Levi Rokeach, vice-president of I. Rokeach and Sons, Inc., of Brooklyn, one of the largest American manufacturers of kosher products, who died suddenly in Montreal on Wednesday, is being brought to New York for burial. Mr. Rokeach, who was 52 years old, was visiting the branch factory of his firm in Montreal when he was taken suddenly ill; he died of internal hemorrhage at the Western Hospital. His wife and Dr. Aaron Rokeach, his brother, were at his bedside.
Levi Rokeach was a leader in Jewish communal life and an active Zionist. He was born in Kovno, Russia. Israel Rokeach, his father, migrated to the United States in 1890 and undertook the manufacture of Rokeach Kosher soap, which was endorsed by many rabbis. Later the firm undertook the manufacture of other kosher products. In 1930, a million-dollar plant was opened by I. Rokeach and Sons at 240 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn.
Mr. Rokeach was a director of the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities, the Beth Moses Hospital, the Unity Club, and the Brooklyn Jewish Center, as well as a trustee of the Hebrew Educational Society of Brooklyn, a member of the Hias and the Ort.
He lived at 748 St. Marks Ave., Brooklyn. He is survived by his father, his wife, three children William, Leo, and Hannah, studying at Cornell University, two brothers, and three sisters.
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