Attorney Norman Mopsik is dead; funeral today

NORMAN MOPSIK, an attorney-at-law who had retired from his private practice, died on Thanksgiving Day, November 26 at Passages Hospice. He was 87.

A native of Newark, NJ., Mopsik became a New Orleans resident in 1960. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas with a bachelor of laws degree. Mopsik received a juris doctorate from Loyola University and was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar to practice law in 1962.

As a veteran of World War II in the U.S. Navy, Mopsik became interested and specialized in the practice of maritime and admiralty law. He received a 50-year certificate in 2013 for his association with the Louisiana State Bar and was also a dedicated member of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association.

Mopsik was a past commander of the Jewish War Veterans Jules Lazard Post #580, a past president of the local B’nai B’rith chapter and a longtime member of Temple Sinai.

He was predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Bette Sherman Mopsik, who died this past June. He is survived by children Lawrence Steven Mopsik and Laura Lynn Mopsik of Palm Springs, CA., and a brother of Donald Mopsik (Dolores) of Dallas, TX.

Graveside services will be held today, Monday, November 30, at 10:30 a.m. at Hebrew Rest Cemetery No. 3, 2100 Pelopidas at Frenchmen Streets. Rabbi Ed Paul Cohn and Cantor Joel Colman will officiate.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Congregation Temple Sinai or your favorite charity. Condolences may be expressed online here. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home of Metairie is in charge of arrangements. For more information, dial 504-835-2341.