Warren Preston Malkin

Warren Preston Malkin was born January 15, 1929 to the late Soloman and Ester Malkin. He passed away on June 1, 2014. and is survived by his children Cheryl, Wesley, Stephanie, Brenda Anderson; his Sister, Marcia Malkin Galfond; grand Children, Olivia Malkin, Tara, Katie and John Dutch, Amy Malkin, Oscar Gonzalez, Jennifer Hernandez, David Bailey; great grandchildren, Sara, Daniel, and Maya Malkin, Makennah Horn, Stephanie, Gabriel and Alexandra Hernandez; and many nieces and nephews. Proceeded in death by Evelyn Perlman Malkin and brother Eugene Malkin.

Warren Malkin was born in Washington D.C. to Russian and Lithuanian immigrants. He was a born athlete, a star basketball and football player in High School. He spent his summers in Wildwood Crest New Jersey and was a popular life guard there, known to the guards at the time as the Arthur Godfrey of the lifeguards because he played Ukelelle and sang. He also played piano as well as Clarinet and violin.

He attended George Washington University graduating with his Masters degree in Business… and then joined the army.

His life reads like an exciting spy novel… A war hero - mastering the Chinese language in a year and selected to become a cryptologist to decipher enemy codes during the Korean War. His efforts saved countless lives no doubt. But his family never knew he was a spy until recently. He would joke, “if I told you what I did, I'd have to kill you.”

People were fascinated by his stories though he was always humble.

He was a devoted and loving man who took on raising four children as a single father. He was a mentor, tutoring immigrant teens in English. He was a math whiz who relished entertaining and inspiring children of all ages with his ability to add and multiply big numbers off the top of his head.

He met Evelyn in the 1970's and they stayed together for more than 30 years.

He helped raise her grandson Benjamin and treated him like his own, picking him up from school everyday and helping him with homework. He was the most unselfish caring man one could ever know.

Though he owned an antique store in Washington DC and had success as a real estate broker, family meant everything to him. He loved cooking for his family, and would stay up all night to baby the brisket for holiday meals. His turkey was legendary and we have even have him on video long before these popular food shows, demonstrating to everyone how to carve a turkey.

In his humble way he was the life of the party. He welcomed people of all races and nationalities. Fascinating people with his life stories,

listening to theirs with great interest and incredible patience

.

In later years he was still tutoring seniors at the Miami Jewish Home on the computer and mentoring Chinese students such as his beloved Chinese Granddaughter Lucy Zhong, which gave him great pleasure in life.

He asked for nothing from people around him but he gave so much. Above all, he was a man of great integrity who was loved by all who had the good fortune to have known him.