Obituary for Irvin Stern
Rev. Irvin (Isaac)Stern, Yitzchak Aryeh ben Yisrael Dov z’l, of Baltimore, passed away on March 14, 2021 in Highland Park, NJ.
Rev. Stern was born on March 3, 1927, in Transylvania, Romania to Yisroel and Chantza Stern. He went to school in Romania until the Nazis came to Strumtura, his hometown, in 1944. He labored in six concentration camps and was the sole survivor of his family. Isaac was brought to Baltimore in 1946 by Ner Israel Rabbinical College where he studied. He became a schochet and served the Jewish community for sixty years. He provided a necessary service to Baltimore’s Jewish community. He married Naoma Fishbein in Baltimore in 1948, and together they built a beautiful family of three daughters, nine grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren.
Rev Stern is preceded in death by Naoma Stern, his wife of seventy-one years.
Rev. Stern was born on March 3, 1927, in Transylvania, Romania to Yisroel and Chantza Stern. He went to school in Romania until the Nazis came to Strumtura, his hometown, in 1944. He labored in six concentration camps and was the sole survivor of his family. Isaac was brought to Baltimore in 1946 by Ner Israel Rabbinical College where he studied. He became a schochet and served the Jewish community for sixty years. He provided a necessary service to Baltimore’s Jewish community. He married Naoma Fishbein in Baltimore in 1948, and together they built a beautiful family of three daughters, nine grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren.
Rev Stern is preceded in death by Naoma Stern, his wife of seventy-one years.