Saul Breznick's Obituary
Saul Leon Breznick, 97, of Hallandale Beach, Fla., passed away peacefully at Memorial Regional Hospital in nearby Hollywood on Oct. 17, 2017, after various health complications.
Saul was born on Sept. 26, 1920 to Hyman and Bertha Breznick of the Bronx, N.Y. The youngest of three children and the only boy, he was always called Sonny by his family. Saul attended Morris High School for two years before leaving to help his mother and ailing father in the family business, a South Bronx fruit and vegetable store. With his two older sisters married and gone from the Breznick household, he was exempted from the military draft during World War II to support his parents and the family business.
Saul met Edith Mina Fallick, a beauty from Brooklyn, in early 1947 on a blind date arranged by her Aunt Tillie, who shopped at the Breznicks' fruit and vegetable store. Saul and Edith married on Sept. 12, 1948. In the post-war housing crunch, the young couple lived for a short time with the Fallicks in Brooklyn. After that, they moved to first the Kingsbridge section and then the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx, where they lived for 34 years and raised their family.
Saul and Edith had two sons, Martin Fred, born March 21, 1952, and Alan Jay, born April 12, 1957. Martin became an immigration attorney in the New York City area while Alan became a business journalist and research analyst in the Toronto area.
With a growing family to support, Saul became a milk-truck driver in the late 1940s. As a proud Teamster, he spent the next 30-plus years as a truck driver for such major New York dairies as Bordens and Manchester Farms, delivering milk, cream cheese and related products to homes, schools, stores and churches throughout the city. He retired from the milk business in 1980, and spent the last four years of his working life as a security guard for Chase Manhattan Bank in the northern Bronx.
Saul and Edith moved to Hallandale Beach in 1984 and spent the next 32 years together in the warm Florida sun. Saul threw himself into local politics and served as both president of the Fifth Corporation condominium board and vice president of his building. Edith was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2009. But, thanks to her husband’s diligent oversight and determination, she remained home until a month before her death in Sept. 2016.
Those who will remember Saul include: sons Martin and Alan; daughters-in-law Susan and Rachel; grandchildren Laura, Pamela and Aaron; Edith's younger sister Frances; nephews Ronald, Bernard, Jack, Joseph, Kenneth and Jeffrey; nieces Sharon and Roberta; caregivers Marie and Frank; and various friends and neighbors. Saul outlived his two sisters, Esther and Fayette, as well as his brothers-in-law Daniel Denowitz, Ruben Kwastel, Erwin Witt and Clifford Friedman.
Funeral services for Saul were held Sunday, Oct. 22 in the chapel at Beth David Memorial Gardens/Levitt-Weinstein, located at 3201 North 72nd Ave in Hollywood, Fla.
In both Edith's and Saul's memory, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association in the United States or the Alzheimer's Society in Canada. If possible, please direct donations for medical research.
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