Melvin Gold

William Goldstein married Rose Lederer and they had three children, Melvin Harold Goldstein, Julius Goldstein (later changed to Gold) (married to Nellie) and Marcus Charles Goldstein (a dentist)(married to Hannah M. Rothenberg on May 25, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, born September 10, 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio and died November 23, 1975, in Beachwood, Ohio). Hannah’s father was Max Rothenberg and her mother was Anna Fisher. Hannah is buried in Mount Olive Cemetery in Solon, Ohio.

Unfortunately, Rose died in ___________ and Melvin was raised in part by his stepmother, ___________________. He did not have a good relationship with her. Rose is buried in ______________________________________________________.

Melvin married Edith Albert and eventually, they had two children, Richard Gold and Lora Alpert Gold (Edith and Melvin had not decided on a name for Lora by the time she left the hospital so her birth certificate set forth her official name as “Baby Girl Goldstein”) who became Lora G. Reed when she married Hungarian immigrant Thomas W. Reed. Melvin and Edith shortened their last name to Gold.

I never got to meet my Grandfather, Melvin Gold, as he died of cancer when my mother, Lora G. Reed, was still in college. He was a pharmacist by trade, having earned a scholarship to the pharmacy school at Ohio Northern University. He did not have the easiest life, having lost his Mother at a young age and having a terrible relationship with his step-mother. He worked very hard, running his pharmacy on the west side of Cleveland Ohio, all on his own. His wife, Edith, and my mother Lora, would bring him his meals at work. He had lending library in his store and compounded the drugs needed for the various prescriptions. Lora enjoyed spending time there, reading books and comics.

Melvin and Edith had two children, Richard and Lora. In addition to Julius, Melvin also had brother named __________ Goldstein, who also died young, leaving a widow and two children. Unfortunately, my mother and her parents lost contact with them as they were so busy with their pharmacy that they could not devote the time to the widowed sister in law and her children that they felt they deserved.

Both Melvin and Edith are buried in Cleveland, Ohio at the _____________Cemetery.