Max Singer

(Asbury Park Press)

MAX SINGER
AGE: 90 TINTON FALLS
Max Singer, 90, of Tinton Falls, passed away on Friday, November 6, at home. Max was born in Rszeszow, Poland, came to the United States when he was four years old and grew up in the Bronx, New York. He received his Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering at City College, New York; a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute; and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University. He worked from 1940-1942 at Schenley Distilleries in the Empire State Building as a chemical engineer; from 1941-1942 at the Corps of Engineers on Wall Street as inspector of engineering materials; and from 1943-1980 at Fort Monmouth as a chemical engineer and later an electrical engineer as Chief of a Branch in Production Engineering, then on the staff of Research and Development Laboratories. Max served as president of Monmouth Reform Temple, Lunch Break, and Monmouth County Senior Citizens Council. He was a board member of Jewish Federation of Monmouth County and chair of their Soviet Jewry Task Force. He has served on the Board of Directors of Interfaith Neighbors since its inception, and had been a volunteer worker there. He conducted religious services at four nursing homes and two assisted living facilities, and volunteered at Lunch Break for many years. He was a member of Monmouth Reform Temple, The League of Women Voters, Holocaust Genocide and Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale, and the National Association of Federal Employees.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Lila; two sons, Joe and his wife Martha Minow, Bob and his wife Anne Rayman , a daughter, Gale and her husband Peter Adland; six grandchildren, Adam and his wife Helene, Ari, Rachel, Jesse, Naomi and Mira, and a great-granddaughter, Eliora.
Services will be at Monmouth Reform Temple, on Sunday, November 8 at 1PM. Shiva will be observed at the Singer residence Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels Ocean Township is in charge of arrangements.