Samuel Friedman of Arizona and New Jersey, died peacefully at home on October 19, 2019 at the age of 100.
This beloved father, and longtime loving husband of Sylvia, is survived by his daughters Jeanne Friedman and Linda Friedman Thomas, grandchildren Jonathan Thomas and Helen Thomas Mann, great grandchild Jacob Mann, and sons-in-law Laurence Thomas and Kevin Gould.
He was a lifelong painter (award-winning) and had a long career as a federal credit union auditor. He served as a sergeant in the Army Air Corps in World War II as an air traffic controller from 1942 – 1946. He is known mostly for his love of family, love of music (a talented improvisational pianist), baseball (Mets fan from their inception) and travel.