It is with great sadness that I inform the congregation of the passing of the passing of Martin Steinmetz, beloved father of Mollie and Rachel Steinmetz and ex husband to Karen Resnick. The funeral will be held at Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, NY on Friday at 11 am.
The family will attend Sunday morning's Zoom minyan at 9 AM and will also have a Zoom shiva on Sunday from 4-5, with a shiva service beginning at 4. The link for Sunday morning's service can be found in our weekly announcements and the link for Sunday at 4 can be found here:
Here is the Zoom link for Sunday from 4-5
Time: Nov 27, 2022 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 826 2468 8235. Passcode: 314783
There will also be an in-person shiva and service on Monday from 5-7 PM at 4 Robinson Drive in Stamford, with a service at 5 PM.
Below is his obituary:
Marty grew up on the Lower East Side and attended the East Side Hebrew Institute and Stuyvesant High School. He later graduated from Baruch College and Cordoza Law School.
Marty’s early career included working in New York, Houston, Seattle & Detroit as a transportation planner and in Connecticut as an attorney. For a few years he owned a pottery shop in SOHO. Later he settled in New York where he was a part time instructor at several colleges. As a past president of NYRFC, he organized many international tours and created a decade long international rugby tournament in Mexico. His rugby position was prop. More recently Marty volunteered in several capacities for the UN where he became a coordinating director. He is survived by his former wife Karen Resnick and their children Mollie & Rachel Steinmetz. He was pre deceased by his brother Sammy, mother Mollie, and father, Meyer a holocaust survivor.
