Max Heit, an attorney, passed away Nov. 19, 2012, in Denver. His son-in-law Rabbi Lester Polonsky, Rabbis Joe Black and Steven Foster and daughter-in-law Cantor Regina Heit officiated at the Nov. 21 service at Temple Emanuel.
Interment followed at Emanuel Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
His sense of humor could light up a room! his family said. He was a caring, loving, dedicated father, husband, grandfather and great-grandfather.
His career as an attorney was guided by the premises of Judaism and his love and care for his fellow human beings.
Mr. Heit was born Aug. 13, 1926, in New York City.
He graduated Straüber Mula Textile High School in 1943 and received his LLB from Brooklyn Law School in 1950.
From August, 1945 until Nov. 5, 1946, Mr. Heit served in the US Army Finance Corps. He received the Ruptured Duck as a WW II veteran.
Mr. Heit married Thelma Weiner on Dec. 27, 1947.
An attorney in private practice, Mr. Heit was also on the legal staff of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and an assistant DA in Suffolk County, NY. He retired in 1984.
Before moving to Denver, he lived in Sarasota, Fla.
Mr. Heit is survived by his wife Thelma Heit; sister Sylvia Schlosberg; daughter Helen (Rabbi Lester) Polonsky and son Matthew (Cantor Regina) Heit; grandchildren Rabbi Rena (Scott) Rifkin, Seth (Melissa) Polonsky and David Heit; and great-granddaughter Eden Sofia Rifkin.
Contributions may be made to the Tucker Fund at Temple Emanuel or The Denver Hospice.
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