Private funeral services were held today for Chief Judge Irving Lehman at his home here. Judge Lehman died on Saturday.
Among those attending were his brother Herbert, director-general of UNRRA, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, associates of Judge Lehman and other prominent persons. The services were conducted by Rabbi Nathan A. Perilman, associats rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El in New York City.
Burial was in the family plot in Cypress Hills Gemetery in Queens.
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