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MURRAY MILROD Murray Milrod, 92, of Lake Worth, passed away Saturday, December 12. Born in Poland, he spent his early life in Canada before his family moved to New York where they owned a stationary/candy story on the Lower East Side. After attending City College of the City University of New York, he joined the US Army Air Force during WWII. Trained as a navigator and commissioned as an officer, Captain Milrod was a member of the Eighth Air Force. Stationed in England, he flew numerous missions over Germany in B-24 Liberators. After WWII, he married Helen Kirsner; with the couple celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary before Helen’s death. On Long Island, Murray was the co-owner of a small chain of independent toy stores before moving onto a career in the garment business where he rose to the position of executive vice president. Murray and Helen raised their family on Long Island before retiring to Palm Beach County during the 1980s. A passionate Jewish scholar, Murray chaired the Building Committee and was President of Temple Beth Shalom in Smithtown, Long Island. In Florida, he was the President of Temple Beth Tikvah of Greenacres. He played a significant role in Beth Tikvah’s design and actively supervised the construction of the original building. He is survived by a sister, Sylvia Rubin; daughters, Marion, Alice (and son-in-law, Tony Krol) and Susan; son, Robert (and daughter-in-law, Tre Milrod) and five beloved grandchildren, David Tyler (married to Johanna Tyler), Rachel Krol and Naomi, Rivka and Noah Milrod. In addition, he leaves behind several dozen nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 AM, Tuesday, (today) December 15, at Temple Beth Tikvah, 4550 Jog Road, Greenacres and internment will take place at Star of David Cemetery, Palm Beach Gardens. Donations in Murray’s memory may be made to Temple Beth Tikvah, Greenacres, FL.

September rolls around once a year.  It’s a good time to remember that family and loved ones are very important.  It’s a time for new beginings, a time when the heat of the summer turns to the cool Autumn.  We’ve been living in ridgefield for 9 months now.  We’ve had some ups and downs, but at the end of the day, it takes more than a hammer and nail to make this house a home.  Thanks for visiting our blog and we look forward to updating you in the future.

Hi from the blog world! We wanted to write and give a small update this month. The house front is going well. We’ve learned that despite our original thinking, we need an air conditioner. We’ve been joined in the house by a few dozen digger wasps that have made a small city in our yard. The arduous task of getting rid of them has begun, and we hope to have our yard back within the next week or two. There seems to be more bugs and animals around this country house than we both are used to, but it just makes for interesting surprises.

We’ve gotten out for a couple bike rides this season. There are a bit more hills around the new house, but a lot less traffic.

Both of us are working hard, and spend much of our time working, working out, and what ever is left over, we work on the house. Sounds fun? it is.. we both love it.

We are excited for our trip to Israel next month. Johanna will be working for a few days and we will also have a great opportunity to spend some time with family.

Dave has taken the opportunity to spend the time on the train studying and has been accepted to the Institute for Integrative Nutrition’s Holistic Health counseling program at Columbia Teachers College.

More to come.