Dr. Hubert L. Gerstman

Dr. Hubert L. GERSTMAN Died on October 7, 2008 of injuries sustained in an auto accident. Hubert was born in Buffalo, NY in 1934. Hubert attended Geneseo State College in NY, served with the U.S. Army 8th Division Army Band as a tuba player. Upon returning stateside, met his future wife Nanci Wintrub. They attended graduate school at Penn State where Hubert earned his Masters and Doctoral Degrees in Audiology and Speech Therapy. In the prime of his career, Hubert was the Director of Speech and Hearing and Language at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston. Hubert and Nanci raised their family in the Boston Area and subsequently spent time in New York prior to moving to Kirkland, Washington. In Washington, Hubie played tuba with the Bellevue Community Band and was an active member of Temple B'nai Torah. In his passing, Hubert leaves wife Nanci, daughter Evana Gerstman of Sammamish, daughter Gavriella and her husband Gary Schuster and grandchildren Hannah and Zack of Brier, and son Josh Gerstman and his wife Heather Cutting and grandson Jacob of Covington. He is preceded in death by his parents Sidney and Lillian and his brother Henry. He is also survived by his sister and her husband Drs. Sara and Douglas Sirkin of Buffalo, and his sister-in-law Cec Gerstman of Denver. Inurnment at Tahoma National Cemetery at 9:30 a.m. Friday, 10/10; Memorial Service at 4:00 p.m., 10/10 at Temple B'nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue, WA 98008. Remembrances to the Jewish Family Services Food Bank or your local food bank. For more information visit www.Yahnandson.com