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| January 26, 1947 |
Reflections - Ezra
Ezra Meltzer was born in March of 1919. He was the son of a successful businessman and spent much of his early years at a
Catskill resort his father owned. Then came the Great Depression and his father lost his business and his wealth. Even though
he was only ten years old when this happened, he vowed that when he had a family of his own, they would be protected if financial
calamity were to hit him.
In World War II, Ezra served in the United States Navy. Eighteen months after the war ended, he married Hilda Komaroff
and he abided by his vow to keep his family secure. He never craved toys like other men. He had no boats, no fancy cars,
no memberships in hunting lodges or country clubs. Even with his interest in mystery novels, he got all his material from
the public library. As for his other main hobby, woodworking, all his projects were for the betterment of his family. He
wasn't driven by a lack of funds. He was a highly successful Engineer, but he concerned himself with the stability of his
family and not with his own vanity.
Ezra was a man of great energy and he didn't let retirement slow him down. He kept busy with several projects and he
was active on the board of his retirement condominium complex. However, the one thing for which he'll be remembered most
is that he kept the vow he made as a ten year old boy and until he died at age 85, his family was sheltered from the financial
peaks and valleys he encountered.
Reflections - Hilda
Hilda Komaroff Meltzer was born in 1920 to immigrant parents. Her mother was from Romania and her father was from The Ukraine.
Being the child of Eastern European Jews, World War II hit her hard. She lost an uncle in the Holocaust and a favorite cousin
was killed while serving in the United States Army. Eighteen months after World War II ended, she married Ezra Meltzer.
They were together for almost 58 years.
Hilda grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn where she was a top student who finished High School at the age of 16.
In college, she hoped to become a doctor like her father but that was a time when discrimination against women was the norm.
Although she was denied a professional career, her education still left her with a wide variety of interests that included
history, theater, current events, reading, and travel ... just to name a few.
Hilda Meltzer died sixteen days after her husband passed away. The couple married 18 months after World War II ended
remain together ... and they will remain together forever.
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