Sydney Himmelstein's Obituary
Sydney Himmelstein, 96, of Wellington, FL passed away Thursday July 11, 2019. Sydney was born in NYC and lived in Baltimore, MD for many years. He was a veteran of World War II where he served in the China\Burma\India theater. He was awarded 9 medals, including 2 bronze stars, and left the Army as a Sergeant in 1946. In the late 1950’s he moved his family to Knoxville, TN where he and his wife raised their 3 sons. They moved to South Florida in the late 1980s. He was an avid fisherman who loved to teach kids to fish, loved to garden, and was beloved by everyone who knew him for ever present smile and sense of humor.
Sydney leaves behind Faye, his beloved wife almost 73 years. He was the devoted father of Marc (Pamela Aycock) Himmelstein, Alan (Steffi) Himmelstein, and Stevan (Carol) Himmelstein as well as the loving grandfather of Jason (Jill) Himmelstein, Philip (Alexandra Stern) Himmelstein, Amy (Matthew) Strauss, Molly (Dan) Hollenberg, and Jeremy (Jennifer Rottenberg) Himmelstein and the great grandfather of Max & Sam Himmelstein, Ellie Strauss, and Isabel Himmelstein. A graveside service will be held on Monday in Baltimore, MD at the Moses Montefiore Section of United Hebrew Cemetery.
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