SHIMMY D. BIEGELEISEN: Always an
Altruist
It
was not Shimmy D. Biegeleisen's daughter who was getting
married, but that was not the kind of detail that could
have stopped him from playing an essential role in the
festivities.
Mr. Biegeleisen, 42, helped his niece Estee Berger
prepare for the event last June by helping figure out the
seating arrangements and making sure everything else was
taken care of. And at the wedding he was a backup host,
chatting with guests and dancing with children, recalled
Shelley Berger, Mr. Biegeleisen's sister.
"We remember how extraordinary he was, in a very
ordinary way," she said. Mr. Biegeleisen, thoughtful and
sensitive, tried to respond to the needs of friends and
family, from letting a new mother who worked with him at
Fiduciary Trust telecommute, to making sure that Estee's
husband, Zevi Brodt, had the sports section to read in
the morning when the newlyweds were living in his
Brooklyn building.
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