The Roslyn area continued to mourn and remember those who died from the World Trade Center disaster. Last Sunday, over 1,200 people packed into Temple Beth Sholom for a memorial honoring Arlene Fried, a temple member and Roslyn resident who died in the Sept. 11 tragedy.

Ms. Fried was a vice president and assistant general counsel with the Cantor Fitzgerald brokerage firm. Immediately following her death, an Arlene Fried Memorial Fund was established at Lawyers for Children, Inc., a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing free legal and other supportive services to children in need. Ms. Fried herself worked with Lawyers for Children after her first year of law school.

Rabbi Alan Lucas called on Temple Beth Sholom congregants to honor Ms. Fried's name "in the fellowship of love." What followed was a service that included remembrances of the deceased by both family and friends. In addition to Temple Beth Sholom members, many of Ms. Fried's colleagues in the legal world took a bus to Roslyn to pay their own respects.

All the speakers remembered Ms. Fried as an especially caring, selfless person. "Whether you knew my mother for 30 seconds or 30 years, there wasn't anything she wouldn't do for you," said Danya, Ms. Fried's eldest daughter. Both Ms. Fried's father and her husband gave short, emotional eulogies. Ms. Fried's brother, Elliot said that a life such as his sister's, which "nurtures so many lives would seem too short even if she had lived to be 120." Elliot recalled that despite her sister's busy schedule, she always found time to be with her elderly parents. He praised his sister as an "involved and caring mother" who molded her three daughters, Danya, Allison, and Emily, into the "fine people they are today." He also remembered that one of the last things Ms. Fried did in her life was itself an act of kindness. At her desk at Cantor Fitzgerald, Ms. Fried had returned a phone call from a friend seeking career advice.

A native of Queens, Ms. Fried moved to Roslyn while in her twenties, finding the village a hospitable place to raise her young family. After high school, Ms. Fried attended Cornell University. Then, at age 37, she returned to college, matriculating at Columbia Law School, where she earned her degree. As with many Roslynites, Ms. Fried commuted into Manhattan each morning. In her case, she left early, traveling into the city by car. Friends lovingly recalled her ability to handle different projects at a time. A longtime friend recalled Ms. Fried as someone "full of love and optimism [and] full of praise for everyone." Such sentiments were echoed by other speakers, all of whom bravely gave emotional talks before the large audience, which itself flowed out of the temple and into the lobby of Temple Beth Sholom.

Rabbi Lucas closed the service by saying Ms. Fried was a "wonderfully bright light that was extinguished much too quickly." He also noted that Ms. Fried's memory would remain "a source of blessing and inspiration to all who knew her." The rabbi then led the congregation in a series of traditional prayers.

Those who wish to contribute to Lawyers for Children can write to them at: 110 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10013. Please include a reference to the "Arlene Fried Memorial Fund" on any contribution.