Jill B. Naumovitz of Fairbanks, AK, a retired elementary teacher for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Fairbanks, AK, died Thursday, August 27, 2015 at the home of her mother in Rensselaer, NY, with her mother and her sister at her side. She was 45.

The daughter of Janet Muthig Naumovitz and the late Stanley Naumovitz, she was born November 14, 1969 in Monticello, NY.

Jill was a graduate of Eldred Central School District, a graduate of SUNY Oneonta, and SUNY Cortland with a Master’s Degree. She taught school in New York State until she moved to Alaska in 2002, returning to New York in 2015.

Survivors include her mother, Janet Naumovitz of Rensselaer, NY; one sister, Beth Naumovitz of Rensselaer, NY; one brother, Adam Naumovitz and his wife Laura of Delmar, NY; and their children, Grant, Colby, and Stella Naumovitz; her parental grandmother, Dorothy Naumovitz of Liberty, NY.

Graveside services and burial will be Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 12 noon in the Grahamsville Rural Cemetery, Grahamsville, NY.

Memorial contributions in Jill’s name may be made to an animal shelter of one’s’ choice.