Nate Davis

family on September 17, 2012. He was 90 years old.

Arrangements are entrusted to Bernheim Apter Kreitzman Suburban Funeral

Chapel , 68 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, New Jersey. Services will be held at

11:00 AM on Thursday, September 20 with Rabbi Mark Mallach and Cantor Joel

Caplan officiating. Interment is at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge, New Jersey.

Born in what was then the Carpathian Ruthenia region of Czechoslovakia, Mr. Davis

lived in Czechoslovakia, Israel, Canada, Ohio, New Jersey (twice) and Texas after

surviving service as an impressed laborer during the Second World War. He was

briefly enlisted in what was to become the Israeli Defense Forces while awaiting

immigration to Israel and upon his arrival in Israel.

Upon arrival in the United States, he was trained to work in the delicatessen and

restaurant business and eventually owned three businesses—one in Cleveland, Ohio

and then, in New Jersey. In New Jersey he, first, became the owner of the Lipshitz

and Son Delicatessen and Restaurant in Newark and then the owner of the Deli King

in Linden, New Jersey. He and his wife retired in 1987 to join their children and

grandchildren in Dallas, Texas, returning to New Jersey with the entire family in

1992.

He was a founding member of Temple Israel in Springfield, New Jersey and a

member and contributor to Congregation Ahavath Zion in Maplewood, New Jersey.

His greatest pride was in his family. For 64 years he was the devoted husband

and business partner of Piri Davis, whom he married in Prague in 1948 and who

survives him. He was the beloved father of Gene, Jeffrey and Ronnie, beloved

father-in-law of Stacey, Babette and Linda, proud and loving grandfather of Jordan,

Pamela, Kylie, Jared, Joel, Brandon and Mira and, most recently, the adoring great-

grandfather of Paige and Avery.

Contributions can be made to St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, the

Jewish Family Service of Greater Metrowest or the US Holocaust Museum.