Sherwin Sanford Kornblum

1931 - 2025

Husband, father, physician, patriarch, Sherwin Sanford Kornblum started out life in New York on November 10, 1931, born to Bluma and Irving Kornblum.
Sandy spent his early years living in Brooklyn with his parents and older brother Dolph. The family moved to Los Angeles, where Sandy attended Fairfax High School (he had skipped two grammar school grades) and worked in his dad's downtown butcher shop.
In 1952 Sandy met Charlene Kahn. They were just 19 and 20 but their union would last 72 years, producing five children-four of whom were born while Sandy was in training to become an orthopedic surgeon, and nine grandchildren.
In the 1960s they moved to Beverly Hills where Sandy joined a thriving Beverly Hills as a junior orthopedic surgeon. He worked in his chosen field for more than six decades, pioneering a collaborative approach to workers' compensation until he retired at age 84.
Charlene managed and ran the practice.
The two worked hard, traveled the world, and started a business in real estate. Their love and devotion to each other is the stuff of legends. They grew the medical practice and began what would become a thriving real estate company.
Sandy was known for his generosity, kindness, sense of humor, and ability to command a room simply by entering it.
His greatest gift was his fierce devotion to his family. He would regularly bring all his children and grandchildren together for holidays, vacations, and family celebrations. Each of his five children, each of their spouses, and each and every one of his nine grandchildren had their own special relationship with him.
Sandy created a world too large to contain in one obituary.
He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Charlene Kornblum; five children: Candyce Kornblum (spouse Adam Rosenstein), Lori Kornblum (spouse Bruce Semon), Harley Kornblum (spouse Carolyn Crandall), Janet Kornblum (spouse Rhys Pedersen), and David Kornblum (spouse Dawn Resnik). He also is survived by nine grandchildren: David Anger, Avi Semon, Sarah Semon, Mikah Shafran, Josh Kornblum, Julien Kornblum, Andrey Kornblum-Resnik, Ava-Rae Resnik-Kornblum, and Alijah Resnik-Kornblum.
Services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday March 4 at Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary, 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90045 and will be livestreamed at https://hillsidememorial.livecontrol.tv/a1982cdd.
In lieu of flowers, you may consider a donation to a charity of your choice or Doctors Without Borders or Jewish Federation Los Angeles.