Obituaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Sam Bock, 1933-1984
File
Identifier: B111.01.0001.0015
Abstract
Sam Bock (1911-1984) was a noted engineer in Colorado and Maryland. Bock was born in Denver, graduated from the University of Denver in 1932 with an engineering degree, and moved to Maryland during the 1940s. In 1940, he married Charlotte Ginsburg. He worked for the Remington Arms Plant (now the Denver Federal Center) during WWII, and subsequently worked for the Colorado Highway Department, Sinai Hospital (administrative engineer), and the U.S. Department of Defense. Bock was also the...
Dates:
1933-1984
Shubert and Anne Fendrich Papers
Collection
Identifier: B244
Abstract
Collection contains publications, correspondence, obituaries, newspaper clippings and religious objects from Schubert and Anne Fendrich.
Dates:
1878-1990
Simon Alschuler, circa 1873
File
Identifier: B111.01.0001.0004
Abstract
Simon Alschuler was a Denver grocer and a member of Occidental Lodge No. 40. Alschuler died of "typho-malarial fever" in 1873.
Dates:
circa 1873
Theodore Paul Ruskin, 2020-2021
File
Identifier: B111.08.0008.0023
Abstract
He was known as Ted Ruskin was born in Brooklyn in 1943 and died in Denver in 2020. Ted Ruskin, who was fluent in Hebrew and a sculpture designer, worked for Norman Memorial’s before opening Ted Ruskin Memorials. His nickname became “Mr. Tombstone.” Ted Ruskin also helped found Babi Yar Park, a long-time member of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and was a member of Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry. He was the driving force behind the renovation and yearly cleanup...
Dates:
2020-2021