This from the Brooklyn Paper:

Park Slope resident, Beth Hassrick, died on June 8. The cause was brain cancer.

She
is survived by her husband, Matthew Gartner, a English professor at
Kingsborough Community College; her children, Leo, 8, and daughter
Iris, 6; her mother, Betsey Hassrick, of Longmont, Colorado; and a
bro­ther, Locke Has­­srick of Darn­es­­town, Mary­land.

Hassrick
was born on Feb. 17, 1961 in Str­ouds­burg, PA, and graduated from
Hart­wick College. She re­ceived her doctorate in Philosophy from the
CU­NY Graduate Center, where she spe­ci­al­iz­ed in contemporary
philosophy of language, logic and philosophy of mind.

Hassrick pursued clinical training in psychotherapy at the Gestalt Center
for Psychotherapy and Training in Manhattan. As a licensed
psychoanalyst, Hassrick had a private practice in Manhattan,
working with individuals and couples.

She was an active member of
the PTA and school leadership team at PS 321, where she was a strong
advocate for children with special needs.

A memorial service was
held on June 20 at Congregation Beth Elohim. Hassrick was buried
next to her grandmother in Henryville, Pennsylvania.

For further information, email her cousin, marciaely@aol.com