HOLYOKE - Nathan Silverlieb, 82, died Wednesday evening at
the Holyoke Healthcare Center. He served in the Army in WWII in the 82nd
Airborne, receiving a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.
He was a retired Used Tire Dealer and Gunsmith. He was a
member of the Holyoke Revolver Club, where he was also an instructor and
past president, the American Legion Post 351, the Elks Club 902, the Trench
Rats, and the D. A. V. He was also a volunteer at the Springfield Armory
Museum.
He is survived by many nieces and nephews and many great
nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Friday at 1:30 PM at the Ascher-Zimmerman
Funeral Home in Springfield with burial in the Norwich Hebrew Benevolent
Society Cemetery in Preston, CT. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
can be made to the Springfield Armory Museum, 1 Armory Square, Springfield,
MA 01105. |