Milton K. Goldberg

Funeral services for Milton K. Goldberg, age 90 of Ogdensburg will be held on Sunday (Dec 6, 2015) at 1:00 pm at the Fox & Murray Funeral Home with Bruce Bennett officiating. Burial will follow the service at the Anshe Zophen Cemetery in Ogdensburg. After the burial, friends and family are invited to celebrate Milton’s life at a reception at The Freight House on Market Street, Ogdensburg.

Mr. Goldberg passed away on Wednesday (Dec. 2, 2015) at Claxton Hepburn Medical Center. Surviving is his wife of 60 years, Rena Goldberg; a daughter, Tobi Goldberg and her husband, Jeffrey Stern of Waltham, MA; step-grandchildren Noah Stern of Norwood MA and Rena Aiello & her husband, Matthew of Natick MA, along with nieces, nephews, and cousins. Milton was pre-deceased by his sister Joyce Wohl, in May 2015.

Milton was born on August 23, 1925 in Ashland KY, the son of the late Dr. Joseph and Ada (Epstein) Goldberg. He graduated from Boys High School in Brooklyn with high honors and entered the University of Kentucky where he completed his first two years. In December 1943, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in the field artillery division. He sailed to Europe in 1945 following the Battle of the Bulge. In the fall 1946, Milton re-entered the University of Kentucky receiving a Bachelor’s degree and later a Master’s Degree in Microbiology.

His career began at the Sloan Kettering Institute in NYC in the Hodgkin’s Disease Chemotherapy Division, testing the efficacy of new antibiotics. Soon after he transferred to Haskins Labs developing synthetic media to culture various bacteria and assay methods for vitamins. On December 26, 1955, he married Rena Sperling at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mayer Sperling. The couple returned to Ogdensburg in August 1956 when Milton joined Sperling’s Inc., the family’s furniture business, where he worked until it closed in 1991.

Milton was a member of the Jay Cees, Masonic Lodge # 705 and the Ogdensburg Rotary Club. He was also appointed trustee of the Ogdensburg Public Library and a docent volunteer at the Frederic Remington Art Museum. In 1992, the couple started the Way Back In Bed and Breakfast in their home on Proctor Avenue.

He enjoyed photography, reading, public affairs, collecting stamps, going to lunch with friends and spending time with his family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley or the Frederic Remington Art Museum. Condolences can also be shared online at www.foxandmurrayfuneralhome.com.