(January 16, 1916--December 14, 1998)

NORWOOD--A graveside service for Max J. Halpern, 82, Orchard Street, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Francis Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.

Mr. Halpern died Monday at Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam, where he had been a patient since Nov. 23.

There will no calling hours. Arrangements are with Buck Funeral Home.

He was a retail manager with Shottenstein Department Stores, Cleveland, Ohio, and M.H. Fishman Store, Potsdam.

He was a member of Potsdam Lions Club, Cortland Masonic Lodge and the Shriners Club of Rutland, Vt., and a life member of the American Numismatic Association.

Born Jan. 16, 1916, in Pittsburgh, Pa., a son of Leonard and Bella Halpern, he married Juliette A. Veilleux on May 15, 1943. She died Oct. 10, 1990.

Surviving are a son, Leonard, Norwood; two sisters, Mrs. Milton (Blanche) Hirsch and Pearl Fink, both of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a grandson.

Two brothers, Albert and Harry, and a sister, Beatrice Halpern, died before him.

Donations may be made to Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley or the Salvation Army.

(Taken from the Wednesday, December 16, 1998 edition of the Watertown Daily Times).