I felt. as do thousands of Riverdalians that David was a personal friend and we all will miss him very much. I extend to his wonderful helpmate. Celia. and to his two sons. Bernard and Richard. now copublishers of the Riverdale Press. deepest sympathy. David Stein was born in Cleveland. Ohio. on June 23. 1910. the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. He decided at the age of 12 to be a newspaperman. during a stint as a copy boy on The Cleveland Press. Growing up in poverty. he overrode his fathers opposition to attend college. supporting himself as an undergraduate at Ohio University. in Athens.
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