Shur, Ralph Kenneth

1952 - 2020  (67 years)

• Name	Shur, Ralph Kenneth  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	7 Apr 1952	Washington, District of Columbia, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	47059E4732B14E09850A4627C9A9B8B1425F
  Died	29 Mar 2020	Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, USA   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I17384	My Family Tree | All Descendents of Abraham and Sarah Dunsky (I6345)
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Shur, Henry,   b. 12 May 1924, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA ,   d. 21 Mar 2004, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Dunn, Esther S.,   b. 23 Nov 1924, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 2018, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Married	29 Dec 1946	Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [1, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F5682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herbig, Gail
  Children	+ 1. Shur, Melanie
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F6436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ralph Kenneth Shur was born April 7, 1952 in Washington, DC to Henry and Esther Shur and died March 29, 2020 in Rockville, MD of cardiac arrest. He leaves behind a daughter, Melanie Douglass (James) and two granddaughters, Helena Douglass and Cora Douglass of Washington, DC; a sister, Deborah Shur Trinker of Fairfield, CT, two nieces, and his ex-wife, Gail Shur Paulson and husband, David, as well as several close and caring friends (Paul, Hartley, Whitey, Andy, and Karen). Ralph was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in his early 20's and worked to carve a life for himself despite serious medical and psychiatric disabilities. He graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda in 1970 and earned a bachelor's degree in American Studies from American University (1975). He studied law at New England Law School in the early 1980's and worked for several years in the mortgage banking field. During his later years he struggled to maintain his independence living on Disability with bouts of homelessness and behavioral health episodes, and it was through the efforts of numerous committed advocates in Montgomery County that he obtained permanent housing with home health supports. Ralph was a lifelong pescatarian and adored listening to music by the Grateful Dead and the Beatles.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1060] Obituary, for Henry (Reliability: 3). [S264] U.S. Public Records Index, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007). [S1060] Obituary. [S1960] Helen Dunn. [S2100] Obituary, for Henry (Reliability: 3). [S2210] New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967.