EGON-FIRESIDE-Obituary

EGON FIRESIDE

San Francisco, California

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American Cancer Society

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Egon Fireside Dec 27, 1923 - May 9, 2012 On May 9th, at the age of 88, Egon Fireside passed away peacefully in San Francisco. Born in Vienna on December 27th, 1923, Egon and his family fled to Shanghai during WWII where he became a photographer's apprentice. After surviving the Holocaust, with...

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During this time under "house arrest"...I have noticed that I have spent time thinking about people and places from my past.
Yesterday I posted about GNC declaring bankruptcy...and I suddenly started thinking about my first business which was a Natural Food Store on Chestnut Street in San Francisco...I only owned it for 4.5 years, and sold it to a customer...who later sold it to a Chinese man, who later sold it to GNC.

But what I really remembered were the people who were my...

Egon was an astute business man and a true gentleman. We were competitors in the retail Photographic Industry and yet always friendly and ran his business the proper way. They don't make them like that anymore. My condolences to all of his family.

Steve Franco (Discount Camera)

eGON WAS MY OLDEST AND DEAREST FRIEND. wE MET IN 1939 ON THE SHIP cHENANCEAU ON THE WAY TO sHANGHAI. hE TOOK OUR WEDDING ICTURES THERE IN L946 AND WE REMAINED CLOSE. tRIXIE'S PARENTS IN vANCOUVER HELPED HIM REAIN HIS HEALTH AND TRIXIE AND i WILL MISS HIM dORIS sCHEUER IN pALM sPRINGS BECAME HIS DEAR COMPANION AND FRIEND-tRIXIE INTRODUCED THEM. oUR LOVE AND SYMPANTHY TO THE FAMILY. FRANK AND TRIXIE WACHSNER, TERRY,TIM AND TRACY.