Reinstein, Harold

1917 - 2018  (101 years)

• Name	Reinstein, Harold  [1, 2]
  Born	1 Jun 1917  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jun 2018	Roslindale, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I21089	Our Family
  Last Modified	29 May 2023

  
  

  Family	Rabinovitz, Sireen Evelyn,   b. 26 Feb 1923, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1995, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1947
  Children	1. Reinstein, Ruth   2. Reinstein, Theodore   3. Reinstein, William J.   4. Reinstein, Rabbi Victor Hillel
  Last Modified	29 May 2023
  Family ID	F8045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  REINSTEIN, Harold Died peacefully at Hebrew Senior Life in Roslindale (MA) on June 18, 2018, at the age of 101. Over a long and rich life that began in a Dorchester tenement, Harold achieved many of his boyhood dreams, including living a life in science like his boyhood hero, French chemist Louis Pasteur. As a teen he helped support his family through the Great Depression, then served overseas during WWII. Returning, he married his beloved wife Sireen in 1947, and embarked on a career in which he rose from a lab technician to director of The Boston Medical Laboratory. On retirement in 1982, he earned a master's degree in gerontology and advocated for senior citizens. He was known for his quick wit, patience, warm smile and ceaseless good humor. He was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years, Sireen (nee Rabinovitz), and is surivived by his children Victor Reinstein, Ruth Reinstein Rogers, Ted Reinstein, and William Reinstein, as well as 11 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. REINSTEIN, Harold Died peacefully at Hebrew Senior Life in Roslindale (MA) on June 18, 2018, at the age of 101. Over a long and rich life that began in a Dorchester tenement, Harold achieved many of his boyhood dreams, including living a life in science like his boyhood hero, French chemist Louis Pasteur. As a teen he helped support his family through the Great Depression, then served overseas during WWII. Returning, he married his beloved wife Sireen in 1947, and embarked on a career in which he rose from a lab technician to director of The Boston Medical Laboratory. On retirement in 1982, he earned a master's degree in gerontology and advocated for senior citizens. He was known for his quick wit, patience, warm smile and ceaseless good humor. He was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years, Sireen (nee Rabinovitz), and is surivived by his children Victor Reinstein, Ruth Reinstein Rogers, Ted Reinstein, and William Reinstein, as well as 11 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Main SSA Claims source reference. [S32] Online Tree, ancestry. [S3] U.S. Public Records Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007;). [S15] Obituary, for Harold.