, August 14th, 2025 at 10am. Interment Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery.

Arrangements are as follows:
· From 9am to 10am the family will be receiving visitors/mourners.
· At 10am the funeral service will begin.
· 11:30am the Internment will be at the Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, 11501 Garrison Forest Road, Owings Mills 21117.

For those that cannot make the service, a livestream video of the funeral will be available on Sol Levinson's website.

The Pearlstein family will be sitting Shiva and open house at their home at 23 Strawhill Court Owings Mills 21117, beginning at 2pm with the Shiva service starting at 7 pm. The morning service will begin at 7am on Friday morning and will end that evening for Shabbos. There will be an open house on Sunday from 1pm to 5pm.