Obituary for Stanley Raffel
Stanley Howard Raffel passed away Sunday April, 4th, 2021 at the age of 94. He is survived by his daughters, Barbara Raffel (Jen Higham), and Janet Rothstein (Jeffrey), grandchildren, Sam Nachman (Megan), and Sara Nachman, his brother Earl (Lorraine) and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Betty (nee Hornstein), son, Michael, and parents Sam and Reba Raffel.
Stanley was a graduate of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, the University of Maryland where he became a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving most of his enlistment in China. He worked most of his career as an engineer at Westinghouse where he retired. His life long interest in stamp collecting earned him many awards and honors from the Baltimore Philatelic Society, his other interests were travel, jazz from the 20's and 30's, Big Band, Latin jazz, and food from around the world all of which stayed with him until his passing.
A virtual funeral will be held on Wednesday, April 7 at 12 pm. Click the link above to watch the service. Please omit flowers, contributions in his memory can be made to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, nationalww2museum.org, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.
Stanley was a graduate of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, the University of Maryland where he became a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving most of his enlistment in China. He worked most of his career as an engineer at Westinghouse where he retired. His life long interest in stamp collecting earned him many awards and honors from the Baltimore Philatelic Society, his other interests were travel, jazz from the 20's and 30's, Big Band, Latin jazz, and food from around the world all of which stayed with him until his passing.
A virtual funeral will be held on Wednesday, April 7 at 12 pm. Click the link above to watch the service. Please omit flowers, contributions in his memory can be made to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, nationalww2museum.org, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.