This site is dedicated to the memory of Marty Milrad, a beloved father, grandfather, friend, and partner.
Martin Milrad of New York City, NY, passed away peacefully in the early morning of October 19, 2015. A beloved father, grandfather, partner, husband, brother, and friend, Marty was 85 years old.
Born in Bronx, NY on September 9, 1930, Marty was the son of Mitchell and Kate Milrad. After immigrating to the United States from Lemberg, Austria in February 1914, Marty’s father, Mitchell, worked as a garment cutter. Marty and his younger sister, Ruth, were raised in the Orthodox Jewish faith, although Marty once recalled: “I went to Hebrew School. My mom spent a fortune, and I don’t remember a letter.”
Marty attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, and he later became the first in his family to attend college. After graduating from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1954, Marty returned to Manhattan and worked numerous jobs over the years, including as a math teacher in Lower Manhattan and a Computer Systems Manager for the City of New York. He later earned a graduate degree from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
Marty married his first wife, Judy, in 1960 and had two children, Mara and Josh. Marty and Judy ultimately divorced, and he married Jan West in 1975. After becoming one of the first residents of Roosevelt Island shortly thereafter, Marty and Jan had two children, Shawn and Jared. Marty and Jan divorced in 1992.
Marty retired from his work with the City of New York in 1997, and he lived with his beloved partner, Gloria Lippmann, in the East Village of Manhattan until shortly before his passing.
In his later years, Marty befriended the officers of Emergency Service Unit #1 of Precinct 13 in Manhattan, who lost several members in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
Marty was incredibly proud of his children and grandchildren and all of their accomplishments. Even during his later years, as Marty waged a valiant battle with dementia, Marty retained his quick wit, gentle spirit, and kind and loving soul.
Marty is survived by his long-time partner, Gloria; his friend for over 40 years, Jan; his four children, Mara, Josh, Shawn, and Jared; his sons-in-law, Tom Kelly and Nathan Johnson, and his daughter-in-law Kim Milrad; and his five grandchildren, Justin, Julia, Emma, Tyler, Kara, and others not yet born.
We will miss our Dad, Granddad, partner, and friend every single day, and we carry him with us in our hearts forever.
Born in Bronx, NY on September 9, 1930, Marty was the son of Mitchell and Kate Milrad. After immigrating to the United States from Lemberg, Austria in February 1914, Marty’s father, Mitchell, worked as a garment cutter. Marty and his younger sister, Ruth, were raised in the Orthodox Jewish faith, although Marty once recalled: “I went to Hebrew School. My mom spent a fortune, and I don’t remember a letter.”
Marty attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, and he later became the first in his family to attend college. After graduating from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1954, Marty returned to Manhattan and worked numerous jobs over the years, including as a math teacher in Lower Manhattan and a Computer Systems Manager for the City of New York. He later earned a graduate degree from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
Marty married his first wife, Judy, in 1960 and had two children, Mara and Josh. Marty and Judy ultimately divorced, and he married Jan West in 1975. After becoming one of the first residents of Roosevelt Island shortly thereafter, Marty and Jan had two children, Shawn and Jared. Marty and Jan divorced in 1992.
Marty retired from his work with the City of New York in 1997, and he lived with his beloved partner, Gloria Lippmann, in the East Village of Manhattan until shortly before his passing.
In his later years, Marty befriended the officers of Emergency Service Unit #1 of Precinct 13 in Manhattan, who lost several members in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
Marty was incredibly proud of his children and grandchildren and all of their accomplishments. Even during his later years, as Marty waged a valiant battle with dementia, Marty retained his quick wit, gentle spirit, and kind and loving soul.
Marty is survived by his long-time partner, Gloria; his friend for over 40 years, Jan; his four children, Mara, Josh, Shawn, and Jared; his sons-in-law, Tom Kelly and Nathan Johnson, and his daughter-in-law Kim Milrad; and his five grandchildren, Justin, Julia, Emma, Tyler, Kara, and others not yet born.
We will miss our Dad, Granddad, partner, and friend every single day, and we carry him with us in our hearts forever.
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Marty,
I miss you everyday! Coming into our apartment and you reading the Times,
Eating Chinese food and watching TV news all at the same time. I miss every
Minute. Your loss is a deep hole, unexplainable, devastating..........!
You sense of humor, your clever sense of the absurd are not known by all,
But will never be forgotten by those who got to know you.
My irreplacable Love, I hold you gently I my heart.
Gloria
Gloria
23rd March 2018
Happy Birthday Daddy-O on your 87th. I know you'd be complaining about the chinese food and the service, and railing on the orange schmuck of a president we have. You probably are doing all of that somewhere.
9/9 used to be about celebrating both of our birthdays, even though neither one of us really liked the attention much. Now it just reminds me of you. I really miss you, we all miss you, but I know you're with us all the time.
shawn milrad
10th September 2017
Every year until this one I thought it was pretty cool that Dad and I had the same birthday. People always got a kick out of it. This year, it wasn't as cool, it was just kinda weird.
I smiled today when I thought of one of the last things he ever said to me, last year around this time, outside the Hebrew Home in the Bronx...we told him Donald Trump was running for president and he looked bewildered and said "DONALD TRUMP is running?? THAT schmuck?!" Classic Marty Milrad...will never forget that.
I hope "Daddy-O" is watching this ridiculous presidential campaign with a New York Times, coffee, and bagel in hand, laughing at it all and praising Barack Obama. I miss him everyday, and think of him all the time. This will always be our day and I just hope I can make him proud occasionally.
Love you "Daddy-O", we all do :)
-Shawn
shawn milrad
10th September 2016