Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Died April 10, 2020
Age 95
Obituary
SECKLER, Bernard David “Bernie” Feb. 14, 1925 – Apr. 10, 2020, son of Samuel Seckler and Anna Wucher, died peacefully after a short bout of coronavirus complications in Newton, MA… Armed with a Master’s in mathematics from Columbia University and a PhD in mathematics from New York University, Bernie began his teaching career at Pratt Institute and spent his later years as a math professor at C.W. Post in Brookville, Long Island. He supplemented the family income for twenty-five years by translating Russian math textbooks into English after teaching himself to read Russian.
Published in The Boston Globe
“I always loved his competitive Crossword and Bingo playing, his sunny disposition, and his concern for Evelyn. “
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