| Obituary |
Born in Boston, to Joseph and Sadie Riesman, Eugene was the youngest of three brothers. He studied at Yale University, taking an unauthorized year abroad in the newly formed State of Israel, and graduating with the class of 1951. He then served in the United States Navy, luckily being assigned to the Atlantic fleet despite the ongoing Korean War. In 1957 he came to Montreal to set up the Canadian branch of his family’s wire and cable business. Gene fell in love with Montréal and made it his home for almost 70 years. He also fell in love with Janine Landau, a dark-haired beauty, who had come to Canada following World War II, from Krakow and then Paris. They married and had two daughters, Diana and Joanna, living downtown, and then in an elegant Westmount home near Murray Hill Park. |
