Funeral services were held Tuesday in Church Falls, Va. for Robert Shosteck who died last Sunday at the age of 69. At the time of his death he was beginning a career as a television personality after working as a forest-ranger, naturalist, historian, professor, vocational guidance expert, museum director and author. Prior to his heart attack he was working on a book about the unusual careers of 75 people.
Shosteck, a native of Trenton, N.J., who resided in Bethesda, Md., spent most of his adult life with B’nai B’rith International in Washington He joined the Jewish service organization in 1941 as director of research of its vocational service bureau and 26 years later became curator of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick Exhibit Halls (now museum). He retired in 1975.
Before joining B’nai B’rith, he had been a forest ranger in the State of Washington and during World War II was a research specialist at the national roster of specialized and scientific personnel office of the Was Manpower Commission From B’nai B’rith, he went to the National Park Service and the Maryland National Parks and Planning Commission as a consultant and guide on nature trails and historical sites in the metropolitan area. He was also a lecturer at area colleges. He was a founder and past president of the Washington Jewish Historical Society.
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