Mendel SHAPIRO (1867 - 1964)

Cemetery Baron de Hirsch de la Savane Cemeteries
Section Chevra Mishnayos (Map: U103) List Overview
Location Line E Grave 20
Given Names Mendel
Surname SHAPIRO
Hebrew Name Menachem Mendel ben Yosef Yehoshua
Hebrew Date 13 Tamuz 5724
Birth Date 1867 Sep 16
Birth Place Russia
Death Date 1964 Jun 23
Death Place Montreal, QC
Death Age 96
Father J.
Mother E.
Spouse SOICHER, Anna; EISNER, Soshe
Obituary Mendel Shapiro, president of Chevra Mishnayes, which he had helped found 40 years ago, died in Montreal on Tuesday. He was 95. Born in Russia, he settled in Montreal in 1913. Mr. Shapiro was a noted Orthodox Jewish Talmudic scholar. He was also president of the Mayer Hagola Yeshiva for 14 years and active in the Mesfita Yeshiva and various charitable organizations. He is survived by his wife, Soshe; four sons, Eli, Harry, Joe and Willie; three daughters, Sara (Mrs. H. Rabinovich), Fanny (Mrs. J. L. Pearl) and Edith (Mrs. David Gilbert). Shiva is being observed at 5260 St. Urbain St.
Source GenealogieQuebec.com Deaths for birth, death, parents, status married;
GenealogieQuebec.com Marriages 1939-06-19 marriage for second wife, birth Poland, status widower
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