Melvin Michael Rappaport M.D.

Melvin Michael Rappaport, M.D.
Melvin Michael Rappaport, M.D., 78, of Allentown, formerly of 3321 Chestnut St., Whitehall, died July 2, 2006 in his home. He was the husband of Lucienne (Ferrari) Rappaport. They were married for 50 years on June 15. He was a physician, operating a family practice in Whitehall, from 1960 until retiring in 1993. Born in Manhattan, New York, he was the son of the late Samuel and Ruth (Aaronowitz) Rappaport. He received his bachelors degree from New York University in 1949. He graduated from the University of Bern, Switzerland Medical School, in 1956, and from 1956 to 1957, he completed his medical internship at Allentown General Hospital. He served as a captain in the Army Medical Corps and the Army Reserves, from 1959-65. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Medical Association and Lehigh County Medical Society. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and on staff at Allentown General Hospital and Lehigh Valley Hospital. He was a member of the Chaine des Rotisseurs and served as Charge de Presse. Survivors: Wife; sons, Dr. Daniel M. Rappaport and his wife, Christine, of Whitehall and David R. Rappaport and his wife, Cheryl, of Short Hills, N.J.; daughter, Ruth L. Rappaport-Tyber and her husband, Alan, of Tampa, Fla.; grandchildren, Benjamin Rappaport and Alexandra Rappaport, both of Short Hills, Gabrielle Rappaport and Seth Rappaport and Samuel Rappaport, all of Whitehall; sister, Dolores Westmoreland of Scarsdale, N.Y. Services: will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 5 in the J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, 16th and Hamilton streets, Allentown. Calling hour will be held from 10-11 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Interment, Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, N.Y. Contributions: May be made in his memory to the American Heart Association, 212 E. Broad St., Bethlehem, PA 18018 or to the Alzheimers Association, 100 N. 17th St., second floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103.