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Funeral Services Held for Delmore Schwartz; Rabbi Delivers Eulogy

July 20, 1966
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A funeral service at which a rabbi delivered the eulogy was held yesterday for Delmore Schwartz, the noted poet, who died of a heart attack here last week at the age of 52.

About 175 persons attended the funeral service at which Rabbi S. J. Steinberger delivered the eulogy. Frederick W. Dupee, Columbia University professor, Dwight MacDonald, the critic, and others also spoke. Burial was in Cedar Park Cemetery, N.J., a Jewish burial ground.

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