Born

Friday, July 10, 1908

Died

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Service [ Map ]

A Graveside Service will be held 1pm, Friday, May 7, 2010 at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park: 2860 Sunset Point Road - Clearwater, Florida 33759.

Obituary

Obrentz, Pauline Tropp - 101, passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 4, 2010, after a brief illness. She was a legend in the interior design industry; a member of A.S.I.D who practiced her trade for more than 70 years. Listed in Who’s Who of American Women, Pauline attended Yale School of Art. She began her interior design career in White Plains, N.Y. and taught at N.Y. Institute of Technology and Design before establishing an impressive list of residential clients as well as international commercial credits. She moved to Clearwater, Fla. in 1968 and owned a successful interior design practice for 25 years. With no intention of retiring, she moved to Atlanta, Ga. in the late 1990s to reside with her son, Bruce, his wife, Barbara, and their children, Shari and Adam. Pauline’s husband, Abe, passed in 1979, as did her son, Hugh, in 1984. She is survived by six additional grandchildren: Candi, Dana, Hugh, Lisa and Lauren Obrentz, Terry Gopsil, and great-grandchild, Leah Obrentz. With her trademark smile and famous red chapeau, she will be remembered as a respected designer, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be greatly missed by those whose lives and homes she graced.