SANFORD B. EPSTEIN

SANFORD B. EPSTEIN of Parsippany-Morris Plains, NJ previously of Irvington, NJ died June 4, 2014 at the age of 78. He was the manager and caretaker of the Newark Jewish Cemeteries and Beth David Memorial Park. He formed Sanford B. Epstein, Inc., headquartered in Kenilworth, and joined his mother, Ida Margolis Epstein in forming I Epstein and Son, a maintenance and caretaking company for the Union Field Cemeteries in Newark. Along with his sons, they were the management caretakers for the Oheb Shalom Cemetery in Hillside, NJ; Temple B'nai Jeshurun Cemetery in Elizabeth, NJ; the Temple Sholom Cemetery in Bridgewater, NJ; the Mt. Nebo Cemetery in Totowa, NJ; and the burial caretakers for the Mount Freedom Hebrew Cemetery in Randolph, NJ. He and his daughter acquired an existing monument company in Newark to create Raiken Epstein Memorials, Inc in 1982. He was the cemetery chairman of dozens of burial societies, including the Mt. Sinai Odd Fellows, Congregation AABC, AABI, Beth Torah, Checkanovitzer, Derech Jeschoroh Chevra Kadischah, Dav-Ann Schwartz, The First Tarnapoler, The Jersey Warshauer, The Linitzer, and The Weequahic Progressive.