Funeral services for Israel Rokeach, founder and president of I. Rokeach & Sons, Inc., will be held this afternoon in the synagogue of Congregation Chovevei Torah, 855 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, of which he was a member. Mr. Rokeach, who was 92 years of age, died Friday at the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital after being ill for several weeks. Rabbi Jacob Levinson and Supreme Court Justice Mitchell May will be among the speakers who will pay tribute to the noted philanthropist. Representatives of the many organizations in which Mr. Rokeach had been active, will also be present at the services.
Temporary burial will take place in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Brooklyn, and permanent burial will be in Pal-
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