Yedidia Mordechai KAPLANSKY

OBITUARY Yedidia Mordechai (Eddy) Kaplansky Formerly of Montreal, passed away suddenly in his eightieth year on Sunday, March 6, 2005 in Haifa, Israel. Beloved husband for fifty-five years to Lea (nee Gelman). Cherished father and father-in-law of Daphna and Frank Lederman (Tucson, Arizona), Daniel and Lorraine, Gilead and Roslyn. Devoted Saba of Tamara and Gabriel Kaplansky and Ilia Lederman. Dear brother and brother-in-law to Miriam and Arthur Levy and to the late Dovie Kaplansky and his wife Andree. He will also be greatly missed by Aunt Freda Kaplansky, Shimona and Gerry Waldston, Eliezer and Hanna Gelman, Dvora Gelman and his many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends worldwide. Eddy led a life full of adventure and accomplishment. He was a passionate lifelong skier. He served as a volunteer crewmember on an Aliya Bet ship bringing refugees to Israel after WWII. One of the first pilots in the Israel Air Force in the fight for independence, he wrote The First Fliers, a historical account of those events. He later served on the first executive committee of the city of Laval. Burial in Haifa, Israel. Eddy will always be remembered with love, admiration and respect. Published in the Montreal Gazette on 3/9/2005