Edward Epstein

Name: Funeral Service will be held
Start: 11/01/2016 10:30 AM
Location: Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home

March 29, 1936 — October 30, 2016

Edward Epstein, husband of the love of his life for 58 years Phyllis, much-loved and respected father of Sheryl (Jonathan) Knapp of Ridgefield, CT, Jeff (Gorana) of Miami, FL, and Brian (Elizabeth) of Schenectady, NY, and Grandfather/Papa of Louisa, Madeline, Caleb, Ethan, Mallory, Anabel, Quincy, and Lee, brother of Stanley (Harriet), passed away peacefully and with integrity, surrounded by his family, from pancreatic cancer in the Berkshires on Sunday, October 30th.

Born on March 29, 1936 to Mary and Sam Epstein, and a product of the Bronx High School of Science and Hunter College, Ed received his MBA from Columbia University, and then in his early 50's, out of a desire for a new intellectual challenge, received his law degree from Touro College and passed the NY Bar. Ed started his professional career working for J. Walter Thompson, then spent the majority of his life at the helm of the market research firm Edward Epstein and Associates, located in NY. He also served in the Air Force Reserves in the 1960s.

Ed not only was intellectually sharp, but loved to laugh and joke around, and was immediately liked by so many people for his easy-going attitude, the playful glint in his eye, and his genuine caring for others. While all other passions paled in comparison to his love of his family and in particular Phyllis, Ed was an avid reader of novels especially Philip Roth, newspapers and magazines, relished his Lagavulin scotch, and loved the friendships he made through hiking with the Monday Mountain Boys, exercising with the Lunch and Crunch Bunch, and golf that he played in the Berkshires with the Sweater Bunch as well as in Boca West.

Together with Phyllis and dog Pip, Ed bravely fought his cancer with integrity and a scientific approach, much as he lived his 80 years of life. He will be missed dearly.

Services to be held at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington this Tuesday November 1, 2016 at 10:30am. Immediately following services, Shivah will begin at the home of Phyllis Epstein, on Stevens Lake Way in Monterey and will end at 9pm. Shivah will then be held Wednesday November 2 and Thursday November 3 from noon til 9pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network through Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home, 426 Main St., Great Barrington, MA 01230 or online at www.pancan.org . To send remembrances to his family go to www.finnertyandstevens.com

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Edward Epstein, please visit our flower store.

Send a Card