Eugene Goldman

Eugene Goldman passed away at the age of 96 on March 31, 2026 at Linden Ponds in Hingham, MA. He is survived by his wife, Honey Kronenberg, his son Richard, and four grandchildren. Gene was the proud great-grandfather of two wonderful toddlers. He is also survived by his step-daughter Kim and son-in-law, Allen. He was pre-deceased by his son Gary, and his step-daughter, Fredi Kronenberg.

Gene grew up in Rockaway, New York. He moved to Baldwin, Long Island, NY, where he raised his family, traveling by the Long Island Railroad to New York City to work for Samara, a children’s clothing manufacturing company. He traveled all over the world for his work, especially Asia, where the company had plants, and he retired in his 70’s.

Gene loved building and designing homes, and built a home in East Hampton—a home that was featured in House Beautiful magazine. Both his sons inherited his passion for home building and renovation.

After his wife died of breast cancer, he reconnected with Honey, whose husband George, had been Gene’s professional colleague. George had also died of cancer. Honey and Gene married in 1999.

Gene was very smart: He would read the NY Times cover to cover, and remember, with photographic precision, every article. He remembered everything anyone told him and recalled it, with detail. Sometimes family members would ask him to read the fine print of an insurance policy or other document, and he would report back with a summary. His attention to detail could be seen in his many lists and tables, all piling up on the living room couch. He always had “papers” he had to finish up.

Gene was generous. He was not a man of emotion, but a man of action. If he could help, he would. He would arrive at family Passover or Thanksgiving dinners, take a broom and sweep up. He went with care and without complaint - countless times - to visit Honey’s family, supporting aunts, cousins, and Honey’s daughter, Fredi, when she was ill. When reading the newspaper, he would cut out articles that he knew would be of interest, and give them to family and friends. If he was out shopping, he would always find something that his loved ones would like, and buy it.

Before moving to Hingham, Gene and Honey loved their life together in Westchester, NY, attending concerts and opera, visiting museums and restaurants, and going to rock quarries to look for stones for Honey’s sculptures.

Gene was a fixer. With his mechanical acuity, he would take apart the thing that was broken, and work on it, until it was fixed. He had the same approach towards his body: just keep working on the pieces: the dialysis for the kidney, the medication for the heart, the PT, the rehab or hospital care. He so wanted to live. But he could not put these human pieces together. In the end, he succumbed to a frail and broken body. His heart, however, was whole and he devoted it to Honey. She was his raison d’etre. He lived until her 104th birthday. She was, he said many times, the best thing that happened to him.

Donations in Gene’s memory can be made to SCIENCE TRAINING ENCOURAGING PEACE (STEP), a program bringing Palestinians and Israelis together for science education in Israel at www.step-gtp.org