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Mrs. Sarah Sheftel, Executive's Widow Mrs. Sarah M. Sheftel, 75 of 622 N. 22nd St., Allentown, widow of Abraham A. Sheftel, died last night in Allentown Hospital. Her husband had been the founder and president of Sheftel & Malenovsky, a textile waste company of Allentown and Catasauqua. He died in April 1961. Mrs. Sheftel was a member of Temple Beth El. Born in Allentown, she was a daughter of the late Elias and Hinda Malenovsky. Surviving are two daughters, Beatrice, wife of Harold Shmookler and Reba, wife of Atty. E. G. Scoblionko, and two sons, Milton and Harold, all of Allentown; 12 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services will be at 1:30 p.m tomorrow in the Bachman Funeral Home, 1030 Walnut St., Allentown.

Reba H. Scoblionko Reba H. Scoblionko, 97, of Allentown, passed away February 22, 2018 in her home. She was the widow of Attorney E. G. Scoblionko, who passed away in 1975. Born in Allentown, she was a daughter of the late Abraham and Sarah (Malenovsky) Sheftel. After her husband's passing, she embarked on a career as a real estate agent. She was primarily associated with Brookhaven Realty and Fretz Realty. She was a member of Temple Beth El, Allentown, where she was a past President of the Sisterhood. Reba was a graduate of the Julliard School of Music, and was a lifetime member of the Allentown Music Club. Survivors: Sons, Attorney Mark H. Scoblionko, and his wife, Deena; Dr. David P. Scoblionko and Eric M. Scoblionko; Grandchildren, Nanci Scoblionko Bramson and her husband, Jim; Andrew, Evan, Alix, Seth, Ari, Ben and Jonathan Scoblionko; Great Grandchildren, Bennett, Sabrina and Elliot. She was predeceased by her siblings, Beatrice Shmookler, Milton and Harold Sheftel. Services: 1:30 PM Sunday, Feb. 25th, at Temple Beth El, 1305 Springhouse Road, Allentown, PA 18104. Burial will follow at Beth El Memorial Park, Whitehall. Arrangements entrusted to Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith Funeral Home, Allentown. Contributions: May be made to the E.G. Scoblionko Philanthropic Fund at Temple Beth El at the address above.

SCOBLIONKO Atty, Emanuel G.. 65 years 8 months t days, of 1880 Nottingham Road, Allentown, Feb. 12, 1975, in New York. Husband of Reba H. (Sheftel) Scoblionko. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Temple Beth El, 17th end Hamilton streets. Allentown. Interment, Beth El Memorial Park. No calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Day School of Allentown or Memorial Hospital at 68th Street end York Avenue, New York, In care of Dr. Paul Sherlock. Bachman.

Atty. E.G. Scoblionko dies; Jewish community leader Atty. Emanuel G. Scoblionko, one of Lehigh County's senior lawyers and a leader of Allentown's Jewish community for many years, died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital, New York. He was 65. A longtime president of Temple Beth El, Allentown, Scoblionko was a past president of the World Council of Synagogues and of the Eastern Pennsylvania Region, United Synagogues of America. A former president of the Lehigh County Bar Association, Scoblionko was chairman of its rules committee at the time of his death. He was the husband of the former Reba H. Sheftel of Allentown, a vocalist and patron of the arts. Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Temple Beth El. There will be no calling hours. The Bachman Funeral Home of Allentown is in charge of arrangements. Born in the Soviet Union, he was a son of the late George and Rose Scoblionko. Surviving besides his widow are three sons, Atty. Mark H. of Allentown, in practice with his father; David P., a student at Temple University Medical School, and Eric M., a student at the University of Pennsylvania; a sister, Mrs. Dena Justin of Mamaroneck, N.Y.; a brother, Atty. Raphael G. Scobey of New York, and two grandchildren. Scoblionko, who used his initials E. G., graduated from Lehigh University in 1931 and received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1934. While there, he was an editor of the university's Law Review. In later years he was elected a trustee of the university's law school. A busy trial lawyer who conducted a general practice, Scoblionko was an authority on the Social Security laws and lectured on them. He was involved in several of the largest suits heard in Lehigh County Court. Scoblionko devoted many volunteer hours to his faith and the welfare of the Jewish people at home and abroad. In May of last year, Scoblionko was honored by the United Synagogues on the 10th anniversary of his election to the presidency of the world council. Also recognized was his long and dedicated service to the Conservative Judaism movement. In 1960, a total of 800 members and friends of Temple Beth El gave Scoblionko a testimonial in appreciation of his leadership. In 1961, he was chairman of the biennial convention of the United Synagogues of America. He represented Beth El at a conclave in Israel in 1962. In addition, he was the first secretary of the constitutional convention of the world council. Paying tribute to his work in 1956 was the New York Jewish Theological Seminary. In 1935, Scoblionko joined the Allentown law firm of Snyder, Wert and Wilcox. He formed his own firm with Atty. Bernard Frank in 1953. In later years, Attys. William G. Malkames and Donald H. Lipson joined his firm. After his son, Mark, completed law school, Scoblionko named him a partner in the firm with offices at 40 S. 5th St., Allentown. At one time Scoblionko had political ambitions. In 1936 he was an unsuccessful State House candidate from Allentown's then 2nd District. A liberal, he ran on a platform calling for more "humanitarian legislation" in Harrisburg. As a former deputy attorney general for the Pennsylvania Revenue Department, Scoblionko prosecuted persons who sought to evade the state's personal property tax. A strong believer in equal opportunity and civil rights for minorities, Scoblionko was a member of the Lehigh Valley bipartisan subcommittee of Pennsylvania's Committee for Fair Employment Practices. He was a former counsel for the Lehigh Valley Needle Trades Association and was solicitor for the Lehigh County Industrial Development Corp. (IDC). A jaunty man of slight build, Scoblionko was exceptionally neat about his work and appearance, and he often sported those large butterfly bowties worn by the younger lawyers in town. Among his colleagues he was known as a man with a tremendous capacity for work that he processed rapidly. He was a member of the American and Pennsylvania bar associations and of the American Trial Lawyers' Association. Scoblionko was a former member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's house of delegates, and a former member of the board of managers, University of Pennsylvania Law School Alumni Association. A devoted family man, Scoblionko was very proud of the singing talents of his wife Reba, who had graduated from New York's Juilliard School of Music. After he was installed as president of the World Council of Synagogues in New York in 1964, Scoblionko became better known to the leaders of world Jewry. In that same year he urged Jewish and Moslem religious leaders to seek peaceful solutions to their differences at a special conference. Sharing his wife's interest in the performing arts, Scoblionko was a former trustee of the Memorial Foundation of Jewish Culture. Scoblionko was active in the Legal Services Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He was elected president of the county bar association in 1967. In that same year, he was named vice president of United Synagogues, an office he held until his death. In his last year, Scoblionko proudly carried the titles of honorary president of the World Council and of Temple Beth El. At the tribute paid to him in May, Rabbi Emeritus William Greenburg of Beth El described Scoblionko as "a friend, an attorney, president of Temple Beth EI, chairman of the board and building committee. He brought honor, credit and dignity to himself, Jus family, his community and to the Conservative Judaism movement." Responding to accolades given him at that United Synagogues regional conference, Scoblionko challenged the leaders of the conference workshops "to pursue your efforts in the spirit of the early founders of Conservative Judaism, and try to merge and harmonize the traditional and the beauty of new life."