Stephen Hoffman
I was Sol's son Steven Bemben's best friend when we were growing up in Canarsie, Brooklyn. I remember playing with the "hot ice" Sol used to freeze broken water mains, the fixing of which must have constituted a good part of his business, MerKa Plumbing, named of course for his daughters. I seemed to remember Karen's husband worked driving a truck for Waldbaum's and would blow his air horn if Steven and I saw him driving down Flatlands Avenue. I was sorry to hear of his passing and my condolences to his family.