Prof. David Honick
of Newton, MA and Thousand Oaks, CA peacefully passed away in his stepson, Richard’s home in CA on July 27, 2013. He was 96.
Born in PA, one of six children, in 1939 he joined the National Guard at the age of 21. He left his job as a mail carrier to join the army full-time.
In 1942 he continued military training in England where he met his first wife, Ruth. In 1944 he was sent to Normandy. David served in the 29th Infantry Division as a lieutenant and captain earning two bronze medals for his bravery in Normandy. After the war, he returned to England to marry Ruth and then moved to MA. After 20 years of marriage, she died of cancer.
Later, he met and married Ruth Walerstein Brightman of Nantasket, a widow with three sons. David earned a PhD from Cambridge, England and a doctorate at Harvard University in English language and literature. He was a professor at both Lesley and Bentley Colleges.
On both coasts, he was a life-long member and very active in the Masons, the synagogues with which he was affiliated, and Meals on Wheels in Thousand Oaks, CA.
He is survived by his loving wife, Ruth, three step-sons and their wives: Jerry and Nancy of NH, Alan and Melissa of CA & NY, and Richard and Allison of CA,nine grandchildren, Michael, Erica, Mia, Jesse, Alex, Alyssa, Deborah, Matthew, Maely, a great granddaughter, and his two siblings: his sister and brother-in-law, Adeline and Lother Laub of Stoughton, MA and his brother, Al, of Baltimore, MD.
Graveside service will be on Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 2:00 PM at the Adath Jeshurun Cemetery, 350 Grove St., West Roxbury.
Expressions of sympathy to honor his memory may be donated to: Hebrew Senior Life, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131 http://www.hebrewseniorlife.org/.