Who We Are: a sutin Family History Update

1.2.2b.5.1.1.1.1.1 Mark Lee Kanter^{5,200,496,497,493}

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Birth: 11 Nov 1987, Kansas City MO

Occupation: UBS Wealth Management, Weehauken NJ

Education: Colgate University
1.2.2b.5.1.1.1.2a Stanley Phillip Kanter*^{5,200,496,498}

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Birth: 3 May 1950, Kansas City MO

Occupation: President of Pure Sweet Honey Farm, Inc.

Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Marriage: 9 Mar 1985, Dane WI

Spouse: Patricia Lynn Harper⁴⁹⁶

Birth: 1951

Stanley and Patricia divorced.
1.2.2b.5.1.1.1.2a.1 Melissa Ann Kanter^{5,200,496,499}

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Birth: 11 Jun 1985, Madison WI

Education: BS from McGill University, Montreal in microbiology

1.2.2b.5.1.1.1.2a.2 Mitchell Jacob Kanter^{5,200,496,499}

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Birth: 11 Mar 1987, Madison WI

Occupation: Customer service and logistics, Pure Sweet Honey Farm

Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, associate degree in aviation, Gateway Technical College, Kenosha WI
1.2.2b.5.1.1.1.2b Stanley Phillip Kanter* (See above)

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Companion: Sarah Grimes^496,32,499

Birth: 25 Jun 1954

Occupation: Art coordinator at the University of Wisconsin hospital

Education: BA Rockford College, MFA University of Wisconsin-Madison

1.2.2b.5.1.1.1.3 Robert David Kanter^{5,200,500,498,32}

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Birth: 1 Jun 1960, Kansas City MO

Marriage: 18 Aug 1996, Dane WI

Spouse: Anita Frances Simansky^200,498

Birth: 1955

1.2.2b.5.1.1.1.3.1 Michael Kanter^200,500

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Birth: 17 Dec 1998
1.2.2b.5.1.1.2a David Mardiks*^{5,194,195,8,196,108,29,49}

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(See duplicate branch above)
1.2.2b.5.1.1.2b David Mardiks* (See above)

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Spouse: Lou Thomas¹⁹⁶
1.2.2b.5.1.2 Morris Litvien^{5,488,501,29,108,106,490}

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Birth: 4 Jul 1902, Russia

Death: 2 Oct 1989, Kansas City MO

Occupation: Operated Norman’s Department Store,
Norman’s Department Store was a dry goods store on Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City KA, selling sewing things, clothes, shoes, work clothes, and many other things. The store, which Morris bought in 1946, was hit with the flood of 1951 and pretty much wiped out, but Morris determinedly reopened it, eventually retiring in 1962. His daughter describes him as a hard working man.
Morris arrived in the U.S. 24 Mar 1906 and was naturalized 4 Dec 1934.
Spouse: Ruth Horowitz^5,501,29,34

Birth: 22 Nov 1909, Hackensack NJ

Death: 23 Dec 1993, Kansas City MO

Occupation: Shopkeeper

When her children were growing up Ruth owned the Tip Top Shop, a little store in Kansas City MO that sold toys, candy, yard goods, etc. In her later years she worked for Emery, Bird, Thayer in Kansas City MO. She retired after Sheila’s divorce so that she could care for Sheila’s daughter, Lisa, while Sheila worked.
1.2.2b.5.1.2.1a Sheila Litvien*^5,488,81,32

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Birth: 6 Jan 1946, Kansas City MO

Marriage: 5 Sep 1965, Jackson MO

Spouse: Michael Norman Levine⁴⁸⁸
Sheila and Michael divorced in 1971.
1.2.2b.5.1.2.1a.1 Lisa Carole Levine^488,32

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Birth: 19 Jul 1968
1.2.2b.5.1.2.1b Sheila Litvien* (See above)

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Spouse: Marvin Joel Goldberg^5,488,502,29

Birth: 19 May 1943, Kansas City MO

Death: 14 May 2011
1.2.2b.5.1.2.1b.1 Jonathan Weylin Goldberg^5,488,32

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Birth: 21 Aug 1978

Marriage: 18 Sep 2004.

Spouse: Jennifer Minoie⁴⁸⁸
1.2.2b.5.1.2.1b.1.1 Madison Su Goldberg⁴⁸⁸

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Birth: 31 Oct 2006, FL
1.2.2b.5.1.2.1b.1.2 Brady Richard Goldberg⁴⁸⁸

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Birth: 30 Oct 2009, FL
1.2.2b.5.1.2.2a Phyllis Litvien*^5,503

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Birth: 24 Aug 1948, Kansas City MO

Occupation: Retired from teaching in the Kansas City MO school district

Marriage: 1971
Spouse: Terry Glass^5,503

Birth: 6 Apr 1949

Phyllis and Terry divorced in 1980.
1.2.2b.5.1.2.2a.1 Corey Warren Glass^5,504,505

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Birth: 29 Jul 1983, Kansas City MO

Occupation: Tax lawyer

Education: JD Loyola Law School, Los Angeles CA
1.2.2b.5.1.2.2a.2 Zachary Joseph Glass^5,505

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Birth: 5 Feb 1980, Kansas City MO
1.2.2b.5.1.2.2b Phyllis Litvien* (See above)

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Spouse: Larry Kalender^5,503
1.2.2b.5.1.2.2b.1 Jessica Kalender⁵⁰³

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Spouse: Adam Rich⁵⁰³
1.2.2b.5.1.2.2b.1.1 Yonatan Rich^503,506

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Birth: 15 Nov 2007
1.2.2b.5.1.2.2b.1.2 Eliezer Rich⁵⁰³

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Birth: 28 Aug 2009
1.2.2b.5.1.3 Esther Litvien^{5,488,8,501,173}

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Birth: About 1908, KA

Death: Unknown

Spouse: Morris Rosenthal^5,501,198

Occupation: Shopkeeper

Niece Sheila Litvien Goldberg recalls Esther taking her and her sister Phyllis, shopping in downtown Kansas City every year, buying them school clothes and taking them out to lunch. Morris had a dry goods store in Belton MO for many years, was a big supporter of businesses in that city. He and Esther owned the store until they retired and were in poor health. As executor of their estate Sheila Litvien Goldberg sold all of the contents and divided the proceeds among those in the family. Sheila recalls that both Morris and Esther were very good to her family.
1.2.2b.5.1.4 Abe Litvien^{5,488,8,501,507}

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Birth: 1909, Peoria IL

Death: Redwood City CA

Occupation: Civil engineer for the State of Illinois until retirement
Spouse: Bettina^5,488,501

Death: Peoria IL

After Abe died, Bettina went to live with a niece.
1.2.2b.5.2 Benzian (Benjamin) Sutin^{5,168,508,509,8,139,393,178,178,179,167,29,49,108,107}

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Birth: 15 Dec 1880, Lapichi, Belarus

Death: 20 Oct 1970, Kansas City MO

Occupation: Tailor

Marriage: 30 Dec 1900

Spouse: Chana (Anna) Brooks^{5,168,8,178,179,167,108,107,49}

Birth: 30 Dec 1880, Skobrovka, Belarus

Death: 18 Apr 1966, Kansas City MO

Father: Lazor Abrookyn Brooks (1854-1938)

Mother: Michle Shimme (Celia) Levine (~1858-1931)
Chana “Anna” Brooks was a descendant of Avram Levine, brother of Benjamin’s father Moishe and of Rochel Hode Sutin, his father’s half-sister.
When Benjamin was born Lapitz had 100 Jewish families, 150 Christian families. At age 11 Benjamin went to Smilovichi from Lapitz to learn to be a tailor. Because of poor family financial conditions, it was necessary for him to learn a trade at an early age to help support the family. Thus the only education he received as a child was the Hebrew instruction given in preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, in 1893 in Smilovichi. He remained in Smilovichi for five years, living with his Uncle Gedalia and Aunt Malke or with his Aunt Heshe/Eshe Raza Axelrod. Benjamin then went to Skobrovka, where he became a good tailor and worked steadily. Ben gave his occupation as a self-employed tailor on his World War I registration card.
After marrying, Ben and Anna decided to leave Russia for the U.S. They went from Skobrovka to Minsk just ten days after their marriage, traveling by way of Germany. They arrived in the U.S. 15 February 1901 on the SS Noordland from Antwerp. The ship‘s passenger record lists her age 16, although according to other sources she would have been 20. To get to the ship they paid an agent 100 rubles to bribe a border guard and smuggle them to a location where they could get a boat. The 100 rubles included their passage (presumably by steerage) from Antwerp to New York. Anna’s father, who was then in Kansas City MO, sent them railroad fare from New York to Kansas City.
1.2.2b.5.2.1 Sadye Rebecca Sutin^{5,510,511,151,106,107,49,81,173,108}

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Birth: 20 Sep 1902, Kansas City MO

Death: 9 Jul 1960, Kansas City MO

Marriage: 20 Feb 1923
1930 Census indicates that Sadye and Louis were living in Albany NY at that time, as boarders in the home of Alfred and Esther Butter.
Spouse: Louis Remer^{5,510,512,511,81,29}

Birth: 8 Oct 1898, Bronx NY

Death: 9 Jul 2001, Longview TX
Louis served in World War I
1.2.2b.5.2.1.1 Miles Sutin Remer^5,510,159,49

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Birth: 2 Mar 1933

Occupation: Certified Public Accountant, he and Eileen have had their own accounting practice for 35 years

Education: New York University
Spouse: Eileen Ross^{5,510,513,511}

Birth: 5 Apr 1936, Bronx NY

Occupation: Executive secretary, assisted with Miles’ accounting practice

Miles and Eileen met on a blind date when she was 15 and he was an 18 year-old student.

1.2.2b.5.2.1.1.1 Laurie Beth Remer^5,514,515

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Birth: 27 Jun 1957, Omaha NE

Occupation: Special education paraprofessional, K-6

Education: Bachelor’s degree, elementary education K-12, special education K-8

Marriage: 20 Aug 1988, Omaha NE

Spouse: John Phifer⁵¹⁵

Birth: 19 Jul 1942, Benkelman NE

1.2.2b.5.2.1.1.1.1 Brandon Albert Remer-Phifer^514,515

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Birth: 7 Jun 1990, Omaha NE
1.2.2b.5.2.1.1.1.2 Mikaela Marie Remer-Phifer^516,515

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Birth: 1 Jan 1993, Omaha NE
1.2.2b.5.2.1.1.2 Lynn Michelle Remer^5,514,517

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Birth: 31 Mar 1960, Omaha NE

Occupation: Implementation Manager, United Healthcare

Education: MA Health Administration, University of Kansas and University of Iowa
Spouse: Mark Sweet^514,517
1.2.2b.5.2.1.1.3 Sharon Jean Remer^5,514,517

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Birth: 26 Feb 1962, Omaha NE

Occupation: Speech pathologist

Education: Baccalaureate general studies, University of Kansas; MA speech pathology, Wichita State University

Marriage: 8 Nov 1986, Kansas City MO

Spouse: Claude Bisang^5,517,511

Education: BS, University of Kansas

Occupation: Vice president, operations, Aramark Refreshment Services
1.2.2b.5.2.1.1.3.1 Justin Bisang^514,517

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Birth: 18 Mar 1993, St. Louis MO
1.2.2b.5.2.1.1.3.2 Alyson Bisang^514,517

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Birth: 20 May 1996, St. Louis MO
1.2.2b.5.2.1.1.4 Francine Kay Remer^{5,514,512,511}

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Birth: 13 Apr 1965

Education: BS education

Date of birth may be 15 Apr 1965.
Spouse: Chris Bierberly⁵¹¹
Francine and Chris divorced.
1.2.2b.5.2.1.1.4.1 Noah Bieberly^512,511

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Birth: 19 Mar 2001
1.2.2b.5.2.1.2a Joan Emily Remer*^{5,518,519,49,81,81}

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Birth: 28 Oct 1938

Marriage 19 May 1957, Kansas City MO

Spouse: Marshall Norman Zalkin^{5,518,519,81,29,84}

Birth: 18 Feb 1937, Omaha NE

Death: 23 Mar 1978, Omaha NE
1.2.2b.5.2.1.2a.1 Cheril Lynn Zalkin^5,518

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Birth: 2 Jun 1958, Omaha NE

Education: University of Nebraska Medical Center

Marriage: 27 May 1979, Omaha NE
Spouse: Frank Comisar^5,518

Birth: 30 Mar 1957, Omaha NE

1.2.2b.5.2.1.2a.1.1 Marshall Scot Comisar^{5,518,520,521}

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Birth: 2 Nov 1981, Omaha NE

Occupation: Electrical Engineer

Education: BS Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska; MS Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota

Marriage: 25 Jun 2005

Spouse: Shannon Christina⁵²¹

Birth: 30 Apr 1982, Beatrice NE

1.2.2b.5.2.1.2a.1.2 Andrea Jill Comisar^5,518,522

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Birth: 3 Jul 1985, Omaha NE

Occupation: 6th grade teacher

Education: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (BA), University of Nebraska-Omaha (MA)

Marriage: 15 Oct 2011

Spouse: John Michael Gomez^522,523

Birth: 6 Dec 1986

1.2.2b.5.2.1.2a.2a Brenda Elaine Zalkin*^5,524

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Birth: 2 May 1959, Omaha NE

Marriage: 11 Jul 1982

Spouse: Mark Rosenberg^5,524

Birth: 22 Jul 1952

Brenda and Mark divorced Jan 1995.
1.2.2b.5.2.1.2a.2a.1 Eric Marshall Rosenberg^{5,524,520,525}

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Birth: 12 Oct 1986, Greeley CO

Occupation: Computer specialist with Firespring

Marriage: 23 Aug 2013.
Spouse: Molly Ann Clark⁵²⁵
1.2.2b.5.2.1.2a.2a.2 Marci Rosenberg⁵²⁴

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Birth: 12 Mar 1989, Omaha NE

Education: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

1.2.2b.5.2.1.2a.2b Brenda Elaine Zalkin* (See above)

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Marriage: 9 Feb 2007
Spouse: Daniel Frost⁵²⁴

Birth: 31 Dec 1945

1.2.2b.5.2.1.2a.3 Steven Robert Zalkin^5,526

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Birth: 4 Jun 1961

Marriage: 14 Aug 1988.

Spouse: Kathleen Renae Fedman^5,526

Birth: 11 Nov 1956, Omaha NE

1.2.2b.5.2.1.2b Joan Emily Remer* (See above)

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Marriage: 1981
Spouse: Bruce Horwich^5,519,84

Birth: 19 Sep 1938

Death: 15 Aug 1994, Omaha NE
1.2.2b.5.2.1.2c Joan Emily Remer* (See above)

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Marriage: 2001
Spouse: Richard Martin⁵¹⁹

Death: 2002

1.2.2b.5.2.2a Oscar B. Sutin*^{5,369,191,373,106,107,108,173,84,81}

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Birth: 31 May 1905, Kansas City MO

Death: 28 Nov 1961, Omaha NE

Occupation: Certified Public Accountant

Education: University of Missouri (2 years), transfer to University of Illinois

Marriage: 1932
Spouse: Pearl Gorman¹⁹¹
Oscar and Pearl divorced.
Oscar’s marriage to Pearl, of which his daughter was unaware until she was in her 20s, lasted approximately five years, produced no children.
1.2.2b.5.2.2b Oscar B. Sutin* (See above)

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Marriage: 24 Oct 1941 (Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 indicates 21 Oct 1941)
Spouse: Ruth Rasnick^{5,369,527,29,84,133}

Birth: 4 Mar 1913, Omaha NE

Death: 2 Dec 2005, Omaha NE
Oscar was at an Omaha racetrack with his dentist when he first spotted Ruth, asked whom she was, and reportedly was instantly smitten. She was a stunning woman, well known when older for her silver hair. Because Oscar was not discussing marriage, Ruth moved to Los Angeles; he went there to get her.
When Oscar died suddenly of a heart attack at age 56, Ruth was a widow with two teenagers at age 48. She never remarried.
1.2.2b.5.2.2b.1 John Kenneth Sutin^{5,369,29,84,528}

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Birth: 3 May 1943, Kansas City MO

Death: 26 Apr 2008, Omaha NE

A difficult birth caused some brain trauma for John, leading to difficulties throughout his life because of others’ insensitivities and his inabilities. However, he attended regular schools, took courses at the University of Omaha, and held several jobs over the years. New Mexico records indicate that in 1976 John was married briefly to Gayle Ernst; the marriage was annulled. Judge Lewis Sutin reportedly performed the marriage.
1.2.2b.5.2.2b.2 Suzanne “Suzy” Ethel Sutin^{5,170,369,373}

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Birth: 24 Apr 1945, Kansas City MO

Occupation: Advertising and marketing

Education: University of California-Berkeley

Marriage: 1 July 1984

Spouse: Robert Louis Marcus^{5,369,529,134,32,34}

Birth: 2 Jan 1949, Dallas TX

1.2.2b.5.2.2b.2.1 Kate Elizabeth Marcus^5,530,369

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Birth: 5 Mar 1985, New York NY

Education: University of Wisconsin

1.2.2b.5.2.2b.2.2 Benjamin Sutin Marcus^5,530,369

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Birth: 21 May 1988, New York NY

Education: Emory University

1.2.2b.5.2.3a Louis Reuben (Lewis Randolph) Sutin*^{5,518,531,532,533,534,107,106,49,108,84}

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Birth: 6 Jun 1908, Kansas City MO

Death: 25 May 1992, Albuquerque NM

Occupation: Attorney, judge of New Mexico Court of Appeals

Education: University of Illinois

Marriage: 30 Sep 1929.
Lewis grew up in Kansas City and was working by age 10, selling newspapers downtown and caddying at the local golf club.  At age 13, he gave a speech at his elementary school graduation and thus began his life-long love of oration and debate.  While in high school he changed his name to Lewis Randolph.
While at the University of Illinois, Lewis washed dishes and waited tables at his fraternity for room and board. He met Eloise in May 1926, and they began dating a year later when she enrolled at the University of Illinois and Lewis was a first year law student. They married while he was still in school.  He received his law degree in 1931 and was admitted to practice in Indiana. In 1937 he became chief prosecuting attorney, was defeated in the next primary, and became assistant city attorney in 1938. In the following years he became president of District 2 B’nai Brith, was active in politics and president of many organizations, and travelled extensively—but couldn’t earn a decent living.
Thus in 1945, after 15 years of practicing law and politics in Terre Haute, Lewis packed up the family and moved to Albuquerque NM where he re-started his law practice. As a trial lawyer, Lewis was a master of litigation and argument before judges and juries. He was appointed to the New Mexico State Appellate Court in 1971 by the governor and re-elected in 1974. At the swearing in ceremony, his two daughters-in-law (Esther and Malka Sutin) assisted him in putting on his judicial robe for the first time.  In his memoirs, he refers to this ceremony as “the greatest thrill in my life so far.” Because of his number of dissenting opinions, he labeled himself the “Great Dissenter.” He is remembered as a highly respected and successful lawyer, and a humanitarian and philosophical judge.
He also is remembered as being quite eccentric in his later years. He always was dressed impeccably in fine tailored suits (made by his father, Benjamin), with a long white beard, flower in his lapel, bowler hat, walking stick, cigar, and a glass of scotch.  A portrait of him hangs in the lobby of the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe where he led daily “round table” discussions, sharing wit and wisdom with fellow lawyers.
A considerable amount of information about Judge Lewis Sutin, including his papers, is available at the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati OH.
Spouse: Eloise Brown^{5,531,532,49,84}

Birth: 22 Mar 1908, Terre Haute IN

Death: 2 Apr 1959, Albuquerque NM
Eloise, who moved to Terre Haute IN as a young child, was an active life member of Hadassah. She and Lewis were on a local Indian reservation hunting for rocks for their garden when she had a stroke and died before reaching the hospital. Lewis reportedly never got over her death at age 51.
1.2.2b.5.2.3a.1 Michael Gary Sutin^{5,535,532,49,81}

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Birth: 6 Jun 1935, Terre Haute, IN (his father’s 27^th birthday)

Occupation: Attorney/partner, Sommer Udall Sutin (retired)

Education: Undergraduate University of Arizona and University of New Mexico; JD University of New Mexico

Marriage: 19 Jun1956, Kansas City MO

Michael taught numerous classes and seminars, and published many professional articles.
Spouse: Esther Maidman Sacherson^5,535

Birth: 23 Jun 1935, Manhattan NY

Michael and Esther met at the University of Arizona where they were active in their Jewish fraternity and sorority, respectively. Esther was active in the Albuquerque arts community and a tireless volunteer for the local Hadassah chapter. In 1986 Mike and Esther moved to Santa Fe, where Esther was a founding member of an art cooperative and continued to paint and show her artwork.
1.2.2b.5.2.3a.1.1 Jennifer Beth Sutin^{5,535,532,536}

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Birth: 2 Dec 1957, Albuquerque NM

Occupation: Brand manager, Time Concepts LLC, watch manufacturer and wholesaler

Education: BA, University of California-Santa Barbara

Marriage: 1 Sep 1985, Oakland CA

Jennifer worked in art galleries in San Francisco and managed an art poster store in the Embarcadero Center. Later she pursued a sales career in the watch industry, holding various management positions at Gucci Timepieces, Montblanc, and Ebel. Each year her job with Time Concepts takes her to Hong Kong, China, and Switzerland to source watches for private label programs and licensed watch brands.
Spouse: John Granville Leonard III^5,535

Birth: 6 Apr 1952, San Francisco CA

Occupation: Advertising; in the mid-1980s with Taylor Spencer Granville, in 1987 he started his The Granville Group marketing consulting firm

Education: Willamette University, University of California-Santa Barbara

Jennifer and John met in college in 1977. She reports that “after seven years of dating and living in sin” they married in a garden ceremony at their home. While in college John was student body president, on varsity swimming and tennis teams, and in the Big Brothers program.