Family matriarch Toba Eisenstadt passed away in 1963. Max died in 1967. They were predeceased by their son Louis Eisenstadt, who died at age 31 in 1953.

      At the age of 40, Harry Eisenstadt made a courageous career move and joined London Life, where he served in sales and supervisory position retiring at 55. Bessie was an active community leader and a Chapter President of Hadassah for many years.

      Both Bessie and Harry passed away in 1993, Morris, of Toronto, died in 1992. Archie and Virginia Eisenstadt currently live in Kelowna, B.C.

      Bessie and Harry's daughter Marcia remains in Calgary with her husband Allan Bell. They have one son, Terry Bell. David Eisenstadt lives in Toronto with his wife Rhoda and their sons Harris and Evan.

      The highlights of Jewish pioneer Harry Epstein's biography are detailed in a 1933 publication, Prominent Jews of Canada:

      "Harry Louis Epstein, Calgary, Alta., son of Moses Jacob and Feige Epstein, born 1866 in Kovna, where he received Hebrew training. Came to Canada in 1907, and is in business in Calgary since 1910.

      "Secretary of Cheva Kadisha, past president of the Congregation, Zionist, Talmud Torah, past vice-president of Hebrew Free Loan, Jewish Relief; member of B'nai B'rith, Community Centre, etc.

      "Is married to Marcia Bella (nee Geffen) and has four children: Rebecca, William, Solomon, Bessie."

      Harry Epstein ran the Grand cigar Store on 1st Street W. and 6th Avenue W.

      The JHSSA Archives have information on only one of his children, William Epstein, born in Calgary in 1912, who studied law at the University of Alberta and won numerous academic honours, including a scholarship for post-graduate studies in England.

      William Epstein practiced law briefly in Calgary, and in 1937 became the youngest barrister to ever appear in an appeal case before the Privy Council in London. During World War II he was a Captain in the Canadian Army, and ended the war as Secretary of the Canadian Claims Commission in London.

      In 1946 Epstein was invited to join the first United Nations Secretariat, the UN Preparatory Commission. He served as a political officer with the UN mediator staff in Palestine and was for many years the Director of the Disarmament Affairs Division of the United Nations.

      In 1971 he received the first honorary Doctor of Laws degree ever awarded by the University of Calgary. He was similarly honoured by the University of Alberta in 1984.

      In 1990 William Epstein was made an Officer of the Order of Canada: the citation states. "A world-renowned expert on disarmament, he has worked with a passion to encourage international accord. A former international civil servant, a Senior Fellow of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, an influential speaker and writer, as well as an aggressive advocate for arms control, he continues to devote himself to the cause of universal peace."

      Percy Fishman was born in 1906 in Tzucrufka, Poland. His mother, Yochevid (Jessie) Switzer, died when Percy was 13, and his father Moishe Fishman remarried.

      Percy escaped to Germany when the Polish army began recruiting 16-year-olds and over the next four years he travelled to France, England, Bombay, Belgium and Holland. He was captured at one point and spent time in prison.

      He then worked as apprentice to a tailor, as a shipboard kitchen helper, and as an interpreter - having learned French, Flemish and English during his travels.

      Percy's goal had always been to immigrate to Calgary where his older brother Shmeil and his aunt Bella Singer lived. He was finally able to purchase a passport in Holland and found a job on a cattle boat traveling from Antwerp to Canada.

      He arrived in Calgary in 1926. For the next ten years Percy sold clothing in residential areas. He then operated a second-hand store where he also did tailoring. He lived with his brother at 334 --12th Avenue E., then rented a home at 433 - 12th Avenue E.

      In 1930 Percy married Sophie Rosenthal. They lived in rented homes - first at 117 - 7th Street N.E. and later at 61 - 8th Avenue E. In 1937 Percy moved his family to "Little Chicago" in the Turner Valley area.

      There he was the proprietor of the Variety Furniture Exchange. The family lived in two rooms behind the store, and Sophie worked with Percy in the business. In 1943 they built a home in that area.

      In 1947 they moved the building to Calgary, at 320 - 12th Avenue N.E. At that time Percy was the proprietor of the Variety Hardware at 235 - 8th Avenue E. In 1948 he and a partner bought the Army surplus Bargain Centre at 235 - 8th Avenue E. In 1948 he and a partner bought the Army Surplus Bargain Centre at 235 - 8th Avenue E. From 1949 to 1976 he was the sole proprietor of that business.

      Sophie Fishman died in 1970 and Percy married Bessie Shapiro in 1974. (Bessie died in 1986.) Percy lived at the Beverly Nursing Home until his death in 1989.

      Percy had been, at different times, President of the Jewish Family Loan Association, the Beth Jacob Synagogue and the Chevra Kadisha. He was also a founding member of the Shaarey Tzedec Synagogue and was on the hospital visiting committee of B'nai B'rith.

      Percy and Sophie had three children: Helen, who married Ben Goldenberg in 1948 and had four children - David, Sherry, Sheldon and Darlene; Mollie, who married Sydney Gladstone in 1956 and had four children - Debbie, Janice, Cheryl and Gary; and Mel, who married Deanna Shuster in 1965 and had two children - Sheva and Flynn.

      Most of Percy's brothers and sisters lived in Calgary. They were Sam Fishman (Ethel Singer), Jack Fishman (Lily Switzer), and Lily (Max Katz, Moishe Manusewitz). Oldest brother Mendel Fishman stayed in Poland and perished in the Holocaust.

      Shortly after their marriage in 1924, Jacob Moshe Freedman (1894-1966) and Sarah Brandl Karp (1900-1949) emigrated to Canada from the Galicia district of Poland. Moshe had received a Yeshiva education and had also studied forestry. He was an Austrian army officer during World War I; Sarah and her family had been refugees.