Robert L Feinsod

“Bob” served in the United States Army as a member of the 17th and 82nd Airborne Divisions during World War II, rising to the rank of Captain. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was one of the first Americans to enter Berlin. His military achievements were honored years later by New York Governor George Pataki with a Certificate of Conspicuous Service. A highlight of his life was leading his company in the victory parade down 5th Avenue at the war’s conclusion. He married the love of his life Kalma Jewel Shapiro in 1946 and was the proud father of two sons: Dr. Fred Feinsod, a nationally known Geriatrician and Long Term Care Specialist residing in Colorado Springs and Dr. Arthur Feinsod, Playwright, Director and Artistic Director of Theater 7 as well as Professor of Theater at Indiana State University residing in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Bob proudly served the community of East Hills, New York for many years as member, then President, of the Board of Trustees, and also as Assistant Mayor under Mayor William Fleischer. In business he worked for his father-in-law Joseph Shapiro at Metro Mailing from the late 1940’s to the early 1960’s, then left to start his own business as a broker/salesman with RLF Associates, representing printers throughout the Northeast and Midwest, working in this capacity most of those years from his modest basement office in East Hills into his late 80's. He was an active member of the Sayville Rotary Club.

Bob is survived by his wife of 71 years, Kalma Feinsod, and his two sons as well as Fred’s wife Elizabeth McDevitt Feinsod and Arthur’s wife Mary Kramer. He also leaves four beloved grandchildren: Jesse Feinsod, Lyla Warner, Lincoln and Simon Peterson as well as a great grandson Kai Peterson. He also leaves in-laws with whom he was especially close: Ellen Jacobs, Ruth Jacobs, Melissa Kleinberg and Gabi Wurtzel. Other beloved family members who predeceased him include: Joseph and Beatrice Feinsod, Herbert Feinsod, and in-laws Joseph and Gertrude Shapiro, Jerome Jacobs and Mira Jacobs.

The family extends appreciation for the special loving care he received in his last years by Nora Harrison, Bonnie Pandohie and other aides provided by Caring People, Inc.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks anyone wishing to remember Bob donate to the Sayville Rotary Club in support of bringing foreign children needing special surgical operations and medical treatment to the US.