* Entombed in the bell tower.
Commander Sidney David Greenwald (US Navy Retired)
(formerly of Adamstown, MD and Abington, PA)
POD: May 22, 2003
POD: Buckingham Choice Nursing Home
Age: 82
Spouse: Wanda Wright Greenwald (deceased in 1993)
Date of Marriage: April 16, 1952
DOB: May 31, 1920
POB: Bronx, NY
Parents: Louis and Lena Greenwald
Education: the family moved to Philadelphia in the mid-1930's, and he graduated from the Philadelphia Public School system
Employment: he worked with Howard Clothes until he enlisted with the US Navy in 1942. In 1952, the family moved to Abington, PA and he began work with Jacob Reeds Clothiers, running one of their factories in Norristown. In the late 1950's Sidney switched careers and began work with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Phila. and was a life insurance underwriter in the greater Philadelphia area for the next 35 years.
Military: He was a radioman during WWII; where he served in both the European and Pacific fronts, and was mustered out of the Navy in 1945 as a first class radioman, but stayed in the Navy Reserve and was commissioned at Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in 1949. He returned to active duty during the Korean Was where he was stationed in Brooklyn New York in the Navy Supply Corps. Following the war he remained in the Reserves, eventually attaining the rank of Commander.
Social Interests: During his childhood, Sidney was active in the Boy Scouts and he began a life-long interest in working with animals
Obit info published in Philadelphia Inquirer & Philadelphia Daily News on July 9, 2003
Commander Sidney David Greenwald (US Navy Retired)
(formerly of Adamstown, MD and Abington, PA)
POD: May 22, 2003
POD: Buckingham Choice Nursing Home
Age: 82
Spouse: Wanda Wright Greenwald (deceased in 1993)
Date of Marriage: April 16, 1952
DOB: May 31, 1920
POB: Bronx, NY
Parents: Louis and Lena Greenwald
Education: the family moved to Philadelphia in the mid-1930's, and he graduated from the Philadelphia Public School system
Employment: he worked with Howard Clothes until he enlisted with the US Navy in 1942. In 1952, the family moved to Abington, PA and he began work with Jacob Reeds Clothiers, running one of their factories in Norristown. In the late 1950's Sidney switched careers and began work with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Phila. and was a life insurance underwriter in the greater Philadelphia area for the next 35 years.
Military: He was a radioman during WWII; where he served in both the European and Pacific fronts, and was mustered out of the Navy in 1945 as a first class radioman, but stayed in the Navy Reserve and was commissioned at Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in 1949. He returned to active duty during the Korean Was where he was stationed in Brooklyn New York in the Navy Supply Corps. Following the war he remained in the Reserves, eventually attaining the rank of Commander.
Social Interests: During his childhood, Sidney was active in the Boy Scouts and he began a life-long interest in working with animals
Obit info published in Philadelphia Inquirer & Philadelphia Daily News on July 9, 2003
* Entombed in the bell tower.
Commander Sidney David Greenwald (US Navy Retired)
(formerly of Adamstown, MD and Abington, PA)
POD: May 22, 2003
POD: Buckingham Choice Nursing Home
Age: 82
Spouse: Wanda Wright Greenwald (deceased in 1993)
Date of Marriage: April 16, 1952
DOB: May 31, 1920
POB: Bronx, NY
Parents: Louis and Lena Greenwald
Education: the family moved to Philadelphia in the mid-1930's, and he graduated from the Philadelphia Public School system
Employment: he worked with Howard Clothes until he enlisted with the US Navy in 1942. In 1952, the family moved to Abington, PA and he began work with Jacob Reeds Clothiers, running one of their factories in Norristown. In the late 1950's Sidney switched careers and began work with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Phila. and was a life insurance underwriter in the greater Philadelphia area for the next 35 years.
Military: He was a radioman during WWII; where he served in both the European and Pacific fronts, and was mustered out of the Navy in 1945 as a first class radioman, but stayed in the Navy Reserve and was commissioned at Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in 1949. He returned to active duty during the Korean Was where he was stationed in Brooklyn New York in the Navy Supply Corps. Following the war he remained in the Reserves, eventually attaining the rank of Commander.
Social Interests: During his childhood, Sidney was active in the Boy Scouts and he began a life-long interest in working with animals
Obit info published in Philadelphia Inquirer & Philadelphia Daily News on July 9, 2003
Commander Sidney David Greenwald (US Navy Retired)
(formerly of Adamstown, MD and Abington, PA)
POD: May 22, 2003
POD: Buckingham Choice Nursing Home
Age: 82
Spouse: Wanda Wright Greenwald (deceased in 1993)
Date of Marriage: April 16, 1952
DOB: May 31, 1920
POB: Bronx, NY
Parents: Louis and Lena Greenwald
Education: the family moved to Philadelphia in the mid-1930's, and he graduated from the Philadelphia Public School system
Employment: he worked with Howard Clothes until he enlisted with the US Navy in 1942. In 1952, the family moved to Abington, PA and he began work with Jacob Reeds Clothiers, running one of their factories in Norristown. In the late 1950's Sidney switched careers and began work with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Phila. and was a life insurance underwriter in the greater Philadelphia area for the next 35 years.
Military: He was a radioman during WWII; where he served in both the European and Pacific fronts, and was mustered out of the Navy in 1945 as a first class radioman, but stayed in the Navy Reserve and was commissioned at Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in 1949. He returned to active duty during the Korean Was where he was stationed in Brooklyn New York in the Navy Supply Corps. Following the war he remained in the Reserves, eventually attaining the rank of Commander.
Social Interests: During his childhood, Sidney was active in the Boy Scouts and he began a life-long interest in working with animals
Obit info published in Philadelphia Inquirer & Philadelphia Daily News on July 9, 2003
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