Information provided by SYLVIA KHATT (# 50036993).
Published in Star-Ledger, Newark, Essex, NJ, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019:
Shirley Aidekman-Kaye: Philanthropist was a devoted mother and grandmother
Shirley Aidekman-Kaye was born in Newark, NJ on March 15, 1923 to Bella (nee Gersten) and Samuel Fishman. Following graduation from high school and through WWII she worked as a secretary at Phoenix Brass Co. in Newark. On November 3, 1946 she married Leo Halpern. Leo took ill and died a few months later. While Leo was ill, to make ends meet, she partnered with his cousin, Lawrence and opened a laundromat in Union. In 1948 after becoming a widow, customers of the laundromat, George and Irene Lieberberg, introduced her to Alex Aidekman. They were married on June 5, 1949.
Shortly thereafter, Shirley provided Alex her savings from the laundromat to finance his first supermarket, Uniondale, in Union. She became the store's secretary and bookkeeper. With the success of this business, Alex went on to co-found Wakefern, a supermarket cooperative trading under the Shop-Rite name and later became chairman of Supermarkets General Corp. trading as Pathmark.
Shirley left her role as secretary and bookkeeper as Alex's success grew and she engaged in several philanthropic, business, artistic and athletic endeavors and achievements. These included among many others: Painting and Sculpture; Competitive golfer and Cedar Hill Country Club Women's Golf Champion for several years; Former President and continuing Board member New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts (formerly Summit Art Center); Board member Papermill Playhouse; Board member Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation; Board Member, Women's Philanthropy, Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ; President of Amio, Inc., a jewelry design and manufacturing company; Trustee, Tufts University.
Renowned for generosity, Shirley and Alex's philanthropy included the Aidekman Arts Center at Tufts University, The Aidekman Campus of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ, the Aidekman Research Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University, and The Aidekman Chair in Neurology at Mt Sinai Medical School.
Alex developed Parkinson's Disease in the mid-70's. Shirley managed his care until his death in 1990. A few years later, Shirley met a widower, Bennie Kaye. They were married on May 24, 1998 and spent their days playing golf, traveling and enjoying the company of family and friends. Bennie passed away in December 2017.
Shirley was predeceased by her brothers, Louis, Irving and Arthur Fishman and her sister, Florence Zimring. She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Chelnik Lebow. She is also survived by her sons, Gary and Kenneth, their wives, Susan and Ellen and grandchildren, Mathew, Andrea, Sage and Alix Aidekman and Dana (Aidekman) Putman and her husband, David.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday, 11:30 am at Bernheim Apter Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, 68 Old Short Hills Rd., Livingston. Burial will follow at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. Donations in Shirley's memory may be made to the Jewish Federation of Metrowest NJ, www.jfedgmw.org.∼First husband Leo Halpern. Passed away a few months after being married.
Published in Star-Ledger, Newark, Essex, NJ, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019:
Shirley Aidekman-Kaye: Philanthropist was a devoted mother and grandmother
Shirley Aidekman-Kaye was born in Newark, NJ on March 15, 1923 to Bella (nee Gersten) and Samuel Fishman. Following graduation from high school and through WWII she worked as a secretary at Phoenix Brass Co. in Newark. On November 3, 1946 she married Leo Halpern. Leo took ill and died a few months later. While Leo was ill, to make ends meet, she partnered with his cousin, Lawrence and opened a laundromat in Union. In 1948 after becoming a widow, customers of the laundromat, George and Irene Lieberberg, introduced her to Alex Aidekman. They were married on June 5, 1949.
Shortly thereafter, Shirley provided Alex her savings from the laundromat to finance his first supermarket, Uniondale, in Union. She became the store's secretary and bookkeeper. With the success of this business, Alex went on to co-found Wakefern, a supermarket cooperative trading under the Shop-Rite name and later became chairman of Supermarkets General Corp. trading as Pathmark.
Shirley left her role as secretary and bookkeeper as Alex's success grew and she engaged in several philanthropic, business, artistic and athletic endeavors and achievements. These included among many others: Painting and Sculpture; Competitive golfer and Cedar Hill Country Club Women's Golf Champion for several years; Former President and continuing Board member New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts (formerly Summit Art Center); Board member Papermill Playhouse; Board member Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation; Board Member, Women's Philanthropy, Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ; President of Amio, Inc., a jewelry design and manufacturing company; Trustee, Tufts University.
Renowned for generosity, Shirley and Alex's philanthropy included the Aidekman Arts Center at Tufts University, The Aidekman Campus of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ, the Aidekman Research Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University, and The Aidekman Chair in Neurology at Mt Sinai Medical School.
Alex developed Parkinson's Disease in the mid-70's. Shirley managed his care until his death in 1990. A few years later, Shirley met a widower, Bennie Kaye. They were married on May 24, 1998 and spent their days playing golf, traveling and enjoying the company of family and friends. Bennie passed away in December 2017.
Shirley was predeceased by her brothers, Louis, Irving and Arthur Fishman and her sister, Florence Zimring. She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Chelnik Lebow. She is also survived by her sons, Gary and Kenneth, their wives, Susan and Ellen and grandchildren, Mathew, Andrea, Sage and Alix Aidekman and Dana (Aidekman) Putman and her husband, David.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday, 11:30 am at Bernheim Apter Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, 68 Old Short Hills Rd., Livingston. Burial will follow at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. Donations in Shirley's memory may be made to the Jewish Federation of Metrowest NJ, www.jfedgmw.org.∼First husband Leo Halpern. Passed away a few months after being married.
Information provided by SYLVIA KHATT (# 50036993).
Published in Star-Ledger, Newark, Essex, NJ, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019:
Shirley Aidekman-Kaye: Philanthropist was a devoted mother and grandmother
Shirley Aidekman-Kaye was born in Newark, NJ on March 15, 1923 to Bella (nee Gersten) and Samuel Fishman. Following graduation from high school and through WWII she worked as a secretary at Phoenix Brass Co. in Newark. On November 3, 1946 she married Leo Halpern. Leo took ill and died a few months later. While Leo was ill, to make ends meet, she partnered with his cousin, Lawrence and opened a laundromat in Union. In 1948 after becoming a widow, customers of the laundromat, George and Irene Lieberberg, introduced her to Alex Aidekman. They were married on June 5, 1949.
Shortly thereafter, Shirley provided Alex her savings from the laundromat to finance his first supermarket, Uniondale, in Union. She became the store's secretary and bookkeeper. With the success of this business, Alex went on to co-found Wakefern, a supermarket cooperative trading under the Shop-Rite name and later became chairman of Supermarkets General Corp. trading as Pathmark.
Shirley left her role as secretary and bookkeeper as Alex's success grew and she engaged in several philanthropic, business, artistic and athletic endeavors and achievements. These included among many others: Painting and Sculpture; Competitive golfer and Cedar Hill Country Club Women's Golf Champion for several years; Former President and continuing Board member New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts (formerly Summit Art Center); Board member Papermill Playhouse; Board member Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation; Board Member, Women's Philanthropy, Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ; President of Amio, Inc., a jewelry design and manufacturing company; Trustee, Tufts University.
Renowned for generosity, Shirley and Alex's philanthropy included the Aidekman Arts Center at Tufts University, The Aidekman Campus of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ, the Aidekman Research Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University, and The Aidekman Chair in Neurology at Mt Sinai Medical School.
Alex developed Parkinson's Disease in the mid-70's. Shirley managed his care until his death in 1990. A few years later, Shirley met a widower, Bennie Kaye. They were married on May 24, 1998 and spent their days playing golf, traveling and enjoying the company of family and friends. Bennie passed away in December 2017.
Shirley was predeceased by her brothers, Louis, Irving and Arthur Fishman and her sister, Florence Zimring. She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Chelnik Lebow. She is also survived by her sons, Gary and Kenneth, their wives, Susan and Ellen and grandchildren, Mathew, Andrea, Sage and Alix Aidekman and Dana (Aidekman) Putman and her husband, David.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday, 11:30 am at Bernheim Apter Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, 68 Old Short Hills Rd., Livingston. Burial will follow at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. Donations in Shirley's memory may be made to the Jewish Federation of Metrowest NJ, www.jfedgmw.org.∼First husband Leo Halpern. Passed away a few months after being married.
Published in Star-Ledger, Newark, Essex, NJ, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019:
Shirley Aidekman-Kaye: Philanthropist was a devoted mother and grandmother
Shirley Aidekman-Kaye was born in Newark, NJ on March 15, 1923 to Bella (nee Gersten) and Samuel Fishman. Following graduation from high school and through WWII she worked as a secretary at Phoenix Brass Co. in Newark. On November 3, 1946 she married Leo Halpern. Leo took ill and died a few months later. While Leo was ill, to make ends meet, she partnered with his cousin, Lawrence and opened a laundromat in Union. In 1948 after becoming a widow, customers of the laundromat, George and Irene Lieberberg, introduced her to Alex Aidekman. They were married on June 5, 1949.
Shortly thereafter, Shirley provided Alex her savings from the laundromat to finance his first supermarket, Uniondale, in Union. She became the store's secretary and bookkeeper. With the success of this business, Alex went on to co-found Wakefern, a supermarket cooperative trading under the Shop-Rite name and later became chairman of Supermarkets General Corp. trading as Pathmark.
Shirley left her role as secretary and bookkeeper as Alex's success grew and she engaged in several philanthropic, business, artistic and athletic endeavors and achievements. These included among many others: Painting and Sculpture; Competitive golfer and Cedar Hill Country Club Women's Golf Champion for several years; Former President and continuing Board member New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts (formerly Summit Art Center); Board member Papermill Playhouse; Board member Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation; Board Member, Women's Philanthropy, Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ; President of Amio, Inc., a jewelry design and manufacturing company; Trustee, Tufts University.
Renowned for generosity, Shirley and Alex's philanthropy included the Aidekman Arts Center at Tufts University, The Aidekman Campus of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ, the Aidekman Research Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University, and The Aidekman Chair in Neurology at Mt Sinai Medical School.
Alex developed Parkinson's Disease in the mid-70's. Shirley managed his care until his death in 1990. A few years later, Shirley met a widower, Bennie Kaye. They were married on May 24, 1998 and spent their days playing golf, traveling and enjoying the company of family and friends. Bennie passed away in December 2017.
Shirley was predeceased by her brothers, Louis, Irving and Arthur Fishman and her sister, Florence Zimring. She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Chelnik Lebow. She is also survived by her sons, Gary and Kenneth, their wives, Susan and Ellen and grandchildren, Mathew, Andrea, Sage and Alix Aidekman and Dana (Aidekman) Putman and her husband, David.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday, 11:30 am at Bernheim Apter Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, 68 Old Short Hills Rd., Livingston. Burial will follow at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. Donations in Shirley's memory may be made to the Jewish Federation of Metrowest NJ, www.jfedgmw.org.∼First husband Leo Halpern. Passed away a few months after being married.
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