OBITUARIES:
Evening Times Globe, November 16, 1935
Mrs. Minnie Budovitch Dies in Fredericton
Mrs. Minnie Budovitch, widow of Max Budovitch, died suddenly early today at Fredericton following an illness of one day. Her husband died in June. She was born in Russia and came out to Saint John 22 years ago but had resided in Fredericton for 15 years. The body will be brought to the city by motor hearse tomorrow morning at 8:30 o’clock for burial here.
Surviving are three sons, Nathan Valensky, by a former marriage and Harry and Samuel Budovitch; two daughters by a former marriage, Mrs. Louis Lang and Mrs. Simon Chippin; five step-sons, Louis, Bennie, Ruben, Hyman and Jake Budovitch; two step-daughters, Mrs. Abe Levine and Miss Lena Budovitch, all of Fredericton; her father, Abraham Bercowetz, in Poland; four brothers and one sister in Poland, and one sister, Mrs. Max Zirolnik, New Rochelle, N.Y.
Gravestone reference code(s): JM 998.61.92.
OBITUARIES:
Telegraph Journal, June 26, 1935, Page 2
Obituary
Max Budovitch
Fredericton, June 25 - (Staff Special) - Max Budovitch, one of Fredericton's oldest and best known Hebrew citizens, died here early today after an illness of some months.
Surviving are his wife Molly; six sons, Louis, Reuben, Benjamin, Hyman, Jack and Samuel, all of Fredericton; two daughters, Mrs. Abraham Levine and Miss Lena Budovitch, both of this city and 22 grandchildren. Two stepsons, Harry Valensky and Nathan Valensky, reside in Fredericton, as do two step daughters, Mrs. Louis Lang and Mrs. Simon Chippin. One sister, Mrs. Samuel Novick, resides in New York.
The funeral service was held at Saint John today, the cortege leaving Fredericton at 9.30 a.m. Rev. P. Cooperstein, Fredericton and Rev. M. Beshkin, Saint John, conducted the services.
Mr. Budovitch was a member of the Sgoolai Israel Synagogue, this city.
Gravestone reference code(s): JM 998.61.263.
Three yellowing pages, two are double-sided and the third is half a page. Each page is numbered with a Roman numeral on TR corner. Writing is concise, but becomes increasingly looser, with more errors. Signed by "Spirou" at 17 years old. This could be a pseudonym of Gustav's during his second year as an intern. Narrative: Document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
OBITUARIES:
Telegraph Journal, July 14, 2006
Fransblow, Sylvia (nee Zaichick) - Peacefully, on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 in Fredericton. Beloved wife of the late Joseph Fransblow. Devoted mother and mother-in-law of Irving and Penny Fransblow, and Judy and Sidney Retik of Montreal, and Steven and Rhoda Fransblow of Fredericton. Loving grandmother of Steven and Lisa Fransblow, Jason Retik and Ava Kleinmann, Natasha and Rachel Fransblow. Dear sister of Freda Tassler and the late Isaac Zaichick, Ray Vender, Ethel Lazarus and Joseph Zaichick and sister-in-law Kay Cohen and Bernice Fransblow.
Funeral services from Brenan's Select Community Funeral Home Chapel, 111 Paradise Row, Saint John (634-7424) on Friday, July 14th at 1 p.m. Interment in the Shaarei Zedek Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice.
Gravestone reference code(s): JM 2011.106.33. Memorial plaque in synagogue: Kashetsky-Michelson - F2.