Ben Fain Rites Held

Former Memphian Dies At Age Of 62

Services for Ben Fain of Tyler, Texas, a former Memphian who died at 6:25 a.m. Sunday at Baptist Hospital after a three-month illness, were held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Sam Abraham Memorial Chapel in Baron Hirsch Cemetery. Rabbi Isadore Goodman officiated.

Mr. Fain, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fain of Memphis, was manager of a ladies’ apparel store at Tyler for 33 years. He was 62.

Mr. Fain attended the old market Street School in Memphis and served in the Army during World War I before moving to Texas. He was a Shriner and a member of the Elks Club and the American Legion.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Fain; a brother, Morris Fain of 828 North Trezevant, and a sister, Mrs. Sophia Drucker of 351 North Cleveland.

Hebrew Watchman

November 10, 1955, page 5