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Stein, Howard Martin

Male 1915 - 2006  (90 years)


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  • Name Stein, Howard Martin  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Born 26 Nov 1915  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Oct 2006  [2, 3, 5, 8
    Person ID I8335  Our Family
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 

    Family Alpern, Anita Claire,   b. 19 Sep 1923, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 2014  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 15 Feb 1944  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10
    Children 
    +1. Stein, Wendy Alpern
    +2. Stein, Milton Bradford
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F2633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • STEIN--Howard M., died on October 10, of lung cancer, just short of his 91st birthday. A month before, he had been actively gardening and regularly driving 120 miles to the country. Son of Maurice Stein and Esther Zechnowitz Stein, Howard grew up in Brooklyn and attended Boys' High School. He graduated from the University of Michigan and was a lifelong fan of its athletic teams. After serving in the medical unit of the United States Army, where he was active in the European theatre of World War II, he entered his family's hat and accessories business and was its president for many years, later joining the family firm of HMS Productions. Many interests enriched Howard's life, and he enriched others with his participation. For years he and a group of friends enthusiastically made and bottled wine, but only Howard championed its taste enough to drink it. An avid reader, he supported three libraries and read aloud faithfully to his wife of 63 years, the former Anita Claire Alpern. In retirement he took up silversmithing, and produced beautiful tablewares and jewelry for friends and family. His various gardens were a joy, from the prized rhododendron he rooted from a cutting, to a quarter-acre of pumpkins, grown so his grandchildren could come to a pumpkin-picking party. Passionately in love with his wife Claire, this love illuminated his life, and dazzled everyone caught in its glow. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, M. Bradford Stein and daughter-in-law Mary Grace Pennisi Stein, by his daughter Wendy Alpern Stein and sonin-law Bart Friedman, by five grandchildren, Elizabeth Stein Ruark and her husband John Ruark, Zachary Stein and his wife Margaret Chang, Alexander Stein, Benjamin and Jacob Friedman and two great-grandchildren, Isabel Stein and Siena Ruark.

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Engagement Announcement.

    2. [S24] Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Main SSA Claims source reference.

    3. [S21] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;), Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    4. [S19] New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Brooklyn; Indexed Number: 15a.
      New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995
      New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995


    5. [S169] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).

    6. [S5] New York, New York, Births, 1910-1965, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).
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      New York, New York, Births, 1910-1965


    7. [S293] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007;).

    8. [S15] Obituary, NYT for Howard.

    9. [S79] Wedding Announcement, The Day, New London CT. 25 Aug 71.

    10. [S19] New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Brooklyn; Indexed Number: 15a.
      New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995
      New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995