Bernard Abramowitz, 81, of 797 Armstrong Avenue, Great Kills, a devoted family man and advocate for the disabled, died Friday at Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze.
Born in Brooklyn, he also lived in Manhattan and Queens before settling in Bay Terrace in 1969. He moved to Great Kills in 1990.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a sergeant in the transportation division, where he was in charge of the logistics for trains moving throughout Korea and Japan.
He retired in 1986 from his career as a manger of warehouses and freight forwarding in Manhattan and New Jersey. In his younger years, he worked for ABC Freight Forwarding, Manhattan.
Always rallying for the disabled population, he was one of the people who insisted that Staten Island businesses be handicapped-accessible.
He was president of the Staten Island Amputee Club and a volunteer for twenty-three years at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, where as a trained peer counselor, he assisted patients prior to and following amputations.
He sat on the board of the Staten Island Borough President's advisory committee for people with disabilities and was involved in the Staten Island Center for Independent Living.
As a member of the Korean War Veteran's, he pushed to have the Korean War Veteran's Parkway named after his fellow soldiers. He also was a member of the Jewish War Veteran's.
A leader at Congregation B'nai Israel for many years, he also was involved at Arden Heights Boulevard Jewish Center.
His wife of forty-two years, the former Beatrice Schatz, died in 1994.
Surviving are his son, David; a daughter, Paula Schatzer; a brother, Irving; and three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Menorah Chapels, New Springville.
Burial was in United Hebrew Cemetery, Richmond.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on March 23, 2011.
Born in Brooklyn, he also lived in Manhattan and Queens before settling in Bay Terrace in 1969. He moved to Great Kills in 1990.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a sergeant in the transportation division, where he was in charge of the logistics for trains moving throughout Korea and Japan.
He retired in 1986 from his career as a manger of warehouses and freight forwarding in Manhattan and New Jersey. In his younger years, he worked for ABC Freight Forwarding, Manhattan.
Always rallying for the disabled population, he was one of the people who insisted that Staten Island businesses be handicapped-accessible.
He was president of the Staten Island Amputee Club and a volunteer for twenty-three years at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, where as a trained peer counselor, he assisted patients prior to and following amputations.
He sat on the board of the Staten Island Borough President's advisory committee for people with disabilities and was involved in the Staten Island Center for Independent Living.
As a member of the Korean War Veteran's, he pushed to have the Korean War Veteran's Parkway named after his fellow soldiers. He also was a member of the Jewish War Veteran's.
A leader at Congregation B'nai Israel for many years, he also was involved at Arden Heights Boulevard Jewish Center.
His wife of forty-two years, the former Beatrice Schatz, died in 1994.
Surviving are his son, David; a daughter, Paula Schatzer; a brother, Irving; and three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Menorah Chapels, New Springville.
Burial was in United Hebrew Cemetery, Richmond.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on March 23, 2011.
Bernard Abramowitz, 81, of 797 Armstrong Avenue, Great Kills, a devoted family man and advocate for the disabled, died Friday at Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze.
Born in Brooklyn, he also lived in Manhattan and Queens before settling in Bay Terrace in 1969. He moved to Great Kills in 1990.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a sergeant in the transportation division, where he was in charge of the logistics for trains moving throughout Korea and Japan.
He retired in 1986 from his career as a manger of warehouses and freight forwarding in Manhattan and New Jersey. In his younger years, he worked for ABC Freight Forwarding, Manhattan.
Always rallying for the disabled population, he was one of the people who insisted that Staten Island businesses be handicapped-accessible.
He was president of the Staten Island Amputee Club and a volunteer for twenty-three years at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, where as a trained peer counselor, he assisted patients prior to and following amputations.
He sat on the board of the Staten Island Borough President's advisory committee for people with disabilities and was involved in the Staten Island Center for Independent Living.
As a member of the Korean War Veteran's, he pushed to have the Korean War Veteran's Parkway named after his fellow soldiers. He also was a member of the Jewish War Veteran's.
A leader at Congregation B'nai Israel for many years, he also was involved at Arden Heights Boulevard Jewish Center.
His wife of forty-two years, the former Beatrice Schatz, died in 1994.
Surviving are his son, David; a daughter, Paula Schatzer; a brother, Irving; and three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Menorah Chapels, New Springville.
Burial was in United Hebrew Cemetery, Richmond.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on March 23, 2011.
Born in Brooklyn, he also lived in Manhattan and Queens before settling in Bay Terrace in 1969. He moved to Great Kills in 1990.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a sergeant in the transportation division, where he was in charge of the logistics for trains moving throughout Korea and Japan.
He retired in 1986 from his career as a manger of warehouses and freight forwarding in Manhattan and New Jersey. In his younger years, he worked for ABC Freight Forwarding, Manhattan.
Always rallying for the disabled population, he was one of the people who insisted that Staten Island businesses be handicapped-accessible.
He was president of the Staten Island Amputee Club and a volunteer for twenty-three years at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, where as a trained peer counselor, he assisted patients prior to and following amputations.
He sat on the board of the Staten Island Borough President's advisory committee for people with disabilities and was involved in the Staten Island Center for Independent Living.
As a member of the Korean War Veteran's, he pushed to have the Korean War Veteran's Parkway named after his fellow soldiers. He also was a member of the Jewish War Veteran's.
A leader at Congregation B'nai Israel for many years, he also was involved at Arden Heights Boulevard Jewish Center.
His wife of forty-two years, the former Beatrice Schatz, died in 1994.
Surviving are his son, David; a daughter, Paula Schatzer; a brother, Irving; and three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Menorah Chapels, New Springville.
Burial was in United Hebrew Cemetery, Richmond.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on March 23, 2011.
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