To the family of Seymour Kaplan.

I am very sorry for your loss.  I hope this message does not intrude on your family and the loss you have just experienced.

I have been trying to find my father's cousins (Aaron Ganz, nephew of Leah Ganz Kaplan) to fill in some of the details of our family's history. 

If you are related to Leah and Sol, I just want to let you know that some of my fondest childhood memories are visiting their pickle stand in NYC.  Leah was so very kind and warm to me and my brothers.  I can still picture her smiling as we came to visit them.

Again, my condolences.

Susan Ganz Sherman

Dear Kaplan Family,

I was stunned and saddened to find Seymour's obituary, and extend deepest sympathies.  My name is TC Tanis.  Two friends and I worked with Seymour at the JCC Day Camp in 1988, and had such a wonderful summer that he has lived in our hearts and memories ever since.

Despite occasional contact with Seymour, we had not spoken in many years.  Ironically, I called him in May, and we caught up and recounted memories, making plans to have lunch together when restaurants reopened. He professed his love for the Greek restaurant in Tenafly, and truly gladdened me when he stated how happy he was to hear from me and that the call had made his week.  I will always be grateful that we shared that call.

Having returned from vacation this week, and truly eager to reunite, I tried to call him today.  When I heard the number was not in service, my friend and I investigated and discovered the news.

Doubtlessly, I need not tell you how special Seymour was.  His positive, animated way, his loving kindness,  and his infectious laugh made him more than lovable.  His generosity of spirit and his affinity with children and with people in general were always on obvious display, and warmed the heart.

He was an inspiration to us.  We were in our early twenties, and Seymour was a counselor with us at the age of fifty.  Occupying and controlling a group of those boys, running all day in the heat, and expending that constant energy were familiar to us, and we were in awe and admiration that Seymour had undertaken this.  He never flagged in his enthusiasm or his duties, and he joked and laughed with us all summer.  In an ironic twist, I returned to that camp nine years ago as a director, at nearly the same age Seymour had been.  The fatigue I often felt in that job, let alone a counselor post, gave me even greater appreciation for what he had done.

I hope you can rejoice in his life, and would love it if you wish to contact me at tanis6659@gmail.com.  Thank you.



My name is JEANIE my daughter is JENNIFER and my son is DONGMIN.
He was my neighborhood and our English tutor. he helped us in many ways. We are very sad and sorry .

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1 octobre 1938 – 21 juillet 2020

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