Maurice J. Samiljan, a retired clothing salesman, died Sept. 7 in Riverwoods Nursing Home in Exeter, N.H. He was 94.
Born in London, England, Mr. Samiljan was raised in Rotterdam, Holland, and moved to the United States in 1920. He attended Lynn, MA public schools, later moving to Marblehead, where he lived for more than 60 years.
During World War I, Mr. Samiljan joined the Jewish Legion of the British Army, known as the 39th Royal Fusiliers, and fought in Palestine under David Ben-Gurion, later to become the first prime minister of the state of Israel.
Mr. Samiljan founded the Massachusetts Motion Picture Services of Marblehead, which later became the Massachusetts Camera Center and is now known as Photographics of Swampscott, Beverly, and Gloucester.
An avid boater, he was commodore of the Marblehead Harbor Yacht Club when it merged with the Boston Yacht Club in 1956. He was an honorary life member of the Boston Yacht Club.
He was a Shriner in the Aleppo Temple and a 32d degree Mason in the Philanthropic Lodge of Marblehead.
He leaves his wife, Marion (Koloski); three sons, Edward of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Thomas of Demarest, N.J., and James of Exeter, N.H.; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son Joseph.
From Boston Globe, Sept 17, 1995, page 77.
Born in London, England, Mr. Samiljan was raised in Rotterdam, Holland, and moved to the United States in 1920. He attended Lynn, MA public schools, later moving to Marblehead, where he lived for more than 60 years.
During World War I, Mr. Samiljan joined the Jewish Legion of the British Army, known as the 39th Royal Fusiliers, and fought in Palestine under David Ben-Gurion, later to become the first prime minister of the state of Israel.
Mr. Samiljan founded the Massachusetts Motion Picture Services of Marblehead, which later became the Massachusetts Camera Center and is now known as Photographics of Swampscott, Beverly, and Gloucester.
An avid boater, he was commodore of the Marblehead Harbor Yacht Club when it merged with the Boston Yacht Club in 1956. He was an honorary life member of the Boston Yacht Club.
He was a Shriner in the Aleppo Temple and a 32d degree Mason in the Philanthropic Lodge of Marblehead.
He leaves his wife, Marion (Koloski); three sons, Edward of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Thomas of Demarest, N.J., and James of Exeter, N.H.; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son Joseph.
From Boston Globe, Sept 17, 1995, page 77.
Maurice J. Samiljan, a retired clothing salesman, died Sept. 7 in Riverwoods Nursing Home in Exeter, N.H. He was 94.
Born in London, England, Mr. Samiljan was raised in Rotterdam, Holland, and moved to the United States in 1920. He attended Lynn, MA public schools, later moving to Marblehead, where he lived for more than 60 years.
During World War I, Mr. Samiljan joined the Jewish Legion of the British Army, known as the 39th Royal Fusiliers, and fought in Palestine under David Ben-Gurion, later to become the first prime minister of the state of Israel.
Mr. Samiljan founded the Massachusetts Motion Picture Services of Marblehead, which later became the Massachusetts Camera Center and is now known as Photographics of Swampscott, Beverly, and Gloucester.
An avid boater, he was commodore of the Marblehead Harbor Yacht Club when it merged with the Boston Yacht Club in 1956. He was an honorary life member of the Boston Yacht Club.
He was a Shriner in the Aleppo Temple and a 32d degree Mason in the Philanthropic Lodge of Marblehead.
He leaves his wife, Marion (Koloski); three sons, Edward of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Thomas of Demarest, N.J., and James of Exeter, N.H.; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son Joseph.
From Boston Globe, Sept 17, 1995, page 77.
Born in London, England, Mr. Samiljan was raised in Rotterdam, Holland, and moved to the United States in 1920. He attended Lynn, MA public schools, later moving to Marblehead, where he lived for more than 60 years.
During World War I, Mr. Samiljan joined the Jewish Legion of the British Army, known as the 39th Royal Fusiliers, and fought in Palestine under David Ben-Gurion, later to become the first prime minister of the state of Israel.
Mr. Samiljan founded the Massachusetts Motion Picture Services of Marblehead, which later became the Massachusetts Camera Center and is now known as Photographics of Swampscott, Beverly, and Gloucester.
An avid boater, he was commodore of the Marblehead Harbor Yacht Club when it merged with the Boston Yacht Club in 1956. He was an honorary life member of the Boston Yacht Club.
He was a Shriner in the Aleppo Temple and a 32d degree Mason in the Philanthropic Lodge of Marblehead.
He leaves his wife, Marion (Koloski); three sons, Edward of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Thomas of Demarest, N.J., and James of Exeter, N.H.; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son Joseph.
From Boston Globe, Sept 17, 1995, page 77.
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