Sidney Fagin

Graveside services for Sidney Fagin, 84, Lawrence, were in Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge, N.J.

Mr. Fagin died Monday, June 23, 2003, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born Feb. 25, 1919, in Bronx, N.Y., the son of Joseph and Sarah (Cohen) Fagin. He received a degree in aviation from City College in New York City. He moved to Lawrence in 1999 from Freehold, N.J.

Mr. Fagin served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was an aeronautical engineer for Raytheon for 30 years before he retired in 1989. He was a member of the Jewish faith.

He married Helen Mankuta on March 11, 1945, in New York. She died April 28, 1998.

Survivors include two daughters, Sandra Lynn Zimmerman, Nyack, N.Y., and Debra Jean Warren, Lawrence; and three grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to Douglas County Hospice, sent in care of Lawrence Funeral Chapel.