Harvey graduated from Brookline High School in 1952. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1956, and later obtained a J.D. at Boston University School of Law and an LL.M. at Suffolk University Law School. He was a founding partner of Tofias, Fleishman, Shapiro & Co., which became the largest independent accounting firm in New England.
He married Marcia Fleishman of New York on December 23, 1956, and was a loving and devoted husband for 66 years. He was the beloved father of Risa Lifshatz and Susan Fleishman, grandfather of Dan and Nicole Lifshatz, Jenna and Hunter Reynolds, and Elena Michele Fleishman, and great-grandfather of Olivia Lifshatz.
In the metropolitan Boston area, he lived in Newton, Brookline, and Wayland. He also had residences in Falmouth, MA, and Highland Beach, FL.
All are welcome to attend the Funeral Service in person at the Falmouth Jewish Congregation, 7 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth, MA 02536 on Monday, October 7, 2024, at 11 AM. To attend on Zoom, call Stanetsky Memorial Chapel at (781) 821-4600 for the login details.
Memorial observance will be at the home of Jill and Peter Matusow on Tuesday, October 8th from 5-8 PM, with a Minyan service at 7 PM.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Harvey’s memory may be made to JFS of Metrowest, 475 Franklin Street, #101, Framingham, MA 01702 or at www.jfsmw.org, or to a charity of your choice. To plant trees in his memory, please visit the Sympathy Store at www.Stanetskycanton.com
