Beissinger, Walter M.

1924 - 2016  (91 years)

• Name	Beissinger, Walter M.  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Born	16 Oct 1924	Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany   [1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	30 Mar 1939	New York, New York, New York, USA   [9, 12, 13]
  	Manhattan
  Died	24 May 2016	Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA   [6, 9]
  Buried	Jacksonville Jewish Center Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA   [6, 9]
  Person ID	I12734	Our Family | Descendents of Hirsch Westheimer (I6684)
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Beissinger, Jacob Robert,   b. 27 Feb 1882, Bruchsal, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 25 Sep 1952, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Westheimer, Zilla,   b. 4 Apr 1900, Grosseicholzheim, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 11 Jan 1990  (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Haas, Muriel Selma,   b. 5 May 1927, Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 17 Dec 2001, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	Apr 1951	New Jersey, USA   [5, 14, 15, 16]
  Children	+ 1. Beissinger, Susan + 2. Beissinger, Steven R. + 3. Beissinger, Mark Richard
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024
  Family ID	F4450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ganson, Mary
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024
  Family ID	F4451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BEISSINGER Walter Beissinger, 91, a resident of Jacksonville since 1993 and loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away on Tuesday May 24, 2016. Walter was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1924 and was a Holocaust survivor. At age 13 he fled Nazi Germany and arrived in the United States in 1939, settling in Philadelphia, where he would live for 55 years. He served in World War II in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Japan. A graduate of Temple University, he became a CPA, rising to partner and managing partner in one of the largest local firms in Philadelphia and worked with Smoke Davis Nixon after he moved to Jacksonville. Walter was an excellent athlete. He loved playing tennis and golf, was a life master at bridge, enjoyed watching ice hockey and rooting for his hometown Flyers, and volunteered for SBA's SCORE (Service Core of Retired Executives). He was predeceased by his late wife Muriel, to whom he was married for 50 years, and spent his last dozen years married to Mary (Zimmerman). He is survived by: his children Susan Levine (Mitchell), Steven Beissinger (Whendee), and Mark Beissinger (Margaret); his grandchildren Jonathan, Joshua, and Rebecca Beissinger, Stefanie, Kara, Emily, and Jenna Levine; and family members Mark (Ellen), Don (Betsy), Rob Zimmerman, and Suzanne Zimmerman, and their children. A graveside service will take place on Thursday, May 26th, at 11:00 AM at the New Center Cemetery, 43rd & Liberty Streets, Jacksonville

  
  

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