He was preceded in death by his wife Sylvia Greenberg, by his parents Jennie Jowitz Weinstein and Isadore Weinstein, and by his brother Irving Weinstein.
He was a high school graduate and enrolled in the army when World War II broke out. Sylvia and Sumner met in the Boston area, married in 1942, and lived from 1955 to 2004 in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, before moving to Carrollton.
He is survived by 4 daughters: Emily Hoffman (Lee Klingman) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Janice Weinstein of Chelsea, Massachusetts, Linda (Lance) Keller of Carrollton, and Cynthia (Art) Guerra of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and by 3 grandchildren: Nicole Keller Goldstein (Jeff), Derek Hinsey, and Vera Hinsey Green (Chaim Aharon), and one great grandchild Lyla Keller Goldstein.
He and Irving owned their own business, Woodland Furniture Company. They made custom furniture for interior decorators. He was a prolific artist, and was painting with a watercolor group at the Carrollton Senior Center and taking an art class at Brookhaven College. He enjoyed learning to use the computer in his 80s. Other hobbies were tropical fish, stamp collecting, and photography.
His family, along with his friend John Pruitt, his friends at the Carrollton Senior Center art group, and the Metro Services celebrated his 100th birthday on August 26.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Metrocrest Services (Farmers Branch, TX) or the Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas.
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