(Please forgive duplication if my message did get through to the list ...) The funeral will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, 630 Amsterdam Ave. at 91st St. His family will receive visitors at the 92nd Street Y from 5 to 9pm on Monday.
In sadness, Lynn On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Zachary M Baker <[email protected]>wrote: > I have just received the extraordinarily sad news of the untimely > passing of Steven W. Siegel, the longtime archivist of the 92nd Street > YM&YWHA and former director of the Buttenwieser Library at the Y. Steve > was a pillar of the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York as well, having > served as its President (more than once, I believe) as well as in other > capacities. > > > > I first got to know Steve in the late 1970s, when he was the co-editor > (with Arthur Kurzweil) of Toledot: The Journal of Jewish Genealogy. A most > punctilious, detail-oriented editor, it was not surprising for me (as one > of Toledot's regular contributors) to learn that he was a Cornell > Engineering graduate - and a most devoted alumnus at that. Those who > knew Steve can attest to his personal warmth, his generosity of spirit, and > his encyclopedic knowledge of New York City - past and present. He will be > greatly missed. > > Yehi zikhro barukh. > Zachary > > Zachary M. Baker > Stanford University Libraries > Stanford, CA 94305-6004 > E-mail [email protected] > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org<http://www.jewishlibraries.org/> > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > >
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