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MITCHELL WAIFE Obituary
91, grandson of the Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, died January 6, 2015. Mitchell was the executive director of the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged for 38 years. (Now called Jewish Home Lifecare). He was an outstanding leader and innovator in the field of geriatrics. He was a member of state and national committees on aging. Mitchell was a WWll Veteran having served in the United States Army Air Force. Mitchell is survived by his wife Adele, daughter Sandra and Steven Rothenberg, son Robert and Laurene Waife and grandchildren Bradley, Lindsay, Benjamin and Ari. Kind and compassionate he loved his family. We will miss him dearly. Mitchell you are forever in our hearts. Donations can be made to Jewish Home Lifecare, 120 West 106 St, NYC, NY 10025 and The Jewish Home for the Elderly, 175 Jefferson St, Fairfield, CT. 06825.
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Peter D Aglione
Yesterday
I was employed as Director of Pharmacy at the Hebrew Homes in 1961-1962, splitting my time between the West 106th Street location and the Kingsbridge Road location.I was their very first pharmacist and I had to build one from scratch.
Mitchell Waife was the CEO and a very kind and talented gentleman. He was assisted by Mina Adler Stern, a lovely administrator to whom I reported. Dr. Bernstein, MD was the chief of the medical staff.
Peter D. Aglione, RPh, registered pharmacist (now retired) and living in Westchester County, Hawthorne,,NY.
January 14, 2015
You will always live in our hearts and prayers. Isaiah 28:8
Barbara Magid
January 12, 2015
Dear Adele,
Mitch was a very special person and we enjoyed knowing him. We are so sorry for your loss and will continue to remember Mitch with great fondness.
Irene Soskin
January 11, 2015
Dear Adele,
I will never forget our foursome with you and Mitchell in our Florida retirement: going to the plays at Florida stage, taking cruises together, enjoying going out to dinner, enjoying life. And I will never forget how Mitch helped my Dad in troubled times. Or the special bond forged between Mitch and Harry. His many friends here truly miss him.
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January 10, 2015
Dear Adele,
I am sorry about your loss. I am looking forward to seeing you.
Love, Helen Sacks
Estelle Reingold
January 8, 2015
Oh Mitch
It feels like only yesterday that you hired me for my first social work job and deepened the warm relationship Jacob and I maintained with you and Adele for far too few years
A star has dimmed with your passing.
David Feldstein
January 8, 2015
Mitch Waife was the Executive Director of the Jewish Home when it, along with over twenty other agencies joined to establish SPOP, The Service Program for Older People. We received grants, over four years, that started our group therapy program from JHHA. May his memory be a blessing.
David Feldstein, Founding Executive Director, SPOP
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