Myron Blackman
Ret. Dir. of Oper., 76
Myron Blackman of Royal Palm Beach Fla., a former resident of Monticello and the former director of operations at the family-owned Raleigh Hotel and at Kutsher's Country Club and Sports Academy, and retired from Blackman Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, died Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at Hospice of Palm Beach County. He was 76 years of age.
The son of the late Sam and Sylvia Blackman, he was born May 30, 1928, in Monticello.
Mr. Blackman was a 50-year member and Past Master of Fallsburg Masonic Lodge #1122, Free and Accepted Masons. He was also a past Lieutenant with the Monticello Auxiliary Police and a past president of the Monticello Volunteer Ambulance Corps. He served as a corporal in the United States Army and was stationed in Japan.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Marilyn Blackman, at home; two sons, Steve Blackman and his wife, Joyce, of Monticello, and Neil Blackman of Rock Hill; a sister and brother-in-law, Shirley and David Kaufman of Monticello; a brother and sister-in-law, Bernard and Connie Blackman of Monticello; two step-sisters, Joyce Katzman of Norwood, N.J., and Myrna Anderman of Mountaindale; a grandson, James McDonnell of Bloomingburg; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
Masonic services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Harris Funeral Home, West Street at Buckley, Liberty, followed by funeral services on Sunday. Rabbi Ben Zion Chanowitz will officiate
Shiva will be observed at the home of Shirley and David Kaufman in Monticello.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, Fla. 33407 or to the Tourette Syndrome Associaton, 42-40 Bell Blvd., Bayside, N.Y. 11361.
