Submitted by: Dan Rich

Harry Solomon

April 16, 1913 - Oct. 31, 1996

South Bend Tribune 11/2/1995

Harry Solomon, 83, of St. Paul's Retirement Community in South Bend, died at 11:40 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31, at St. Paul's. He was born on April 16, 1913, in South Bend, and had been an area resident for most of his life.

On March 7, 1937, in Indianapolis, he married Dorothy Gavin. She survives, along with two daughters, Phyllis DeVorkin of South Bend and Maxine Margolis of Cleveland, Ohio; a son, Louis Solomon of Chattanooga, Tenn.; four granddaughters; one great-grandson; a sister, Esther Kaswen of South Bend; and a brother, David Solomon of Des Plaines, Ill. Mr. Solomon had been a starter at Erskine Golf Course. He retired from Goldblatts Department store, after many years of service. He was a member of B'nai Brith, and, formerly, a member of Sinai Synagogue.

Services will be at 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 3, in the Chapel of Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery, with Rabbi Morley T. Feinstein officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Federation, 105 E. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, IN 46601, or to the Temple Beth-El, 305 W. Madison, South Bend, IN 46601. Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, South Bend, is handling arrangements