Dr. Jack Grundfest

Dr. Jack Grundfest of Kearny, N.J., and Belleville, N.J., passed away on June 18, 2014, after a long illness.
Services will be held on Sunday, June 22, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the Jewish Memorial Chapel, Clifton, N.J., jewishmemorialchapel.org.
Dr. Grundfest was born in Kearny, N.J., on April 7, 1917, the youngest of five children. His parents, Aaron and Gertrude Grundfest, came to the United States from Minsk in 1913.
He was a graduate of Kearny High School, obtained a B.A. degree from NYU, and earned his M.D. degree in 1943 from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine.
He married Karolyn Scott, a classical musician from Little Rock, Ark., right after graduation.
He interned at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. Subsequently, he served as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps on Saipan and became deputy surgeon of the Western Pacific Base Command. He was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the American Theatre Campaign Medal, and the Victory Medal.
After the war he took further training at Indianapolis (Ind.) City Hospital and at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y.
He was a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
He was medical director at West Hudson Hospital and served as chief of surgery in three hospitals: West Hudson Hospital in Kearny, N.J., Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J., and St. James Hospital in Newark. He held the position of assistant clinical professor of surgery, New Jersey College of Medicine.
Dr. Grundfest was active in many community activities, including the Men's Clubs of Congregation Ahavath Achim and Congregation Ner Tamid.
He was a commander of Amvets Post 43 and surgeon general of Amvets for the State of New Jersey. He was a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club and served as a president of the Belleville chapter. He sponsored the Belleville Rotary Merit Awards for Scholastic Achievement at Belleville High School.
He was a trustee of the Essex County United Fund, a staunch supporter of the New Jersey Symphony, and contributed to many other charitable organizations, including the Belleville Foundation.
Dr. Grundfest is survived by his wife of 71 years, Karolyn; his daughter, Dr. Sharon Grundfest-Broniatowski of Cleveland, Ohio, and his son, Dr. Warren Grundfest of Los Angeles, Calif.; grandsons, Daniel Broniatowski, DMA, of Boston, Mass., and David Broniatowski, Ph.D., of Baltimore, Md., and great-grandson, Noah Broniatowski.
He was predeceased by his siblings, Harry Grundfest, Ph.D., of New York and Woods Hole, Mass.; Rose Grundfest Schneider, Ph.D., of Galveston, Texas; Philip Grundfest, M.D., of West Orange, N.J., and Isaac Grundfest, who died in childhood.
Contributions can be made to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Belleville Public Library, or Temple Ner Tamid.