Mildred Reiner, 88, of Newtown died peacefully at her home April 15.

She was born in Montgomery, Ala., a daughter of the late Lena and Max Rand.

She grew up in New York City, where she enjoyed a career that took her to the Brill Building and the music industry, and later, after moving to Great Neck, Long Island, to the offices of the assemblypersons from that district.

Always central to her life was raising her family in New York City and Long Island, before retiring to Connecticut.

Mrs Reiner is survived by her beloved husband, Bernard Reiner; her devoted children, Susan Gillis, and her husband Kurt, and Michael Reiner, and his wife Erica; her cherished brother Harold Rand and his wife Hannah; her adored grandchildren, Elsa Gillis and her fiancée Jeremy Feldman, Harrison Gillis, Leah Reiner and her fiancée Ben Mayhew, and Sarah Vogel and her husband Jason; and one great-granddaughter.

She was predeceased by her brother Donald Rand.

Services took place April 19, at Abraham L. Green and Son Funeral Home, Fairfield, with interment at the United Jewish Center Cemetery, 124 Gray’s Bridge Road, Brookfield.

Contributions in her honor and memory can be made to Regional Hospice and Home Care Center for Comfort & Healing, 30 Milestone Road, Danbury CT 06810.

(Tuesday, April 21, 2015: This obituary has been updated, at the request of the funeral home, with additional information about Mrs Reiner's survivors, career, and where contributions in her memory may be made.)