Date: Fri 06-Oct-1995

Publication: Bee

Author: KAAREN

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Alfred Frenkel

Alfred "Fred" Frenkel, 75, of Stratford, owner of the Newtown Insurance

Service for the past 40 years, died Thursday, September 28, after a long

illness.

The husband of Paula Frenkel of Stratford, Mr Frenkel was a member of the

Newtown Board of Realtors for more than 35 years.

He was born in Sopron, Hungary, the son of Sigmund and Paula Frenkel. He

served in the English Army, in the Jewish Brigade in Palestine, before the

formation of the state of Israel.

Mr Frenkel was a member of Congregation Rodeph Sholom and the Jewish Center

for Community Services.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Susan

and Donni Levizon of Sandy Hook; his son and daughter-in-law, Peter and Joanne

Frenkel of Branford, and his brothers, Dr Henry Frenkel of Fairfield and

George Frenkel of Pittsfield, Mass. Mr Frenkel also is survived by his

grandchildren, Miya and Elana Levizon, and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service was held Sunday from the Abraham L. Green and Son Funeral

Home in Bridgeport with interment following at the Workmen's Circle Cemetery

in Fairfield.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Home for the Elderly of

Fairfield County, 175 Jefferson Street, Fairfield 06432.

Louis J. Lorenzo

Louis J. Lorenzo, 95, who opened Lorenzo's Restaurant in Sandy Hook in the

late 1920's, died Friday, September 29, at Laurel Wood Rehabilitation Center

in Ridgefield.

He was the husband of the late Mildred Drew Lorenzo and had previously lived

on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook.

Mr Lorenzo was born in North Adams, Mass., on January 5, 1900, a son of Joseph

and Theresa Delto Lorenzo.

By the late 1920s, he was living in Bridgeport where he and two of his

brothers owned and operated a grocery store. He was also a Boy Scout leader

and while camping with his troops at Lake Zoar became interested in the Sandy

Hook area.

In the late 1920's he opened Lorenzo's Restaurant on Riverside Road, which

became the area's first pizza restaurant in 1946.

Mr Lorenzo retired in the 1970's and moved to Florida, returning to Sandy Hook

after his wife's death in 1989.

He is survived by a son, John Lorenzo of Southbury; two daughters, Theresa

Lorenzo of Sandy Hook and Jeannie Loren of Bethlehem; 10 grandchildren, and

nine great-grandchildren.

Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 40

North Street, Danbury 06810.

The funeral service was held Monday, October 2, at Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main

Street, Newtown. Burial was in St. Rose Cemetery.