Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gottlieb, Melvin Sidney March 18, 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donna Bluemink http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008395 January 9, 2017, 3:26 am Virginian-Pilot, March 20, 2002 NORFIKJ - Melvin Sidney Gottlieb, son of Nellie Rabinowitz Gottlieb and the late Alex Gottlieb, died on March 18, 2002, at Beth Sholom Home. He died from complications of MS. Mr. Gottlieb was born in Norfolk on September 24, 1932, and lived his entire life in the area. He graduated from Maury High School in 1951. In high school, he was on the baseball, football and wrestling teams. In 1950 he won the division high school state light-heavy weight wrestling championship. He was active in the Norfolk Community League baseball and American Legion baseball. He attended the Norfolk Division of William and Mary (now ODU), where he was on the varsity baseball team. He was a partner in MelRay Beverage Company and for many years owned a mortgage banking business. Survivors include his mother of Norfolk; a sister, Anita Gottlieb of Washington, DC and Rock Hall, MD; two brothers, Henry Gottlieb of Norfolk and Raymond Gottlieb of Virginia Beach; a nephew, Andrew Gottlieb of Virginia Beach; and a niece, Julianna Gottlieb Friedman of Clifton, NJ. A graveside service will be conducted 12:30 p.m. today at B'Nai Israel Cemetery on Cromwell Road in Norfolk. The family will be sitting Shiva at 943 E. Armfield Circle, Apt. 102. H. D. Oliver Funeral Apts, Norfolk Chapel, is handling arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/g/gottlieb12677gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb