Harold B. Goldstein 1914 - 2009

GOLDSTEIN, COHEN, GALINSKY, MENDELSON

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Date: 7/15/2013 at 12:27:49

Sioux City Journal
3 December 2009

SIOUX CITY -- Harold B. Goldstein, 95, of Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of Sioux City, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, at his residence.

Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Friday at Congregation Beth Shalom in Sioux City, with Rabbi Guy Greene officiating. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday in Mount Sinai Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel in Sioux City. Condolences may be sent online to meyerbroschapels.com.

Harold was born March 10, 1914, the third son of Clara (Cohen) and Jacob Goldstein. He grew up in St. Paul, Minn., and quit school at the end the eighth grade to work to help support his family.

He worked as a young man selling papers, fruits and vegetables. He owned a night club and employed Nat King Cole, who was in vaudeville at the time. He was later employed by S&M in St. Paul, selling tires over the road. While selling on the road, he became friends with Gutson Borgland and brought him beer while he was carving the faces on Mount Rushmore.

He married Bernice Galinsky on Feb. 11, 1940, in Sioux City. She passed away in March 1971. He later worked at Sioux City Foundry and Boiler Co. in sales and became a partner in 1946, with his brother-in-law, Milton Galinsky, until his retirement. In 1973, he married Jean Mendelson in Kansas City, Mo. She passed away in January 2009. He came out of retirement in 1984, to assist in the management of McCracken Concrete Pipe Machinery Co., where he was chairman of the board and McCracken became viable until it was sold.

Harold served on many local boards. He was a past president of the Sioux City Jewish Federation. He chaired the United Jewish Appeal during the Yom Kippur War. He was a past president of Mount Sinai Brotherhood. One of his proudest achievements was helping to organize the Boys Club, he served as president from 1974 to 1976. He was the recipient of the Boys Club Medallion Award for 1975 and was the Sertoma Man of the Year for 1978. In 1983, he was honored by the Boys Club as the Man of the year. He was a member of the Woodbury Lodge 663 A.F. & A.M., Sioux City Consistory 5, Abu Bekr Shrine Temple and the White Horse Mounted Patrol.

In 1985, he received an honorary doctorate degree of doctor of humanities from Morningside College.

As a young man, he boxed lightweight in the Golden Gloves circuit. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He loved golf. His proudest achievement was his family.

He is survived by his two daughters, Carlynn Donosky and her friend, Arnie Eisenberg of Boynton Beach, Fla., and Suzi Kaiman and her husband, Paul of Sioux City; five grandchildren, Jeff Donosky and his wife, Alison of Singapore, Lori Jackowitz and her husband, Ken of Charlotte, N.C., Beth Zwick and her husband, Burton of Herrin, Ill., Josh Kaiman of Sioux City and Judd Kaiman and his wife, Sarah of Boulder, Colo.; seven great-grandchildren, Sarah, Rebbeca and Zachary Zwick, Ethan and Mia Jackowitz and Lily and Natalie Donosky; and two stepchildren, Marilyn Mendelson of Overland Park, Kan., and Robert Mendelson of New York and his son, Charles of California.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Bernice; his second wife, Jean; a son-in-law, Irving Donosky; and three brothers, Al, Sam and Sylvan.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Boys Club of Sioux City or Congregation Beth Shalom.