Stefan (Stephen Gideon) Esrati
Vita
(RS) Residence 1935 Palestine
Residence 1940 Brookline, Norfolk, MA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
(W) 218 Kent Street, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
(W) Interview Stephen Esrati and David Esrati [Sohn]
Q: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/mbx006600/
(W) Nina became his wife, several times. They married on the kibbutz, on the ship to England, and then for the family in England. When he died, they were short just three days of 62 years.
Q: https://daytonjewishobserver.org/2016/09/the-heart-of-a-son-toward-his-father/
(obit) Stephen G. Esrati, 89, a retired copy editor at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and a prolific philatelic journalist, was among the first American hostages in Lebanon.
He also worked on the Boston Herald-Traveler, the Celina (Ohio) Daily Standard, the Van Wert Times-Bulletin, and the Toronto Globe and Mail.
Born in Berlin in 1927, Esrati moved to Palestine in 1933 and to the United States in 1937.
He had two degrees in political science from Boston University.
He served in Italy in the 88th U.S. Infantry Division after World War II and was recalled to active duty during the Korean war. He also served in the Irgun Zvai Leumi, a Jewish underground army in Palestine. He was active in the U.S. Army Reserve through 1960, last as a sergeant first class in the 320th Special Forces Group in Boston.
His experience in Special Forces formed part of the background for his first novel, Comrades, Avenge Us.
Esrati and 60 other men were removed from a U.S. passenger ship, The Marine Carp, in Beirut on the day after Israel declared its independence.
His non-philatelic writings appeared in newspapers in three continents. He was honored by induction into the Philatelic Writers’ Hall of Fame of the American Philatelic Society.
He died peacefully of old age August 18, 2016 in the Dayton VA Medical Center Hospice. He is survived by his wife, Nina B, and his son David.
He donated his body to the Wright State School of Medicine. There will be no services.
Q: https://esrati.com/obituary-stephen-g-esrati-aka-dad/13069
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