Joseph Daitch

Details Cemetery MAGNOLIA

Card ID G90

Title MR

First Name JOSEPH

Middle Name

Last Name DAITCH

Additional Name "JOE"

Gender M

Race WHITE

Marital Status MARRIED

Occupation MERCHANT

Years Residing in Augusta 37 YEARS

Age At Death 83 YEARS 10 MONTHS 2 DAYS

Date of Birth 12/30/1923

Date of Death 11/1/2007

Date of Burial 11/2/2007

Cause of Death CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (C.L.L.)

Duration of Illness EXTENDED

Synagogue Affiliation MEMBER OF ADAS YESHURUN SYNAGOGUE

Place of Birth AUGUSTA, GA

Place of Death AUGUSTA, GA

Veteran YES

Wars Served In WORLD WAR II

Family Information WIFE (MARRIED 1/24/1954): DOROTHY CAROLYN GILLMAN; CHILDREN: BOBBIE SUE DAITCH & DAVID IAN LANDAU, N.Y.CITY; MERRIE LYNN DAITCH & LARRY HOLZBERG, OSSINING, NY; ALAN MICHAEL DAITCH, AUGUSTA; RISA ELAINE & PETER LEE BASKOWITZ, NORCROSS, GA; DAVID JAY DAITCH, AUGUSTA.

Address : 3204 Candace Drive, Augusta, Georgia 30901

Out Of City NO

Comments COMMENTS: BURIED IN JEWISH CONCRETE VAULT: 6TH ROW FROM WEST SIDE & 13TH GRAVE FROM NORTH SIDE (SPACE # 117 ON MAP SURVEY BY SYNAGOGUE) OF JEWISH SECTION # 5-SOUTH OF 15TH ST.& EAST OF DE LAIGLE AVENUE. RABBI DAVID SIRULL OF ADAS YESH. SYNAGOGUE & RABBI ZALMAN FISCHER OF CHABAD OF AUGUSTA OFFICIATED HIS GRAVESIDE FUNERAL SERVICES; PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: MORRIS & BELLE STEINHARDT DAITCH, WAYNESBORO, GA, 2 BROS.-ISADORE DAITCH, LOUISVILLE, GA, & MARVIN DAITCH, WAYNESBORO; ATTENDED WAYNESBORO HIGH SCHOOL, AUGUSTA JR. COLLEGE, & THE GA. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; JOINED THE ARMY DURING WWII & PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY ON THE FRONT LINES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE, EARNING NUMEROUS BRONZE STARS; MARRIED HIS WIFE @ THE HOME OF ALTON & SARAH GILLMAN, THE BRIDES PARENTS; AFTER THEIR HONEYMOON TO FLORIDA, THE BAHAMAS, & CUBA, A TRIP THAT STARTED A LIFETIME OF TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD, THEY RETURNED TO WAYNESBORO, WHERE THEY OWNED & OPERATED DAITCHS DEPT. STORE ON LIBERTY STREET; WHILE IN WAYNESBORO, JOE WAS A MASON, SHRINER AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE EXCHANGE CLUB; IN 1970, FAMILY MOVED TO AUGUSTA & OPENED OUR SHOP MENSWEAR ON BROAD ST.; ON THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, A NEW SEFER TORAH WRITTEN IN THEIR HONOR WAS DEDICATED AT CHABAD OF AUGUSTA; LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE SYNAGOGUE; MEMBER OF JEWISH WAR VETERANS & SUPPORTER OF CHABAD OF AUGUSTA; ADDITIONAL SURVIVORS: ADORING GRANDDAUGHTERS: SARAH SUSIE LANDAU, SOPHIA HELENA LAUNDAU, RAYNI LEIGH BASKOWITZ, CHLOE ANNE BASKOWITZ; GRANDSONS: AARON EPHRAIM LANDAU, WALTER HOLZBERG, & NATHAN HOLZBERG; SISTER-IN-LAW: DR. FRIEDA GILLMAN GINSBURG, PEMBROKE PINES, FL; NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, & COUSINS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. & ISRAEL; WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A CHARITABLE, KINDHEARTED, LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, FATHER-IN-LAW, GRANDFATHER, BRO.-IN-LAW, & UNCLE; PER OBITUARY NOTICE: DRAFTSMAN, CARPENTER, & TAILOR;

HEADSTONE READS (TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW TO ENGLISH):

"HERE IS INTERRED YOSEF (JOSEPH) SON OF MOSHE (MORRIS) AND SHAINA BAILA (BELLE) A KIND AND GENEROUS MAN; BELOVED BY HIS WIFE AND FAMILY HE WAS VETERAN OF WORLD WAR 2 HE WAS RAISED AND LIVED IN WAYNESBORO. HE MARRIED DEVORAH KUNA (DOROTHY CAROLYN) GILLMAN ON THE 20TH OF SHEVAT 5714 (24TH JANUARY 1954) AND TOGETHER THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN. FOR THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT OF HIS CHILDREN, HE RETURNED IN 5730 (1970) TO LIVE IN AUGUSTA WHERE AS A MERCHANT, HE LIVED UNTIL HIS LAST DAY. YOSEF (JOSEPH) AND DEVORAH KUNA (DOROTHY CAROLYN) GREATLY ENJOYED TRAVELLING ALL OVER THE WORLD. AN HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY MAN, HE PASSED AWAY ON THE 20TH OF CHESHVAN, 5768 (NOVEMBER 1ST, 2007) MAY HIS SOUL BE BOUND UP IN THE BOND OF LIFE" 

Footstone Inscription JOSEPH DAITCH DECEMBER 30TH, 1923 - NOVEMBER 1, 2007 BELOVED HUSBAND FATHER AND GRANDFATHER

Funeral Home: Elliott & Sons, Telfair Street, Augusta, Georgia