Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Paul Salzman March 5, 1920 - Nov 16, 2012



Paul Salzman, a World War II veteran, union organizer, psychotherapist, and long-time Los Angeles resident, died at his Arcata CA home Nov. 16 at the  age of 92.

Born March 5, 1920, the youngest of four sons of William and Bertha Salzman, he played right guard at Iowa State University before serving in the Navy from 1944 till 1946. Returning from the war, he worked as an organizer for the printers union in Los Angeles until he was blacklisted in the 1950s.

He tried his hand as a cement contractor but loving the softness of people to the hardness of cement, he eventually went to UCLA to get his master's degree in social work.

He started his 50-year career as a psychotherapist as a UCLA field
instructor, then moved into therapy at the mental health center of St. John's Hospital's Xavier Clinic before entering private practice in the 1970s. 

He only retired this year at the age of 91.

Salzman married the love of his life, Anne Meyersburg, a psychologist, in 1952, and ultimately cared for her when she descended with Alzheimer's disease and predeceased him in 2010.

He leaves two sons, Hal, born in 1954, and Richard born in 1958 and a stepdaughter Carol Flax who was born in 1952; three granddaughters and two great grandsons; and countless nephews and nieces.


A memorial will held for him at his Arcata home, where he and Anne moved to in 2006.  Another memorial will be tendered for him in Los Angeles in the spring.


Right Guard, Iowa State 1938


Ma and Paul Iowa 1932
The boys in Iowa mid '30s
Salzmans and Levines on vacation in MN mid '30s

Ma, Pa and the boy at Henry's wedding
Salzman family on Everglade St mid '80s
Salzman Brothers give Uncle Ben a lift 1950s







The borthers with Uncle's Ben and Sandy, L.A. mid '80s

Ellen, Anne and Paul on Venice Beach, late '80s



The back yard on Everglade St L.A. CA
Paul, Anne and Sarah on Sanchez St. S.F. CA early '90s








Paul and Kristen Funkhouse, Main 2010





Paul & Richard on Arcata Plaza 2011



             
Anne & Paul on Charles Ave, Arcata Ca 2008





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