Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Birth15 Jan 1873, Kaunas, Lithuania [53]
MemoRussian Empire (Before WWI)
BirthJan 1875 [1172]
Immigration1886 [1172] Age: 12
Immigration1888 [1173] Age: 14
Death5 Sep 1958, 4752 N Harding Ave, Chicago, IL [1174] Age: 85
MemoMenorah Gardens Cemetery, Memorial ID 242256671
OccupationLabor Editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, and Labor Organizer
OccupationLabor Editor, Newspaper (1950) [1175]
OccupationEditor, Newpaper (1940) [1176]
OccupationJournalist, Newpaper (1930) [1173]
OccupationEditor at a Newspaper (1920) [1177]
OccupationManager (Editor), Jewish Daily World (1918) [53]
FlagsMITTMAN-1
FatherLouis SESKIND (~1843-)
MotherBlume UNKNOWN (~1852-1929)
Obituaries
From 6 Sep 1958, 45 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com: [1174]
M. SESKIND, 85, DIES; VETERAN LABOR LEADER
Morris Seskind, 85, a leader in the labor organization, died on Friday at Edgewater Hospital. He helped form the AFL Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, the CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers, the Jewish Bakers’ Union, and the Millinery Workers Union.
Mr. Seskind, of 4752 N. Harding Ave., retired in 1954 as labor editor of the Jewish Daily Forward. He was the founder of the Jewish Labor World Press. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Rose Seskind; two sons, Carl and Bernard Seskind; five daughters, Mrs. Ida Siegel, Mrs. Hattie Steinberg, Mrs. Libby Goldsholl, Mrs. Bertha Rosenberg, and Mrs. Mary Minkus; and two sisters.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel at 3019 Peterson Ave.
From 7 Sep 1958, 30 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com: [1178]
SET RITES MONDAY FOR LABOR EDITOR MORRIS SESKIND, 85
Services for Morris Seskind, 85, of 4752 N. Harding Ave, who founded the Jewish Labor World in 1908 and became a leader in the organization of labor unions, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel at 2019 Peterson Ave.
Mr. Seskind died Friday in Edgewater Hospital. He retired in 1954 as labor editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, where he had worked for 34 years. Mr. Seskind came to Chicago from Russia and became a cigar maker. He was a delegate to the Chicago Federation of Labor before becoming a writer.
Survivors include his widow, Rose; two sons, Carl and Bernard Seskind; five daughters, Mrs. Ida Siegel, Mrs. Hattie Steinberg, Mrs. Libby Goldsholl, Mrs. Bertha Rosenberg, and Mrs. Mary Minkus; and two sisters.
M. SESKIND, 85, DIES; VETERAN LABOR LEADER
Morris Seskind, 85, a leader in the labor organization, died on Friday at Edgewater Hospital. He helped form the AFL Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, the CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers, the Jewish Bakers’ Union, and the Millinery Workers Union.
Mr. Seskind, of 4752 N. Harding Ave., retired in 1954 as labor editor of the Jewish Daily Forward. He was the founder of the Jewish Labor World Press. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Rose Seskind; two sons, Carl and Bernard Seskind; five daughters, Mrs. Ida Siegel, Mrs. Hattie Steinberg, Mrs. Libby Goldsholl, Mrs. Bertha Rosenberg, and Mrs. Mary Minkus; and two sisters.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel at 3019 Peterson Ave.
From 7 Sep 1958, 30 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com: [1178]
SET RITES MONDAY FOR LABOR EDITOR MORRIS SESKIND, 85
Services for Morris Seskind, 85, of 4752 N. Harding Ave, who founded the Jewish Labor World in 1908 and became a leader in the organization of labor unions, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel at 2019 Peterson Ave.
Mr. Seskind died Friday in Edgewater Hospital. He retired in 1954 as labor editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, where he had worked for 34 years. Mr. Seskind came to Chicago from Russia and became a cigar maker. He was a delegate to the Chicago Federation of Labor before becoming a writer.
Survivors include his widow, Rose; two sons, Carl and Bernard Seskind; five daughters, Mrs. Ida Siegel, Mrs. Hattie Steinberg, Mrs. Libby Goldsholl, Mrs. Bertha Rosenberg, and Mrs. Mary Minkus; and two sisters.
