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Samuel Rubel Dies At Home In Ridgefield Leader of New York Ice and Fuel Industry Also Brewery Head Ridgefieid, April 29. (AP.)- Samuel Rubel, a leader in the ice and fuel industry in New York City and northern New Jersey, and president of the Ebling Brewery, died at his home, Sunset Hall, here today. Rubel was stricken in New York two days ago and was brought here to recuperate from what members of his household described as a coronary thrombosis. He was a native of Russia who came here in 1921 and for several years was an ice peddler in Brooklyn. With the years he expanded his holdings to become head of the Mountain Ice and Fuel Corporation, in New Jersey, the Rubel Corporation, New York City, and other businesses. Rubel bought Sunset Hall with its 44-room house and 110 acres of grounds two years ago from Mrs. Ruth Cuten who had offered it as a sight for United Nations headquarters. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Dora Naehmovitz Rubel, of this town, and two daughters, Mrs. Bernice Ross and Mrs. Honora Shapiro, both of Roslyn, L. I. Funeral services will be held in New York Sunday.