Murray Ivan Horewitz

1932 - 2000  (67 years)

• Name	Murray Ivan Horewitz
  Birth	20 Aug 1932	Uniontown, WESTMORELAND, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 June 2000	Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Burial	Holy Society Cemetery, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I173	Azen
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Gerhart Max Horewitz,   b. 25 Jul 1902, Connellsville, FAYETTE, Pennsylvania d. 9 Mar 1966, Connellsville, FAYETTE, Pennsylvania (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Rose Azen,   b. 27 Jun 1907, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania d. 1 Jul 1967, Connellsville, WESTMORELAND, Pennsylvania (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1930	Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  Notes	U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Name: Gerhart Max Horewitz Age: 40 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 25 Jul 1902 Birth Place: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA Residence Place: Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Registration Date: 1942 Registration Place: Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Employer: Fayette Motor Finance Corporation Weight: 167 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Black Height: 5 8 Next of Kin: Rose A Horewitz Household Members: Name Relationship Gerhart Max Horewitz Self (Head)
  Photos		Azen-Horewitz Wedding Announcement Pittsburgh Jewish Criterion, Sep 19, 1930, p. 300
  Documents		Federal Census 1940, Gerhart Horewitz family 1218 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, Pennsylvania
  		Federal Census 1950, Gerhart Horewitz family 1218 S. Pittsburgh Street Connellsville, Pennsylvania
  Histories		Horewitz - Azen Engagement Announcement The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Thursday, March 20, 1930
  		Horewitz - Azen Wedding Announcement The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) Tuesday, Sept. 12, 1930, p. 2
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Arlane Sandra Levine,   b. 12 Aug 1938, New Kensington, WESTMORELAND, Pennsylvania d. 15 Sep 1996 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	22 Oct 1961	Indiana, INDIANA, Pennsylvania
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living
  Histories » Slide Show		Wedding Announcement for Murray Horewitz and Arlane Levine Indiana Evening Gazette (Indiana, Pennsylvania) 1961 October 24, p.8
  		Horewitz - Levine Wedding Announcement Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Saturday, November 25, 1961
  		Horewitz - Levine Engagement Announcement The Indiana Gazette Indiana, Pennsylvania · Thursday, October 05, 1961
  Family ID	F55	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2019

  
  

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  Headstone of Murray Horewitz Holy Society Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Hopwood, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  
  

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  [S5] SSDI. MURRAY I. HOREWITZ Murray I. Horewitz, a well-known local attorney, died Monday, June 5, 2000, at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born Aug. 20, 1932, in Uniontown, a son of the late Gerhart and Rose Azen Horewitz. Murray was raised in Connellsville and graduated from Connellsville High School with the Class of 1950. He graduated from Penn State University in 1954, then served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1954 through 1956. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1959 from the University of Pittsburgh Law School, and was admitted to the practice of law in 1960. He was a member of the Fayette County and Pennsylvania bar associations. Murray served his profession and his community in many ways. He worked as an Assistant District Attorney of Fayette County from 1960 to 1963. He was past president of the Fayette County Bar Association and currently served on the Board. He was a former director of the Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and treasurer of that organization. Mr. Horewitz served as past solicitor for the Borough of Everson, Bullskin Township, and Fayette County Register of Wills. Mr. Horewitz had served the Connellsville Area School District as solicitor since September 1974, and had been a member of the board of directors of C.R.H. Catering Co. Inc., since 1960. He was most recently appointed as solicitor for the Fayette County Health Center Authority Board. Murray was a member of many civic and fraternal organizations, including the Greater Connellsville Chamber of Commerce, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Connellsville Moose, B.P.O. Elks and the Connellsville United Way. He served in 1973 as honorary chairman of the Fayette County Retarded Children's Fund. He also served as president of B'Nai Israel Synagogue, Connellsville, and was serving as president of the Tree of Life Synagogue, Uniontown. Mr. Horewitz had been selected for membership in the American Judicature Society, Who's Who in American Law, America's Leading Lawyers, and Who's Who in the East. In 1987, Murray was appointed by Gov. Robert Casey as Chairman of the Trial Court Nominating Commission for selection of a judge in Fayette County. Mr. Horewitz is survived by his loving wife, Robin Pritts Horewitz of Connellsville; his three children, Milynn Hoffman and her husband, Mark Hoffman, and their three children, Alex, Elissa, and Max, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Deborah Hughes of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Gary Horewitz and his wife, Jessica, of Silver Spring, Md.; his brother, James Horewitz of California; his aunt, Beatrice Horewitz of Connellsville; and numerous other aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. In addition to his parents, Mr. Horewitz was predeceased by his beloved wife of 35 years, Arlane Horewitz in 1996. Mr. Horewitz had a private law practice in Connellsville, through which he worked for many people throughout the area since 1960. His practice of law extended throughout Fayette, Westmoreland, and surrounding counties. Most recently, he was senior partner at the law firm of Horewitz & Cordaro in Connellsville. Friends will be received in the VITO C. MARTUCCI FUNERAL HOME, First Street, Connellsville, Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon, at which time a funeral service will be held. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to be made to Animal Friends, 2643 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (412) 566-2103, or to the American Cancer Society, 241 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15221.