{"id":2859,"date":"2012-10-10T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=2859"},"modified":"2012-10-10T18:00:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T00:00:04","slug":"hyman-ellis-saltz-outdoorsman-and-marksman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/hyman-ellis-saltz-outdoorsman-and-marksman\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyman Ellis Saltz, outdoorsman and marksman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hyman Ellis Saltz, a man whose love of the outdoors marked him throughout his life, succumbed to the effects of a stroke he had suffered nine years earlier on Monday, October 8. Saltz, 61, a veteran of the Air Force during the Viet Nam War, was a welder and, following the war, became a welding instructor. He was noted as a skilled marksman and bowman, a hunter who was able to use a bow and arrow with equal proficiency as with a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Morgan City, Saltz was one of five siblings whose was also recognized for his love of animals including several dogs. He manufactured his own ammunition and was called on frequently to repair guns and rifles. He was also known for his ability to do both leatherworking and woodworking projects. A gifted mechanic, Saltz worked to build a number of billboards in the Greater New Orleans area.<\/p>\n<p>Married to Ellen Hyman Saltz for 30 years, Saltz is survived by daughters Suzanne Saltz Despres (Alex) and Lenore Saltz Gao (Martin) and son Joseph. He is also survived by siblings Andrea Joseph (Jay), David (Susan), Louis (Brenda), Solomon (Kayla) and Issac and one grandchild.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside services were held on Wednesday, October 10 at Ahavas Shalom Cemetery, Rabbi Robert Loewy officiating. Donations are suggested to the Louisiana Department of\u00a0 Wildlife and Fisheries, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808; Congregation Gates of Prayer Synagogue, 4000 West Esplanade Avenue, Metairie, LA 70002 or the charity of your choice.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Hyman%20Ellis%20Saltz%2C%20outdoorsman%20and%20marksman\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[828,213,827,8790,8795,8788,342],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2861,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859\/revisions\/2861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}