Lee K. Rosenzweig (1942 - 2017)
Brooklyn, NY in Kings County, New York, United States
Brooklyn, NY in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States
Lee Rosenzweig's Biography
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He inherited some money from a family friend and moved to Chester, Arkansas in 1972 to live the simple life and living off the land for 17 years. He met his future wife at that time, but neither of them knew it. A chance meeting 16 years later, he and Lonnadene fell in love and married in 1989. He then went back to school, became an LPN and worked as an LPN for several years. He had the opportunity to teach nurse’s aide classes and later was a clinical instructor for the LPN program at Westark College. When that ran its course, he went to work for the Fort Smith public school system as a paraprofessional. He loved his students and they loved him. When he retired at the age of 70 he became a substitute teacher. He loved to work and had no plans to stop. He and his wife, Lonnadene, loved to cruise and visited 42 countries, a fact he was very proud of. Even though he was born and raised in the Jewish faith, he later embraced Christianity and was baptized. He described himself as a “Messianic Jew.” He was the chairman of services for many years at Church of God on Jackson Street.
He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Lonnadene Rosenzweig of the home; one son, Meyer Israel Rosenzweig and former wife Sarah of Mountainburg; and two grandsons, Roland and Zeb, both of Mountainburg. He will be missed by his many friends and family.
Visitation will be Friday from 5-7 p.m. at Lewis-Roberts Funeral Chapel, 4817 Kelley Highway, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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Lee Rosenzweig, a wonderful, loving man, left this life Dec. 28, 2017, after a long battle with cancer. Lee was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 10, 1942. He had many careers in his lifetime. At 17 he sold greeting cards door to door in Midwood, Brooklyn. He worked for G.H.I. and helped develop the first dental insurance in the U.S. He worked as an agent on the docks and was a salesman for a grocery chain, to name a few. His last job before leaving New York was a taxi driver.
He inherited some money from a family friend and moved to Chester, Arkansas in 1972 to live the simple life and living off the land for 17 years. He met his future wife at that time, but neither of them knew it. A chance meeting 16 years later, he and Lonnadene fell in love and married in 1989. He then went back to school, became an LPN and worked as an LPN for several years. He had the opportunity to teach nurse’s aide classes and later was a clinical instructor for the LPN program at Westark College. When that ran its course, he went to work for the Fort Smith public school system as a paraprofessional. He loved his students and they loved him. When he retired at the age of 70 he became a substitute teacher. He loved to work and had no plans to stop. He and his wife, Lonnadene, loved to cruise and visited 42 countries, a fact he was very proud of. Even though he was born and raised in the Jewish faith, he later embraced Christianity and was baptized. He described himself as a “Messianic Jew.” He was the chairman of services for many years at Church of God on Jackson Street.
He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Lonnadene Rosenzweig of the home; one son, Meyer Israel Rosenzweig and former wife Sarah of Mountainburg; and two grandsons, Roland and Zeb, both of Mountainburg. He will be missed by his many friends and family.
Visitation will be Friday from 5-7 p.m. at Lewis-Roberts Funeral Chapel, 4817 Kelley Highway, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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In 1942, in the year that Lee K. Rosenzweig was born, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
In 1952, at the age of just 10 years old, Lee was alive when on February 6th, George VI of England died from a coronary thrombosis and complications due to lung cancer. His eldest daughter, age 25, immediately ascended the throne as Elizabeth II and her coronation was on June 2 1953.
In 1970, he was 28 years old when on May 1st, US troops invaded Cambodia, expanding the Vietnam War. The invasion of Cambodia was a Nixon policy, although it was argued against by both his Secretary of State and his Secretary of Defense.
In 1983, when he was 41 years old, "crack" cocaine was developed in the Bahamas and spread to the United States. Previously, cocaine had been cut with other substances, diluting it. Crack was 80% pure and therefore was more addictive. It was also cheaper, making it more easily available to low income neighborhoods.
In 1997, by the time he was 55 years old, on June 26th, the first Harry Potter book by J. K. Rowling was released. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was an immediate success and spawned not only sequels but also movies, video games, plays, and amusement park attractions. J.K. Rowling, at the time of the first book a poor single mother, has become a multi-billionaire.