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2005-01-28 14:31:37 UTC
Morton Fineman, 85, of Center City, a writer and Marine
Corps employee
Philadelphia Inquirer
January 28, 2005 Friday CITY-D EDITION
Morton Fineman, 85, of Center City, a writer and Marine
Corps employee, died of heart failure Jan. 19 at Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital.
For 35 years, Mr. Fineman dealt with budget and logistical
problems at the Marine Corps Supply Activity in Philadelphia
during the day, and on weekends and evenings he dealt with
the imaginative problems of a fiction writer. After he
retired in 1974, he devoted his time to writing short
stories and poetry, and also wrote book reviews for the
former Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and for The Inquirer.
Mr. Fineman's short stories appeared in numerous magazines,
including Ladies' Home Journal, Esquire, Redbook, and
Harper's Bazaar. The stories were also published abroad, his
daughter Victoria Brown said.
His novel, Christmas Is Everywhere, Including Asia Minor,
was published by W.W. Norton in 1966. The story is about a
Jewish boy in the 1930s who wanted a Christmas tree and got
it with the help of the neighborhood bootlegger.
Mr. Fineman graduated from Central High School in
Philadelphia and attended Temple University. He sold his
first story when he was 19.
In 1954, he married Joan Donnelly, whom he had met at work.
She died in 1984.
For the last 30 years, Mr. Fineman was Democratic judge of
elections in the Eighth Division in Center City.
In addition to his daughter, he is survived by another
daughter, Julia Sauter; a son, Andrew; and four
grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at the
Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., Philadelphia.
Corps employee
Philadelphia Inquirer
January 28, 2005 Friday CITY-D EDITION
Morton Fineman, 85, of Center City, a writer and Marine
Corps employee, died of heart failure Jan. 19 at Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital.
For 35 years, Mr. Fineman dealt with budget and logistical
problems at the Marine Corps Supply Activity in Philadelphia
during the day, and on weekends and evenings he dealt with
the imaginative problems of a fiction writer. After he
retired in 1974, he devoted his time to writing short
stories and poetry, and also wrote book reviews for the
former Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and for The Inquirer.
Mr. Fineman's short stories appeared in numerous magazines,
including Ladies' Home Journal, Esquire, Redbook, and
Harper's Bazaar. The stories were also published abroad, his
daughter Victoria Brown said.
His novel, Christmas Is Everywhere, Including Asia Minor,
was published by W.W. Norton in 1966. The story is about a
Jewish boy in the 1930s who wanted a Christmas tree and got
it with the help of the neighborhood bootlegger.
Mr. Fineman graduated from Central High School in
Philadelphia and attended Temple University. He sold his
first story when he was 19.
In 1954, he married Joan Donnelly, whom he had met at work.
She died in 1984.
For the last 30 years, Mr. Fineman was Democratic judge of
elections in the Eighth Division in Center City.
In addition to his daughter, he is survived by another
daughter, Julia Sauter; a son, Andrew; and four
grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at the
Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., Philadelphia.