The Markow Family Tree

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 Nachmovitz 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.

Albert Shapiro, 72, Sands Point Executive, Rotarian Albert Shapiro, president of Commander Oil Corp. in Oyster Bay, died last Monday in his sleep at his home in Sands Point. He was 72. “I’ll miss his laughter, his generosity, his kindness and his goodness to everyone,” said Honora Shapiro, 70, his wife of 55 years. “We were childhood sweethearts. We met when his mother and my mother took us to the circus. I was 7, he was 10.” The two were wed two weeks after Honora graduated from Friends Acade my in Locust Valley. Mr. Shapiro was in the Coast Guard Academy, and before he could graduate, he was shipped out during World War II to serve in the Pacific Theater. After the war, Mr. Shapiro rose through the ranks at Rubel Corp, a wholesale distributor of ice, coal, and fuel oil in the Tristate area. Mr. Shapiro joined his family business in 1956. He was elected president of Commander Oil in 1979. He also served as chairman of the board, president, and chief executive of Shorewood Financial Inc. in Lake Worth, Fla., a mortgage banking firm. Born in Glen Cove, Mr. Shapiro also was a civic activist. In 1962, he was president of the Oyster Bay Chamber of Commerce and president of the Oyster Bay Rotary Club. In 1971, he was elected chairman of the Rotary International Youth Exchange Program for District 7250, a position he held for 25 years. In 1975 and 1976, he served as district governor of Rotary International for Kings, Queens, and Nassau Counties. In 1986, he held the office of Rotary International’s Youth Exchange Contact for South Africa. Mr Shapiro also was a Mason and a Shriner. From 1983 to 1992, he served as a director of the New York State American Lung Association. Since 1987, he was an active member of the Sands Point zoning appeals board. Mr. Shapiro was a trustee of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He also is survived by two daughters, Barbara, of Sands Point, and Kelly and her husband, Louis Gonda, of Beverly Hills; son Stephen, of Florida,; a brother, Harold, of Roslyn; and five grandchildren, Eli, Eva, Nicolas, Jonathan, and Michael Gonda, all of Beverly Hills A private funeral was held and attended by the family.

SHAPIRO-Albert, on February 16, 1998, of Sands Point, L.I. Beloved husband of Honey (Honora). Devoted father of Stephen Shapiro, Barbara Witkin, Kelly and Lou Gonda. Dearest brother and best friend to Harold. Adored brotherin-law to Barbara. Cherished grandfather of Eli, Eva, Nicolas, Jonathan and Michael. Loving son of the late Eva and Benjamin Shapiro of Blessed Memory. Also acknowledged by all his nieces, grandnieces and grandnephews. He was a man of amazing wisdom and kindness, a respected and admired friend to all. Services today, 12 noon, at Community Synagogue, 150 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point. Interment, New Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, L.I.