Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameBen DEGEN [2878]
Birth2 Oct 1914, Zamość, Poland
Emigration1950, Wels, Austria [2879] Age: 35
Death2 Mar 2001, Montreal, QC, Canada [35] Age: 86
Burial4 Mar 2001, 5015 De La Savane St, Montreal, QC, Canada [35]
MemoBaron de Hirsch Cemetery
OccupationCarpenter (1950)
FlagsMITTMAN-1
FatherIssac DEGEN (1886-1928)
MotherChaja WAJNRIB (1886-1940)
Obituaries
From Bencion DEGEN (1914 - 2001):
From Mar 4, 2001, page 32 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com: [2880]

Peacefully in his eighty-seventh year on Friday, March 2, 2001. Devoted husband of the late Sara Rozenblat. Beloved father and father-in-law of Rose and Sam Birenbaum, Allan and Lily Degen of Israel. Cherished grandfather of Rhonda and Norman Gontovnick, Brian and Eva Birenbaum, Jeffrey and Rhonda Birenbaum, Debra and Michel Tylbor, Yaniv and Yael Degen, Doron and Davida Degen of Israel. Proud great-grandfather of Brandon, Samara, Sydney, Sasha, Chloe, Shane, and Odeyah Bisora. Brother and brother-in-law of Sydney and Rochelle Degen, the late Nathan and the late Ida Degen of Chicago, and all his other brothers and sisters who perished in the Holocaust. Funeral service from Paperman and Sons, 3888 Jean-Talon West, on Sunday, March 4, 2001, at 11:30 a.m. Burial at the Farband Labour Zionist Cemetery, de la Savane. Shiva at 5900 Cavendish Apt. 1201. Special thanks to the Palliative Care Unit at the Jewish General Hospital for their care, kindness, and devotion. Donations can be made in his memory to the Israel Cancer Research Fund.
Spouses
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ChildrenRose (1941-2015)
 Abraham Allan (1946-)
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