Dr. Stephen Marc Singer

_57, of Mendon died April 28, 2007 at home with his family after a heroic, year long battle with brain cancer. He was the husband of Marcy Urban Singer for 35 years and the father of Megan Singer and Ellis Singer. Dr Singer practiced general dentistry in Blackstone, Massachusetts for twenty-eight years and was the owner of Blackstone Valley Dental Associates. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of Paul and Geraldine (Behrman) Singer and grew up in Valley Stream, NY. He attended Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, met and married his wife, Marcy. He attended the State University of New York Dental School at Stony Brook and after graduating worked briefly on the Navajo Indian reservation in Monument Valley, Utah. Dr. Singer practiced dentistry with the National Health Service Corps in West Virginia for several years before associating with his practice in Blackstone. He and his family lived, in Uxbridge for thirteen years prior to their move to Mendon in 1993. Dr. Singer was devoted to his wife and daughters and much loved by his BVDA staff and patients. In addition to his wife and daughters he leaves his parents Paul and Geraldine Singer of Valley Stream, NY; a sister Meryl and her husband Michael of Brooklyn, NY; a brother Eric of New York City; his mother-in-law Ora Urban of Ware; and nieces Eliza Hittman and Julie Hittman Lansky and husband Jared of New York City. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2007 from 5-8 PM in the Buma Funeral Home at 101 North Main St. (Rte. 122) in UXBRIDGE. A memorial service at the Singer home and graveside ceremony at Swandale Cemetery in Mendon will be private. In lieu, of flowers, donations in Dr. Singer's memory may be made to the Brain Tumor Society, 124 Watertown Street, Watertown, MA 02472 (www.tbts.org) www.bumafuneralhome.com