IRVING FLEISHMAN
On Friday, November 6, 2015 Irving Fleishman, 89 years old of Silver Spring, MD, son of the late Morris and Freida (Finn) Fleishman, brother of the late Rose Fleishman, the late Evelyn Lazar, and the late Jake Fleishman was born in Washington, DC on January 12, 1926. He graduated from Coolidge High School. He served in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific, and at the liberation of the Phillipines. He received his B.S. and LLD from George Washington University where he was a member of Phi Alpha Fraternity. He passed the DC Bar but never practiced.
He entered the real estate business buying and selling residential properties, built small apartment buildings and industrial warehouses and became a commercial leasing agent. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, a member of the Benjamin Franklin/Samuel Gompers Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite, the Shriners and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).
He was the loving and devoted husband of Linda Mae Kessler Fleishman (nee Jelinek), and the late Betty Fleishman (nee Sickle), the loving father of Caryn Fleishman and Hope Kramer. The caring stepfather of Geri Lynn Kessler (Matthew Hein), Karen Gail Kessler (John Angelo), and Richard Alan Kessler (Ellen). The treasured and adored grandfather of Brooke, Seth (Emily), and Jacob Kramer, Jordan and Austin Angelo, Rachel and Liza Kessler, as well as great grandfather of Ayden Kramer and newborn Hudson Kramer.
He was loved by many, and will be deeply missed by all who had the good fortune to know him.
Funeral services will be held Monday, November 9, 2015 at 1 p.m. at Sagel, Bloomfield, Danzansky-Goldberg, 1170 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Interment at King David Memorial Gardens, 7400 Lee Highway, Falls Church, Virginia. Shiva will be observed immediately following the interment through Wednesday evening.
Chapel Service
NOV 9. 1:00 PM
Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care
1091 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD, 20825