Samuel G. Fredman

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Samuel Fredman Obituary

Name: Service for Samuel G. Fredman
Start: 2018-03-16T15:30:00.000Z
Location: Temple Israel Center,

Hon. Samuel G. Fredman

White Plains - Hon. Samuel G. Fredman of White Plains passed on March 14, 2018. Survived by his sons Neil (Michele) and Andrew (Susan Leon), grandchildren Daniel (Stephanie), Joshua (Jaime), Ariele (Perry) and Alison, and 2 great grandchildren. Services Friday at 11:30 a.m. Temple Israel Center, 280 Mamaroneck Rd.,White Plains, N.Y.

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Published by The Journal News from Mar. 15 to Mar. 16, 2018.

Memories and Condolences
for Samuel Fredman

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thomas mcgarrity

March 28, 2018

sam was a friend and mentor to me when when i was a candidate for public office
rest in peace sam

Joel Knoblauch

March 20, 2018

Sam was a wonderful cousin and friend. Irreplaceable. You are missed.
Love and condolences to all the Fredman family.
PS: Dear Sam: Please disregard the phone messages I left for you last week; except for the "I love you" parts. I did not know ...

March 16, 2018

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.

Deborah Cohen

March 16, 2018

My heart is broken. I have lost not only my true mentor, but one of my dearest and most loved friends. I find this almost impossible to write - how can my few inadequate words possibly honor Sam in the way I earnestly wish to?
I had the privilege of first meeting and working for the Honorable Samuel G. Fredman in the late 90's. It had been he who taught me so many things I never learned in law school, as well as my first real lessons in understanding human nature. Those lessons have served me well throughout my professional career and personal life. (Lest I forget, he also was the first wordsmith I had met, and the first to tell me that I had the unfortunate writing habit of splitting my infinitives). Three things I value most from those early years of our working together was that Sam was the first person who voiced respect for my professional abilities, helped me develop confidence in my judgment and cautioned me about never veering from my moral compass true north.
While so many of you knew him as a brilliant lawyer and formidable legal adversary, a fair, impartial and learned judge, a clever and stealth politician, a mover and shaker in the community, a philanthropist for varied causes, an ardent supporter of all things Jewish and/or the most helpful of friends, always ready to make whatever phone call he could on your behalf, I mostly knew him simply as the caring friend he was. Never was Sam too busy to say "hello," and true to his word, he always did return every phone call. Our friendship continued to grow in the years following Sam's leaving the bench. We enjoyed weekly get-togethers, he often sharing his endlessly entertaining and wildly amusing memories and bubbe meises. It was difficult for me to fully comprehend and relate to Sam's incredible life experiences.
Throughout the years, I also have had the privilege of getting to know Sam's loving family and witness this patriarch's incredible love and affection for his ever-growing family. Sam would burst with pride relating the latest accomplishment of one of his grandchildren. And he was over the moon with the recent births of his two great grandchildren.
These past two years revealed Sam, with ever failing health, to be a courageous man who exemplified living each day with grace. Sam knew and appreciated that he had lived an extraordinary life. He keenly was aware that he had been truly blessed in countless ways throughout his lifetime. Sam expressed no fears or worries about his dying. Undoubtedly, his lifetime of good works was more than fair quid pro quo for his many blessings.
Sam will be remembered by many as being a true mensch. He will forever live in my heart as being one of the most caring and loving people I have had the privilege of calling my dear friend. He already is sorely missed.

Cima Katz

March 16, 2018

As a child of one of Sam's close personal friends for many years, I've been privy to his thoughtfulness, kindness and humor for as long as I can remember. In recent years, when he was still driving, he would drop by Dad's after his radio show on the weekend; if I was lucky enough to be visiting, I would be treated to his many stories and the joking and reparte that only folks who have closely shared life's ups and downs can deliver. A very special human being has left us. My condolences to Neil, Andy and the family. May his memory be a blessing.

Deborah L Cohen

March 16, 2018

My heart is broken. I have lost not only my true mentor, but one of my dearest and most loved friends. I find this almost impossible to write - how can my few inadequate words possibly honor Sam in the way I earnestly wish to?

I had the privilege of first meeting and working for the Honorable Samuel G. Fredman in the late 90's. It had been he who taught me so many things I never learned in law school, as well as my first real lessons in understanding human nature. Those lessons have served me well throughout my professional career and personal life. (Lest I forget, he also was the first wordsmith I had met, and the first to tell me that I had the unfortunate writing habit of splitting my infinitives). The three things I value most from those early years of our working together was that Sam was the first person who voiced respect for my professional abilities, he helped me develop confidence in my judgment, and he cautioned me about not veering from my moral compass true north.

While so many of you knew him as a brilliant lawyer and formidable legal adversary, a fair, impartial and learned judge, a clever and stealth politician, a mover and shaker in the community, a philanthropist for varied causes, an ardent supporter of all things Jewish, and/or the most helpful of friends, always ready to make whatever phone call he could on your behalf, I mostly knew him simply as the caring man he was. Never was Sam too busy to say "hello," and true to his word, he always did return every phone call.

Our friendship continued to grow in the years following Sam's leaving the bench. We enjoyed weekly get-togethers, he often sharing his endlessly entertaining and wildly amusing memories and bubbe meises. Some made me laugh, some made me cry, some made me blush. It was difficult for me to fully comprehend and relate to Sam's incredible life experiences. He sure had come a long way from Shenandoah.

Throughout the years, I also have had the privilege of getting to know Sam's loving family and witness this patriarch's incredible love and affection for his ever-growing family. Sam would burst with pride relating a grandchild's latest accomplishment. And he was over the moon with the recent births of his two great-grandchildren.

These past two years revealed Sam, with ever failing health, to be a courageous man who exemplified living each day with grace. Sam knew and appreciated that he had lived an extraordinary life. He keenly was aware that he had been truly blessed in countless ways throughout his lifetime. Sam expressed no fears or worries about dying. Undoubtedly, his lifetime of good works was more than fair quid pro quo for his many blessings.

Sam will be remembered by many as being a true mensch. He will forever live in my heart as being one of the most caring and loving people I have had the privilege of calling my dear friend. He already is sorely missed.

Deborah L. Cohen

Gayle Radom

March 15, 2018

Good bye old friend.
Rest In Peace.

Daniel Kalish

March 15, 2018

My condolences to Judge Fredman's family. He was a great judge, a great neutral, and a great man. It was a privilege to know him. He will be missed.

Richard Weingarten

March 15, 2018

Sam did more good things for the Westchester and New York than its citizens will ever realize. His achievements and deportment as a Party Chair, Judge, Lawyer, leader of the Matrimonial Bar, lay religious leader, and plain citizen were admirable. Still grieving from his wife's untimely death, he left his firm and agreed to serve on The Supreme Court at my urging in order to raise the bar for membership. During Yonkers darkest hour, he put partisan politics aside and worked tirelessly to try to save its citizens from themselves. Examples abound, but most of all he was a mensch who cared and gave and gave again. The World needs more of his like. RIP, dear Sam, I miss you already, Richard Weingarten

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