If a story is important, then it must be told. We can portray dreams of what the future may hold, or allow introspection on what has occurred in the past. A story is a narrative that can relay lessons and warnings. A story can teach us about hope and remind us how important and meaningful our lives are. We are unearthing stories about those buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Fred Spira (1924-2007) was an inventor and an innovator in photography. He was also a collector of photographic equipment, images, books, and ephemera. Sipra was one of only three individuals who opened up the U.S. market to quality Japanese photographic goods. ~Blog by Renee Meyers
Florika Remetier was a 6 year old prodigy violinist. She played with the BBC Orchestra in London and toured with the Baltimore Symphony and the Boston Symphony Orchestras. She appeared on radio and TV as a young violinist. She suffered a mental breakdown as an adolescent that prematurely ended her promising musical career. When she grew up she moved to California and became interested in the Women's Liberation movement. She joined the New York Radical Women (NYRW) and she co-founded the feminist guerrilla theater group W.I.T.C.H.
Louis D. Gibbs had been a member of the New York Supreme Court, served in the Legislature and was then elected as the first Judge of the Bronx County. Subsequently, Judge Gibbs was re-elected and his performance on the bench was so popular that he was endorsed by both parties.
Morris Kessler was the personal chauffeur and a mobster working with Joseph Amberg, one of the leaders of a criminal organization. Morris was murdered as he and Amberg were about to collect "protection money" from neighborhood barbershops and restaurants. Their executioners, believed to be from Murder, Inc. organization, machine-gunned them to death. Morris was only 23 years old. This crime has remained unsolved.
In 1913, Asher Selig Grossinger purchased a farm in the Catskill Mountains as well as close to 2,000 other immigrant families. They became mega successful. Not all of these Jewish farmers /hoteliers were as successful as the Asher Grossinger. The Catskills ended up with the largest populations of Jewish farmers in the United States. Selig wanted to be a farmer. However, a series of failed businesses left him in poor health. The doctors told Selig to move to the country. Asher discovered that he could make money renting rooms to visitors Their business quickly grew beyond what the former farmhouse could handle. Selig and his wife Malke sold Longbrook House and purchased a large house with the 100 acres and called it Grossinger Terrace Hill House. The Hotel continued to grow but it grew exponentially under his daughter, Jennie. After Selig passed away, Jeanne built Grossingers into a sprawling complex of 35 buildings on 1,200,00. acres that served 150,000 guests a year.
Judge Murray Gurfein was a distinguished lawyer whose career spanned nearly 50 years. He was also active in many Jewish affairs over the course of his life. Judge Gurfein was a tenacious attorney who tried famous cases, a war crimes Prosecutor at Nuremberg, a distinguished civil and criminal trial lawyer and a federal jurist on district and appeals court benches in Manhattan. Judge Gurfein presided over scores of complex tax, anti trust and Securities cases as well as many criminal trials, school desegregation suits and complex trial issues ranging from price fixing to paternity questions. He received national prominence with his ruling on the Pentagon Papers case that became the hallmark of his judicial career.
Jeanne Sobelson Manford was an American schoolteacher and activist. She co-founded the support group organization, PFLAG, for which she was awarded the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal.
Tuba’s life represented the dynamic nature of the Jewish world in the twentieth century, which saw great changes in the Soviet Union and suffered the Holocaust. As a socialist, Tuba sought to uplift the conditions of the workers at her factory. As a family woman, she supported the growth of the Yaroshevsky and Zisman families with an everlasting love for Galina, Simon, Alex, Richard, Boris, and Evgeny. Her Jewish heritage is honored. ~Blog Written by Rene Yaroshevsky
Max Warmbrand, who advocated fruits, vegetables, sun and exercise in his books and lectures on nutrition was a major force in the medical world with his insights on good health discovered through his own ailments. He now rests with us at Mount Hebron Cemey
William Irving Sirovich was an American politician from New York. He now rests with us at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Charles Pores was the King of Long Distance Running and won the 5 Mile Title three times during WWI. He now rests with us at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Fred Lebow was a runner, race director, and founder of the New York City Marathon. When the New York CIty Marathon began in 1970 it only had 55 finishers. Through his innovation and passion, it became one of the biggest marathons in the world, with a record 52,000 finishers in 2018. He now rests with us at Mount Hebron.
In 1941, with the birth of her son Leonard, Nina Eaton found herself propelled into a lifetime of challenge, triumph, uncertainties and opportunities, heartbreak and hope, but mostly of achievement. Through her own experiences she selflessly chose to help others by creating the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation.
Jeanne Sobelson Manford was an American schoolteacher and activist. She co-founded the support group organization, PFLAG, for which she was awarded the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal.
Leon Solomon Moisseiff was a leading suspension bridge engineer in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He was awarded The Franklin Institute's Louis E. Levy Medal in 1933.
Elizabeth Blume Silverstein was the first female to practice law in New Jersey and was an advocate for women's rights. She now rests with us at Mount Hebron.
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