Maxine Reingold

Maxine Reingold, 89, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones, on Thursday, June 29, 2023 in Houston, TX. Maxine was born on April 22, 1934 in Houston to the late Max and Lillie Frosch. She graduated from San Jacinto High School in 1951. She and Harold Reingold married in 1953 and raised three children, Steven, Sharon, and Beth. Maxine attended the University of Houston, studying French and English, shortly after her children started school. She earned a Masters Degree in French at the University of Houston, and completed coursework for her PhD in French at Rice University. Throughout this time, she participated in the burgeoning women’s movement. She proudly attended the National Women’s Conference in Houston in 1977; and she continued to meet with her feminist women’s group for the rest of her life. After studying commercial French in Paris, she left academia for the corporate world and worked as a French liaison for Capital Bank and Schlumberger. Her most fulfilling occupation was as an account manager for ComputerCraft during the early days of personal computing. She was one of the first women to excel in that profession, having helped introduce personal computing technology to many of the top institutions in the Texas Medical Center. Maxine was a founding member of Congregation Emanu El in Houston and among its first confirmands. She remained very active in the congregation throughout her life, most recently working with her sisters to archive the Congregation’s historical records. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, Max and Lillie Frosch, her husband, Harold Reingold, and her sister, Dede Mayer. She is survived by her sister, Rikki (Bo) Rubenstein; her children, Steven (Claudia) Reingold, Sharon (Bradley) Rauch, and Beth Reingold (Tom Willett); her grandchildren Jonathan, Jeremy, Haley, Adam, Daniel, Ellie, and Halia; and her great-grandchildren, Madden, Taylor, and Ethan. A memorial service was held on Monday, July 3, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. at Congregation Emanu El, Proler Chapel, 1500 Sunset Blvd. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Congregation Emanu El (https://www.emanuelhouston.org/give/) or the Alzheimer’s Association (https://www.alz.org/texas?form=alz_donate).

Maxine Reingold

April 22, 1934 - June 29, 2023