EDWARD was born December 3, 1925. It is with great sadness, but also with immense gratitude for a long life lived, that we announce the death of Edward Leeds, beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, who died peacefully on May 12, 2022, at age 96 at home in Boca Raton, Florida. A funeral service will be held graveside, Sunday, May 15 at 2 p.m. at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, NY. Shiva will be held at the home of Nadine and Ira Salzman (indoor and outdoor visitation will be made available), 533 Benton Road, East Meadow, NY beginning immediately following the burial. (Additional shiva details to follow.)
Funeral attendees should meet at the Mount Hebron Cemetery main office (Address: 130-04 Horace Harding Expy, Queens, NY 11367) at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 15. From there, the group will follow the deceased to the burial site. For those who cannot attend in person, the funeral will be viewable on Zoom. Click here, or on link below.
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Edward – aka Eddie, Ed, Poppa, or Zayda, -- Leeds – born Lifshitz, who began every phone conversation with an immediately recognizable, “How do you do?” was born Dec. 3, 1925, in the Bronx, the middle son of Anna and Jack Lifshitz. After a childhood with his brothers Howard Leeds and Louis Lippstone, who preceded him in death, Edward set off for Fort Dix and then eventually to Central Europe, where he fought in World War II and received, unsurprisingly, a good conduct medal from the U.S. Army.
Edward married Florence in 1949. The couple moved to Flushing with their eldest daughter Debra and then to Far Rockaway where Nadine -- who like her father, exudes an unparalleled kindness and capacity to care for others -- and Jordan later joined. They then moved to Huntington, NY where Edward assumed the dual role of loving mother and father, following the premature death of his wife Florence in 1975. He never remarried.
With beautiful penmanship, a calm, soothing demeanor and excellent attention to detail, Edward worked as a bookkeeper for Allalemdjian & Poser and later as controller for his son-in-law Richard’s company, Granada Sales Corp. It was famously impossible to keep up with Edward during the 0.6 mile-daily walk between the office at 102 Madison Avenue and Penn Station.
Edward loved baseball. He was a fan of the NY Giants before they moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season. He then became a devoted Mets fan with the establishment of the new team in 1962 and shared his love of sports with his oldest daughter Debra.
Tall and handsome with dark hair that kept its jet-black sheen until way past when it should have grayed, hazel eyes and a booming voice, Edward loved to sing and was a musical theater aficionado. There was no Broadway trivia question too obscure. For years, he sang in the Boca Raton-based Choraliers singing troupe. And he passed on his love of theater to his son, Jordan, who became a Broadway actor.
Edward enjoyed bowling like his brother Howie and nephew Darren, loved to bet on the horses at Belmont and OTB, and looked forward to his twice weekly poker game at the Whisper Walk clubhouse. He enjoyed watching his TV programs that he assiduously taped on his TiVo and then DVR and probably saw every Law and Order episode multiple times.
Above all, he loved his family, including his devoted daughters Debra and Nadine and son Jordan; sons-in-law Richard and Ira; daughter-in-law Natalie; granddaughters Janine (Jeremy), Fran (Brian), Cheryl (Eric), Alexa (Nick), Carly (fiancée Tyler), Kyra, and Nina; great-grandsons Brody and Joseph; and great- granddaughters Anna and Edie.
A kinder person would be hard to find.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.riversidestanetsky.com for the LEEDS family.
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