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By Jewish Standard
Published on 07/18/2008
 

Ruth R. Gleitman

Ruth R. Gleitman, née Salomon, of Teaneck, died on July 9.

Born in Krakow, Poland, she was a Holocaust survivor who lived in six different concentration camps with her sister, Eva. She moved to the United States in 1953, living in New York before moving to Teaneck 25 years ago. She was an assistant designer to several fashion designers in Manhattan’s garment industry before retiring several years ago.

Surviving are her husband, Joseph; a sister, Eva Powell; and two nephews, Drs. Steven and William Powell.

Arrangements were by Gutterman-Musicant Funeral Directors in Hackensack.

Gene Schiffman

Gene Schiffman, 68, of Fair Lawn, formerly of Woodstock, N.Y., died on July 15 at Hackensack University Medical Center.

Born in Wallington, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his law degree from New York University in 1962. In the 1960s, he worked with his father at Schiffman & Schiffman in Carlstadt.

After serving as a magistrate in Wallington during the 1970s, he went back into private practice with Schiffman, Abraham, Kaufman & Ritter in Hackensack, retiring in 2007.

He was a member of the American, New Jersey, and Bergen County Bar Associations as well as a past chair of the Bergen County Ethics Committee and a member of the Free & Associated Masons.

Surviving are his wife, Morrissa, née Fromartz; a daughter, Carole Schiffman, and her husband, Vernon Tejas, of New York City; a son, Jonathan, and his wife, Sarah, of Passaic; a brother, Stuart, of Demarest; and three grandsons, Aryeh Leib, and Avigdor and Dovid Schiffman.

Donations may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Association.

Arrangements were by Jewish Memorial Chapel in Clifton.