OBIT: Irwin PARISER, 1982, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  IRWIN PARISER
  
  Irwin Pariser, 77, a downtown Cumberland businessman for the past 53
  years, died May 20, 1982 at his residence, 726 Washington Street.  He
  was born in Russia Feb. 17, 1905, a son of the late Si and Rebecca
  (Mowerman) Pariser.  His wife the former Rae Olesker, died in 1960.  He
  was owner and president of The Manhattan, one of Cumberland, Md.'s,
  leading men's clothing stores, located at Baltimore and South Liberty
  Streets, where he first went into business selling hats in 1929.  He
  came to Cumberland, Md., from Pittsburgh, where he had been employed
  by the Manhattan Hat Shops chain, and opened his own store in spite
  of the uncertain economy months before the stock market crash and the
  start of the Great Depression.  He was a member of the Retail Merchants
  Association of America, the Greater Cumberland Chamber of Commerce,
  Downtown Cumberland Business Association, Cumberland Country Club,
  and B'er Chaylm Temple.  He is survived by two daughters,  Mrs:
  Barbara Zoslow, Silver Spring, and Mrs. Marla Andrews, Potomac, Md.:
  three sons, Rodney L. Pariser, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Dr. David B.
  Pariser, Washington, D.C.; Ned. D. Pariser, Cumberland, Md.; a
  brother, Sidney Pariser, with whom he was associated in business; two
  sisters, Mrs. Fay Wolf and Mrs. Pearl Somach, both of Pittsburgh; six
  grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.  Friends were
  received at the George Funeral Home.
  
  The Republic, May 27, 1982
  
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