{"id":39288,"date":"2017-11-08T15:11:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T21:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=39288"},"modified":"2017-11-10T18:15:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T00:15:20","slug":"businessman-morris-lew-is-buried-in-jewish-rites-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/businessman-morris-lew-is-buried-in-jewish-rites-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Businessman Morris Lew is buried in Jewish Rites Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MORRIS &#8220;MARCOS&#8221; LEW, a businessman and owner of&nbsp; Express Ship Supply,&nbsp; passed away peacefully Sunday morning, November 5, 2017 at his home, a few days short of his 82<sup>nd<\/sup> birthday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39291\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39291\" class=\"wp-image-39291 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39291\" class=\"wp-image-39291 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lew-Morris-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MORRIS LEW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A long-time resident of New Orleans and Metairie, he was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1951, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1957.<\/p>\n<p>He was honorably discharged from the United States Air National Guard in 1964. He was a founding member of Casa Argentina, a member of Beth Israel Synagogue and Chabad of Louisiana, supported Torah Academy and was a dedicated Saints fan.<\/p>\n<p>As a 15-year-old, he attended Rabouin Vocational School part-time to learn enough English to pass the citizenship exam while working for Alec Trestman at Trestman\u2019s Ready to Wear\/Casa Alejandro on Canal Street selling various goods to Latin American seamen and tourists visiting New Orleans.&nbsp; As a young man, he eventually became manager, then partner and finally bought the businesses.<\/p>\n<p>When his brothers completed their military service, he took them in as partners. After a while, he opened Trestman\u2019s Electronics specializing in 220 electronics and appliances for the same customer base. He then taught himself to be a ship chandler and founded Antares Marine Supply. Morris retired briefly before going back to work for himself as Express Ship Supply which he continued to operate until his death.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his beloved wife of 53 years, Marlene \u201cMalka\u201d Pactor Lew, his sons Alex (Toby) and Perry (Angelle) Lew, his sister Betty Leifer, his brothers&nbsp;Nathan and Elliott Lew and five grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside services were held on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in Jewish Burial Rites Cemetery. Rabbi Yosse Nemes officiated.<\/p>\n<p>Memorials are suggested in his memory to Chabad of Louisiana, Torah Academy or Casa Argentina for acts of kindness to increase peace in the world.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tharpsontheimerfh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home of Metairie<\/a> was in charge of arrangements.<\/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=\"Businessman%20Morris%20Lew%20is%20buried%20in%20Jewish%20Rites%20Cemetery\";<\/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":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,19],"tags":[8790,8795,9028,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39288"}],"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=39288"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39409,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39288\/revisions\/39409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}