Age 32. 40 Cutler Street, Winthrop, MA. Born (as Arvinaeim D. Rosenfarb) on 10/12/1910, Jaffa, Palestine. Died of carbon monoxide poisoning (death certificate). Manager, ladies capes factory (death certificate). Was known as "Avy." In a foursome with his girlfriend Miss Rose Shuman, age 31, of Roxbury (Boston), MA, dead, his married younger sister Mrs. Betty Soroko, age 27 (Born 3/15/1915, Safed, Palestine. Died 4/11/2002, age 87), and her husband Irving, age 33 (Born 5/30/1909. Died 2/27/1988, age 78), of Malden, MA, both escaped. Group was standing at the elevated Caricature Bar adjacent to the main dining room waiting for the late show to begin. When fire broke they started east through the passageway towards the New Lounge exit out to Broadway. His sister recalled in 1967: "My brother and his date were right behind us. People were saying, 'Don't panic...take it easy'" (The Boston Herald, 11/28/1967). Also: "We must have been the last ones out that door, because my brother had been right behind. But he never made it through after someone tripped." His sister and her husband went to where Mr. Rosenfarb had parked his car, but he was not there. His body was located Sunday evening at Waterman's Funeral Home, in Boston. Same sister (at age 77) to the 11/27/1992 Daily Evening Item, Lynn, MA: "Somebody told me they saw my brother bringing people out and going back in. Whether that's true or not, I cannot say." To the U.S. in 1929. Was divorced, ex-wife former Edythe M. Mover, age 27 (Born 2/22/1915. Died as Edythe M. Hopfner on 6/17/1972, San Mateo, CA, age 57), married in 1934. Survived by a daughter Joy, age 4. Widow married one Martin H. Hopfner in 1943, latter shown (oddly) as the father of the above daughter in the '38 state birth index. Name was misreported as "Albert Rosen Ford" on early Grove casualty lists, was later corrected. Was tall and trim (WWII draft registration, October '40: 6' 2," 185 lbs.). Obvious physical characteristics (WWII draft registration card): "Wears glasses (sometimes)." Complexion (WWII draft card): "Dark brown." Parents Mrs. Rachel (Guralnick) and the late Mr. Joseph H. Rosenfarb. Burial at North Reading Jewish (Congregation Beth Israel of Malden) Cemeteries, North Reading, MA. First name shown as "Albert" on his tombstone, the inscription reads: "Beloved son and father" (no "wife" reference). Middle name Dov.

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