SAN DIEGO (SDJW) –Ira Spector, who contributed more than 30 columns to this publication on subjects including his childhood in Brooklyn, his service in the Coast Guard, his extensive travels, interesting personalities he had met, and his flamboyant tennis game, died Oct. 14, just four days shy of his 88th birthday.
The practiced storyteller owned Spector Design. With his first wife, Suzanne, he had two children, Bruce Spector and Antoinette Banks, and with his second wife, Carolyne, he explored over 100 countries. His progeny includes four grandsons and a great-granddaughter. His life will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at the Coronado Cays Yacht Club.
Spector’s story is best told through his own words. Following are links to 31 articles he wrote for an appreciative San Diego Jewish World.
The genius architect of Allentown, PA – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Fiction: A Too Thrifty Costa Rica Trip – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Where are the Lines? – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
A heart-stopping jungle excursion in Costa Rica – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Entertaining God, Hollywood style – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Bubbe by the Bay – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Learning about farming and sex in the Catskills – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Those dang fish must be prejudiced! – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Face to face with the Cambodian genocide – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Impressions of a tourist in Israel, circa 2005 – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Fond memories of the Brooklyn Jewish Center – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Humor: How to achieve Middle East peace – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Humor: NY retiree to California examines Florida brethren – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
A class on conflict resolution with no professor – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
An evening with Fritz Perls – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Reliving Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Tennis with Green Bagels – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Two Cans of Orange Soda – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
The Root Cause of His Tennis Garb – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
The Saga of the Sammy Sculpture – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
The Case of the Seasick Coast Guardsman – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Coast Guard Officer Candidate School in the Mid-1950s – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Scaling back in a weight loss therapy session – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Adventures in Papua New Guinea – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
An induction into the Order of the Arrow – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Klimo, an unforgettable part-time artist – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
A Case of Mistaken Identity – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Enduring a Chubasco in Zihuatanejo – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
Artist Charley Faust helped struggling firm win a contract – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
It Could Have Been A Jewelry Heist – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
A brief encounter with Groucho – San Diego Jewish World (sdjewishworld.com)
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Free memorials and obituaries in memory of members of the San Diego County Jewish community are sponsored on San Diego Jewish World by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg.